Taken at Swan Island Dahlias.
Category: Oregon
Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow
When I saw this week’s challenge, I thought immediately of Depoe Bay, locally known as “The World’s Smallest Harbor.” It’s fascinating to watch fishing boats maneuver through the narrow channel.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow
Wordless Wednesday
Newport, Oregon
~some of these photos taken by Cliff Herman
Weekly Photo Challenge: Cherry on Top
The Challenge:
Show us the detail that made a good experience a truly transcendent one —
~Michelle W. The Daily Post
One November day while wandering near Cascade Locks, the light was perfect and the views divine. The Bridge of the Gods was breathtaking, as were the locks, to say nothing of the spectacular fall color. When it was nearly time to leave, I came upon a tiny marina. Not only was finding this marina a treasure, but the serene calm of the water with its beautiful reflective quality was the detail that made my heart sing.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Details
There is so much color, light, and reflection to be seen in a close-up view of sea kelp, ocean bubbles, and sand. I never tire of the ever-changing ocean landscape, and up close I find it even more intriguing.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up II
I’m not sure what the sky was doing that night, but we were all looking up!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up
Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up
Sometimes your point of view makes all the difference.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up
Weekly Photo Challenge: Partners II
A pair of wild iris on the 804 trail in Yachats, Oregon.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Partners
Willamette Valley Tee – Finished!
I’m doing a happy dance because I recently finished up the Willamette Valley Tee. After many months of design, redesign, knitting, ripping out and knitting again, it was a huge relief to have finished this sweater design! Whew! See postscripts at the bottom of this page for details about sizes, availability, and test-knitting.
We had a great time at the photo shoot. The countryside was breathtaking, and it was a sparklingly beautiful day. You can see the expanse of the Willamette Valley, the inspiration for the colors in this tee, in some of these photos.
It’s great to now have space freed up in my brain for new designs. I’ve just finished designing a little spa cloth for the upcoming mini summer spa swap in my Ravelry group. Come check out the group here. We will be having swap sign-ups soon!
I’ll leave you with some of the photos from the photo shoot. Thanks for taking the time to stop by!
Many thanks to Marianne for modeling the sweater and to her sister and family for allowing us to traipse all over their beautiful property. And for sending me home with homemade sushi! It is a gift to know such generous people!
knit equals joy
P.S. If you are interested in making this sweater, it is currently being tech edited and tested, and I anticipate that the pattern will be released in late summer or early fall. It is available in sizes 35, 38, and 41.
P.P.S. I am always on the lookout for good pattern testers. We’ve just started the test for this sweater, here, in my Ravelry group. If you’re interested, let me know. Thanks!!!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Spare
Spare:
(adjective) Additional to what is required for ordinary use.
(adjective) Elegantly simple.
(verb) To refrain from harming.
For this week’s photo challenge, I’m going with the second definition, elegantly simple. This is an outside sculpture at The Old Mill Center in Bend, Oregon. The scope, the shape, and the scale make this a stunning work.
knit equals joy 