This morning on my bicycle ride to work on the Springwater Corridor just north of Oaks Bottom, I stopped to watch this doe, chewing on the ripening blackberries. Don’t know how he got to this spot, as its bordered by the Willamette, and heavily trafficked Mcloughlin Blvd. But the little guy did look hungry, and perhap

The ROAM ride (http://web.mac.com/josef.janning/Roll_over_America/Home.html) started out of Portland. I stopped by to check out the 50 bikes and see them off on their trip across the country.

Wandering around on my lunch hour I came across the set of Leverage filming some shots on NW 3rd Street. Christian Kane and Beth Riesgraf were hanging out between short takes. I watched him go over the same outburst of indignation 4 times.  Cranes and tents and cameras and cables, chairs with actors names on them,  [...]

Some time ago, work was finished on a temporary bridge on the Springwater trail that crosses over the route to the approach of the TriMet bridge. Barges and pilings and machinery have moored off the banks and have started work. Today, it starts to look like a bridge.

These guys might do a good job with the sewers, but they sure aren’t repairing the pavement of Umatilla very well. Looks like I picked the wrong route this morning. A few weeks ago, part of the Springwater by OMSI was closed for a few days while they removed this dirt conveyor used in The Big [...]

Our tile guy has been great. He has been here about every other day for weeks, it kind of feels like he is family. The counter tops got installed on Friday and Mark was here all day Saturday installing and grouting the glass tile backsplashes. He used epoxy grout which is much more difficult to [...]

Portland Parks & Rec staff work with each neighborhood to discover the music they would like featured in their local park, then area businesses lend sponsor support to make the concerts possible. These concerts are a perfect place to stop and relax in the middle of the bike ride home from work. 2011 Summer Concerts [.

Honey is out of town, and ‘Mark the tile guy’ wants an answer. Just how are we going to address the top of the ledge leading to the shower in order to most closely match the differing grout lines of the bath and shower floors. Option 1 is a large tile on top to continue [...]

“I don’t think there are any other restaurants where you can say, ‘I’ll pay part of it,’ ” Kelly says. David Milholland, president of the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, has taken a loaf of bread to go and paid a dollar less than retail. “I’m quite aware that I didn’t pay full price,” Milholland say

A memorial service and reception will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at St. Helen Catholic Church in Junction City for William Thomas “Bill” Hunt of Junction City, who died April 11 of age-related causes. He was 87. He was born Sept. 29, 1923, in Spiro, Okla. He married Marcella Sharp [...]

It is now time to start riding the bike to work. This last week we had some of the nicer days so far of this soggy spring. On the west side, south of the Steel Bridge, there is a row of cherry trees in full bloom. Photographers have been shooting pictures there all week. I cross the river [...]

Today the county posted the plumbing permit on the wall. We are legal in the eyes of the law, yet, we are now in the system. Mark, the tile guy, has finished installing the cement backer board on the floors and surrounds in preparation for laying tile. As well as doing what looks like a great [...]

Old style can be solid, but not always most efficient. Sometimes newer is better. Replacing some drainage systems will hopefully make some things, well, drain better.  So today the sewage system was replaced from upstairs………. down through the the main floor bathroom. . Currently, the drywall work is wait

We got a couple tubes of mason bee cocoons that we are hoping will hatch about 30 bees. Plus we want them to know that they always have a home to come home to. So they should soon be hatching, and going about their busy bee like activity. Then plugging up the little holes with baby bees for [...]

There is a new tub that is almost plumbed and in place. Pipes had to be diverted to avoid the space for the built in medicine cabinet.

There are pipes behind the walls that are rusted through and leaking water. There are shutoff valves that no longer actually shut off. There are rooms that will soon have nothing left from the original 1960 construction.

UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS

I am slowly downsizing my work area, commonly known as a small office cubicle. Filtering through things that are no longer valid. Setting aside documentation that is valuable to others. Collecting those things of personal value. Today I am considering some old comic strips that a friend gave to me in the late 1990̵

Last summer we took a trip out to see the home known as the Cantebury Castle, as it was in the first stages of demolition due to the exorbitant costs in keeping the home habitable and safe. This weekend we drove by again to check out what was done. It is just gone, all that’s left is [...]

Through Gallon House Covered Bridge on Bikes Through Gilkey Covered Bridge on Bikes Through Shimanek Covered Bridge on Bikes

From OregonLive.com The Hollywood Panera Bread  in Northeast Portland will open Sunday as the company’s third “pay-as-you-can” nonprofit cafe in the nation, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Today is the last day the 4143 Halsey Street  restaurant will be run by the for-profit arm of the company. The cafe wi

So Honey finds this wonderful stuffing recipe for Thanksgiving, and one of the ingredients is roasted chestnuts. Hmm, where can you buy roasted chestnuts? No matter. The internets are full of how-to pages for roasting them, all I need are fresh chestnuts, still in their shell. I can learn how to roast chestnuts. And as I di

The Jens Voigt Facts page. Each click of his photo reveals another interesting fact about Jens. Example:   Lance Armstrong was born the day after Jens Voigt. However, Jens immediately attacked and by the Texan’s 13th birthday Jens had already turned 16.

We spent a couple days at Seaside during the Christmas break. Mostly the wind howled, the waves crashed, and the hail came down. But we did manage a few walks along the beach and the promenade. We stayed at The Inn at the Shore condos, where they have some very nice bikes for use out on [...]

So, Honey is working through the security checks of our favorite airline travel web site. In order to log in, she must identify herself as a valid user. To do this, the AIRLINE COMPANY wants her to enter this word. hmmm. ok……….

MacDONALD, ELEANOR ROPKE, 89, died peacefully on Friday, October 22, 2010. Eleanor was born in Louisville on June 20, 1921 to Mildred (Rapier) and Harry A. Ropke. As a teenager, Eleanor was a champion swimmer and enrolled at the University of Louisville after graduating from Loretto High School. During World War II, [.