August is my birthday month. I had a lovely day at the Oregon Coast, and 3 other hiking adventures this month – described in the next post. In the meantime, I have been walking the neighborhood, knitting, visiting with friends, and trying to keep hopeful for what happens next in the world!
Neighborhood flowers, shadows, cracks, other sights:
Farmers Market and summer fruit:
Knitting – I finished my Emotional Support Chicken and a pair of socks, with a few other projects in progress:
Emotional Support Chicken
Finished socks; Innsbruck scarf in progress
Iceland/Caladiz Vest
Scrap yarn One Chevron Cowl, in progress
Other ...We have been laying low at the end of the month, as my husband recovers from a hand surgery. A few images from around town and elsewhere:
Portland – I love the flying geese imagery of the Fremont Bridge across the Willamette River:
Fremont Bridge, westbound
Camas, WA – My friend’s Echinacea and bees are thriving:
The Columbia River from Camas, WA, August 12, 2024
North Carolina – Our daughter has a new office space on the Duke Campus:
Durham, NC, August 2024
In New Zealand – The Northern Royal Albatross Web Cam chick is near fledging:
In memory – My mother would have reached her 100th birthday this month. This is one of my favorite pictures of her, at Mt Rainier, in 1995, age 71.
She died in 2006. I always regretted that she didn’t get to see Obama elected president – she would have been so happy. But she would have been crushed by what happened in 2016, so I’m glad she missed that. She would have been fully hopeful, as I am, about our future:
Margaret Quilts 