Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: summer

  • I remember…

    I remember…

    I remember summer days when I would ride my bike for hours and hours around the block. I remember the smell of oil on our gravel road. The smell reminds me of summer. I remember the big mud puddle in front of our house, filled by the sprinkler. We would concoct worlds in that puddle.…

  • Lazy Afternoon

    Every once in awhile I will look at one of my photos and I will say to myself, “Monica, you’ve made a pretty good photo there.” I can probably count on one hand the photos I feel really and truly good about. This is one of those photos. I really like it alot. It helped…

  • Summer Memory: Eating Raspberries In The Garden

    I am a young child, around 7 or eight years old. I am by myself in the garden of our house, next to the back yard. I am enjoying the summer heat. I am hiding among the raspberry bushes that my mom planted a few years ago. They are as tall as I am. I…

  • Last night at 9:00 PM

    Freakily light out! Seriously!

  • Summer Solstice

    I can’t get over how light it stays so late in Spokane. I just took this picture at 9:00 PM! As of 9:16 it’s still twilight. Craziness, I tell you! Of course in the winter here it gets dark at 4:00. And that sucks. But I don’t even want to think about that right now.