I am totally honored to have the opportunity to showcase my first photography exhibit for the entire month of April at Gigibar here in Portland. The exhibit is already up and I heard from Gigi that folks are enjoying several pieces as they sip away at their yummy beverages and snacks.
On Saturday, April 10th, I will be hosting an open house / art reception from 11:00am – 1:00pm. If you have time, I’d love for you and your people to stop by the Gigibar located at 5941 SE Division Street, PDX, 97206 (on the corner of SE 60th and SE Division). Lite snacks will be available.
Thank you for all your support!
My best,
Trina
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Of course, in the middle of the friggen orchard what does Kari spot? This cute little lady bug crawling on the ground in all of the leaves. I had no idea she was there. I had to ask to point it out.
Funny, maybe I am color blind, but Kari said, “She’s RIGHT there! Can’t you see the red and spots?”
Oh well. She’s a pretty little lady, aint she?…
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Yesterday, we went to the Tulip Farm in Woodburn, Ore. At first I wasn’t too excited about it until Kari reminded me to bring the camera. Twist Twist. What we found out as we pulled up to an almost empty parking lot was that we came in through the back exit and didn’t have to pay the $10admission fee. Shhhhh…don’t tell anyone.
We walked along only a few acres of the 40acre farm. At first glance, I thought I would walk up and down every aisle to see the various tulips. But, I quickly became overwhelmed after only walking a few steps and clicking about 200photos. Take a look…
…and daffodils too!
These 9 photos are only a sampling of the 300plus photos I clicked. The tulips farm makes me smile. I can already tell you that this week’s daily photos are going to be chalk full of more pics I took at the farm.
I don’t hear any complaining now- do I?
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Every year around this time, Kari and I somehow create our own pub crawl. Little did we know when we stepped out of the house and onto the Tri-Met Bus #4 that yesterday was the 2010 pub crawl day.
..And we ate and crawled, and drank and crawled, and crawled some more. Oh, and I discovered the juke box at North Bar. The juke box is full of awesome music from all over the Northwest, NYC, and even some down home bluegrass.
I have to say that the true highlight of the day was Kari’s rake. In the middle of our day, she decided that we needed to check out a True Value store on SE Hawthorne to see what we might need. We ended up buying a 24′” rake. I wanted to cut our day short and bring the rake home, but Kari insisted that we take it with us onthe crawl. Little did I know that the rake would actually become a great talking piece at each stop we made. Who knew?
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So my sister Angie was so totally right. Way back in November I was talking shit about how I love love love Portland. And, oh yes,… I DO totally love Portland. This is my permanent home. Angie quickly responded, “You just wait until the middle of Winter!!!!! It’s totally gonna KICK. YOUR. ASSsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.” She said this almost like the wicked witch of the west. I had NO CLUE what she meant by this and my touche to her was, “Oh, come on! You’re just jealous, cuz Portland is so much better than Seattle!?!!!!!”
Fast fwd to this week. Okay, sister. YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! Cuz girrrrrrrl, this grey grey grey is totally kicking my ASSsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss! I’ve been finally experiencing the mid-winter syndrome of wanting to scream at the top of my lungs …
“I’m sick of the friggen grey days and am totally ready for some consistant warm, sunny, happy happy days!”
I apologize for the bitchy kitty REOW REOWWWWWwwwwww lately. Yep, Angie was so right.
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What a great night we had last night with friends at the Doug Fir. Shoeshine Blue set the mood to “chill-zone”. They are super mellow, folk, Bob Dylan type band. I really like them! The other band, Peter Bernhard jammed out to some up-beat Paul Simon type tunes. Rad rad rad!
Doug Fir, I think I luuuuuuuuuv you.
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I know I should be complaining about this flukey 60degree week, long weather that we’re having in Portland. This is more than likely a true sign that global warming has amounted to climate change. It really is terrible what humans have done to expedite the warming of the earth. However, you’ll need to pardon me for a moment.
Can I just say that it has been such a treat to have the sun warm up my bones and pull me outta my Portland-wintery-funk for a few days. I ain’t complainin’ one bit!
Thank you, Mother Nature! Bring on another week of sunshine!
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The weather at the coast truly was a white wash of grey, fog, and uck. So I thought I would attempt to make one of the photos I took a bit egdy or interesting. Kari practically got washed out in this original photo. But, once I converted it to “negative” it gave the photo a bit more texture and depth.
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So we were able to slip away for a romantic getaway along the Oregon Coast this weekend. We stayed in a cute town called Manzanita. Manzanita is about 20minutes south of Cannon Beach. It has a 3 block strip of gift shops, bakeries, corner markets, and a few restaurant inbetween. The weather was quite ucky which bummed me out since I brought the Canon EOS D40 with me. I was able to capture a few good shots like this one.
The beach was packed with families – young and old and their dogs. We felt very outta place since we don’t have a dog. Maybe we shoulda brought our two cats and leashed them for a beach walk. Next time….
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