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Book Arts
This week I attended a Book Arts conference in Monmouth Oregon, it was a 5-day event. I took in two days of workshops, a trade show, an instructor and challenge exhibit, and a raffle where I actually won something.
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Iris Tour and more
When you are intentional about looking for Iris in May … you are bound to find them. Here on the University of Oregon campus. Local Parks and Gardens Some creative ‘IRIS’ pursuits… Creating a daily or weekly ‘ Iris collection box’ photo of what’s in bloom in the garden. If only you could smell the…
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Iris Tour Day One
Today I started an exploration of IRIS : a genus of over 300 species within the family Iridaceae. First look… my own garden with a wild iris A stop at Schreiners Gardens in Oregon. A bearded collection from touring Schreiners. Some lovely Siberian iris The gardens in full bloom A spectacular day to be sketching
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New Orleans
Our visit to New Orleans was to take in some of the ‘cocktail culture’ and local architecture. Starting with the Sazerac House. A SAZERAC is known as the cocktail of New Orleans… it’s a tangled history of coffee houses, medicinal bitters, an Absinthe replacement and Cognac replaced with Rye Whisky after the phylloxera edidemic. It…
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