Beach in Tillamook

Oregon, Columbia side

Dusk on the Columbia

Teasel on the Columbia

I first saw teasel in the Shakespeare Garden in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.  This garden is planted with the many plants that have come up in Shakespeare's works.  There was only one plant so I figured it was pretty rare.  Out here in Oregon, it's everywhere and considered an invasive species.  Matthew Wood, and Harold Buhner write at length about teasel root being a specific medicine for lyme disease.  I have also heard this plant being a deer ally.  This is one herbalist's method in tincturing teasel http://ladybarbarasgarden.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/making-teasel-root-tincture/

She's had quite a long journey working with lyme, here's her story: http://www.ladybarbarasgarden.com/

Extracto, hands down, the best coffee I've ever had, and I'm Colombian dammit.

Artichoke blossoms on Sauvie Island

What kind of seed are you? This is me.

Mt. Hood. Holla!

Happy Hour

Double fig infused scotch and soda, garnished with a brontosaurus... $4

Yakama kinda fun

Multnomah Falls Oregon

This place is magic.

Welcome to the Pacific

YAKAMA NATION WASHINGTON

THE GREAT COLUMBIA 

I love it out here.  New inspiration.  New energy.  New creative juice and projects.  New plants.  New people.  Pacific plate.  The ring of fire.  Three volcanoes in view.  

PORTLAND, HOLLA!

There are so many plants growing along the street, a ton of them medicinal and culinary herbs, beautiful flowers.  Homes designated backyard habitats.  There are goats, chickens, and a little white terrier who gets under the fence.

Work in progress

#69 on the 78th of 2011

#68 on the 77th of 2011

#67 on the 76th of 2011

#66 on the 75th of 2011

#65 on the 74th of 2011

#64 on the 73rd of 2011