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No Kings March today in Portland. Tens of thousands showed up with so many clever signs. Favorite daughter in first pic with my sign (I saw one on threads, not my original idea). Yay people!

#nokings #nokingsprotest #portlandprotest #portlandoregon

We may not be the fasted dragon boat team but we are the funnest. Here’s our traditional end-of-the-season cram in the Lucky Lab Photo Booth pic. We got almost all 23 in! Anyway the weekend is always so much fun, although ‘twas a wee bit

Dragon boat race today… what a blast! We did okay but the point is to have fun… which we did. And my team is a trendsetter … now everybody seems to have a lime green shirt, but we were first.

@pksca.db.race #dragonboat #pksca #

Pretty wildflowers ~ I really love the balsam root in their seed stage, the pentstemon are still very purple, and of course the brilliant blue cornflower is always a standout. Pretty view also, Mt. Hood peeked out, as did Mt. Adams. Very nice to have

Mt St Helens, and Spirit Lake, as it looks nowadays (in my beautiful illustration). Today marks 45 years since it erupted! The next pic is the beautiful, perfectly rounded peak before it erupted.

What dreary, dark, ash-filled days followed here in

My Mother’s Day treat, a family favorite hike to Falls Creek Falls, where there are always tons of Calypso orchids. This year we (that is favorite daughter) counted 43. One year we counted 115! Fewer this year because of such a dry April? Maybe

Hole-in-the-Wall Falls, at Starvation Creek State Park in the Columbia River Gorge. This waterfall really does come out of a hole in the wall, it’s a pipe constructed by state highway peeps to fix a flooding problem at Warren Creek. It’s

@craftywonderland #localart #shoplocal #makers #originalart #coolstuff #digitalartistsoninstagram

Crafty Wonderland is this coming weekend! Stop by to see my work as well as that of lots of other local artists and creators.

So many of my drawings are from spots in the Columbia Gorge like these: Dog Mountain, Multnomah Falls and a view east up t

Glorious day in the Columbia River Gorge. Made all the more glorious thanks to my hiking buddies, favorite daughter and great-nephew Owen the hiker. Yes it was windy! Very!

Mt. Adams is to the north across the river and Mt. Hood seen to the west at

Snippets of some of my scenic illustrations, stop by my booth at Crafty Wonderland to see the whole thing! May 2 and 3. Friday night pre-show party, Saturday tickets are timed entry. Link to info in MyURLs.
#localart #madehere #artistsofinstagram #a

Filled my first planter box today with my favorite tuberous begonias! Thank you @garden_fever for stocking these incredibly colorfully beautiful and easy to grow plants. One box planted, six to go.

I so ❤️ Spring.

#gardening #begonias #containergar

Tamanawas Falls high on Mt Hood, another new illustration. Swipe through to see the layers. It was a wee bit icy when favorite daughter @lilasimm and I did this hike but thanks to Yaktrax and crampons we made it to the waterfall. This will be the Dec

Crafty Wonderland is in three weeks! I’ll have a few new illustrations including this one of Mt Adams from the Sleeping Beauty trail. More than an art show, Crafty has tons of locally designed and made stuff. Scan the QR code to see all the ven

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