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.

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  • Impermanace

    Today’s photo blog post is a tribute to my husband’s uncle, Tom Martin. He passed away last night after a battle with cancer. When I heard the news I thought about this photo I took two years ago. Cherry blossoms represent the fleeting, yet beautiful, nature of life itself. They are beautiful but we only…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgia

    I have been thinking a lot about my grandpa these past few days, so it seemed appropriate to post this photo for this week’s photo challenge. This is his old jeep. Found in the back yard of the house he used to live in, inherited by my Uncle Will.

  • The yellow house

    My uncle lived in my grandparent’s old house. When we were there for his funeral we decided to meet at the house afterward because it might be the last time we see it again. The house will, sadly, have to go back to the bank. I decided to take photos while I was there with…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful

    Yesterday was Thanksgiving. I was thinking about the intention behind this particular holiday and how wonderful that intention is. Ideally we are grateful everyday for the things that we have. But I love that there is a holiday in which we take one day out of the year to be mindful of those things that…

  • Mt Jefferson from Mt Hood

    Another from the negatives I scanned last weekend. This is Tri-x taken with the Yashica Mat. (still love the tri-x/Yashica Mat combo very much).