Ephemera in an age of permanence.

at Portland Art Museum

Holding hands with Mr Lincoln (at Portland Art Museum)

Plums (at Mount Hood, Oregon)

Bear

Draw in wallpaper #hawthorne #wallpaper (at Portland, Oregon)

For today: 100 year old sweet pea seeds #modernarchaeology #archaeology #oregon #history #hawthorne #portland #portlandoregon

Yesterday's finds: century old seeds, corn-pipe, a 1920s "Bissell's Little Daisy Sweeper," another right-footed boot, and a green pig-snout. #modernarchaeology #oregon #portland #oregon (at Portland, Oregon)

Part two of new house, old treasures found in wall - from bottom left: 1) library due date cards (?), 2) girl's leather boot, 3) wooden-backed nail file, 4) eyeglass frames, 5) mystery object, 6) nails; 7) small wooden egg container, 8) metal box with googly-eyed button and more, 9) Hawthorne streetcar line 2 1/2 cent coin (?), 10) watercolor brush, 11) riveted "Claude" plaque, 12) porcelain doll ear, 13) headache "cure", 14) mending pin set, 15) old bandaid, 16) "The American..." Magazine from 1919, 17) crocheted table protector #hawthorne #history #oregon #archaeology #modernarchaeology (at Hawthorne, Portland)

New house, old treasures found in wall: highlights WM R. McGarry "Equal rights to all, Special favors to none" (1914?) #history #oregon #archaeology #modernarchaeology (at Hawthorne, Portland)

Demo day in kitchen

Lost chihuahua - Ricky (at Belmont Library)

...so he did smite them down with the wind. #oregon #smite #kelp #beautiful #drseuss #earth #sea (at Waldport Beach, Pacific Ocean)

And then Dr Seuss was not amused to sea his creations so mocked... (at Waldport Beach, Pacific Ocean)

...and so the works of plant crumbled before the saw and sea. #oregon #tree #earth #sea #sky (at Waldport Beach, Pacific Ocean)

Basket of crabs (at Waldport, Oregon)