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.

Year: 2010

  • I did not take any pictures yesterday

    I just realized. So I have no photographic evidence of the fun I had. that’s just so sad. But I did have lots of fun! I took the train to the Hollywood district and walked a million blocks to the first yarn store on our list, Twisted. I walked in the door and there was…

  • on meeting virtual friends

    Today I’m going to take the train into Portland to meet up with my friend Preita. She is someone I’m friends with on Flickr and Ravelry. We’ve been friends online for 5 years. can you believe that? 5 years! This will be the first Ravelry (knitting) friend I’ve met in person. I’ve met lots of…

  • tattoo

    It occurs to me that I didn’t blog about my latest tattoo. I got this one at the end of June. It was  a last minute kind of thing. I stopped by the tattoo shop raf works at and he was bummed because his appointment didn’t show up. So he asked me if I wanted…

  • Every picture tells a story

    I love this picture. It was taken when my mom and Doug first married. We decided to drive to Glacier Park for a little vacation. Can you guess who the photographer is? That would be me, as evidenced by the little brother sticking his tongue out at the camera. that is Doug on the right…

  • A Mushroom and a friendly stranger

    Yesterday we went for a hike along the Salmon River in Welches. I haven’t been getting much sleep the past few days and was in a really awful mood. I needed to get out and try to lift my spirits. I brought my camera with me which is something I haven’t done much these past…