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: Spokane

  • Japanese Gardens

    This is the Japanese Garden’s Koi Pond at Manito Park. Manito Park is an very old park, created in the early 1900s. It was designed by the Olmsted Brothers, sons of Fredrick Olmsted sr., who designed Central Park and a park at the Chicago World’s fair in the early 1900’s. I’ve been really missing Santa…

  • Dishman Hills

    We found a hiking spot I didn’t even know existed…and it’s right in town. Dishman Hills. It’s a county park so parking is free. This would be a fantastic place for Raf to go on his weekend run. One of our little rituals in Santa Cruz on the weekend was I would take Raf for…

  • made it

    We made it here at around 1:00 pm on Sunday. Just got the internet connection yesterday and we got my computer hooked up to it today. The inlaws left this morning so now we can get ourselves unpacked and organized. We have lots of work to do. I don’t even know what is going on…

  • As it turns out….

    Motel 6 has wireless internet! THANK GOD! I was feeling so detached, not having access to the internet for two days. So, I am now in Bend, OR…The drive has been going well. I’m by myself in my car, hubby’s driving the moving truck, and the inlaws are leading the way in thier truck. It’s…

  • see you in Spokane!

    We are turning off the internet today so I won’t be able to post again until we are in Spokane. Probably Monday. We’ve been so busy packing..I can’t even coun’t how many times we have taken a load of stuff to Goodwill. I just keep thinking that in a few days we will have to…