How do you measure a year?

Glow on, Beautyberry, glow on.
It was a cold grey day, sometime in November, maybe 8 years ago. I pulled into the parking lot of the nursery—I was doing some holiday shopping. My car is grey, the sky was grey, I wouldn't have been surprised if what I was wearing was grey. And as I pulled into the spot, I saw the weirdest plant ever. For a second I thought someone had pulled a fast one and had either wired these electric purple berries on this deciduous shrub, or had

My eye spies...
The Colonel is in the employees only room.And evidently, he's not alone but with his doppelganger.

Oregon's only Frank Lloyd Wright building
The Gordon House at the Oregon Garden was up and moved from its rural farm property in 2001. It's the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed building in the state, and I've been meaning to visit it for awhile. In fact, it's the only Frank Lloyd Wright in the Pacific Northwest.I've been to the Hollyhock House in Los Angeles: a stunning hilltop Wright home complete with his water + fire combination in t

Cute on cute
Watch out. This is so cute your teeth are going to rot and fall out of your mouth.

Do you have family who take photos of things when they think of you?
Yeah, me too. As evidenced by the gnome bungee jumping as seen by my parents while visiting New Zealand.Those crazy New Zealand gnomes are hard core!