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

  • Salmon in the Salmon River

    So I’ve been having lots of fun with my new iPod, taking pictures and even shooting video of various things. The above was taken on a hike a couple of weeks ago. Raf and I went up to one of our favorite hiking spots and saw Salmon spawning! I’d never seen Salmon swimming around in…

  • Trillium Lake

    Trillium Lake

    Hi there!! I spent a week prettying up my blog and then I go and ignore it! The photo above was taken with my new iPod camera. I’m really having fun with it! Because of the convenience I would like to start taking a snapshot a day with it. I’m trying to find places to…

  • Crosstown Trail

    We tried out a new trail today. The Crosstown Trail up above Government Camp (near the top of Mt. Hood). It was a one-way trail, three miles. Which meant that we walked six miles. It’s used for snowshoeing or cross-country skiing in winter and reminded me that I really need to get into some winter…

  • Cool Lighting

    Cool Lighting

    I went on a library tour Wednesday of some local libraries and really liked the lighting in the teen room of the Cascade Park library in Vancouver.

  • thinking

    It’s been a week since I posted. I’ve been really wondering if I still have the blogging mojo in me. I’ve been running this blog for 7 years. Can you believe that?!? Seven years! I’m finding it kind of redundant to post knitting projects both here and on Ravelry. So I think I’ll keep all…