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.

Category: Photography

This might also be what this blog is mostly about.

  • Photography Friday – Green Leaves

    This photo was taken in May, when I went on that Hunchback Trail hike. Here is another one I took that day. This was taken with my Pentax p30t and Ektar 100 film. I am not super thrilled with this camera and would love to find another 35mm film camera to play with. Any suggestions?…

  • Fall is finally upon us it seems

    The leaves are turning and falling. Autumn is here! The weather here has been amazing. California-like in fact. Strangely hot and dry for October. This was snapped on my run yesterday. Running is not going spectacularly well lately. I have had to take time off for various reasons. Last week it was because sick. Now…

  • Only a few more steps to the top

    Today our new thing was finally finishing that Mt. Tabor stairway walk. We walked to the top where we encountered a lone drummer, people practicing tightrope walking, and a howling dog that sounded human (and very sad). Then we descended the 282 step staircase. At the bottom we found that someone had cruelly written in…

  • Stonehenge Memorial

    Here is another photo from the Stonehenge Memorial along the Columbia River in Washington. Made with the Yashica Mat and Tri-x.

  • Mt Jefferson, framed.

    I haven’t been feeling well this past week. I have a cold. So I wanted to do something kind of mellow today, yet still get outside. We decided to go to Timberline Lodge and hike the short, 1 mile hike to the Buried Forest Overlook. Unfortunately, we missed the turnoff to it and our walk…