Happy Halloween

A cold night for alligators

Ok here they are, drews birthday photos!  I've put them in order of the amount of drinks i had; notice the steady decline....

...and finally...a microphone???

heady greens

the rain finally let up for a few minutes today and i decided to go out and do a little planting, my good friend Mary works at an organic nursery and she always has a ton of of plants they don't or can't sell, lucky for me because she gives me first pick, this week i got some beautiful winter  greens! needles to say i did not get them planted because i geeked around with my camera until my feet were soaking wet, but i did manage to pick some beets, my favorite!

one of the things I appreciate most about winter in Portland is the fact that most things are still green

but it is still very much fall....

while i was outside freezing someone was inside making a cozy paper nest

weirdo.

bleak town usa

while I'm stuck here in rain rain go away Oregon, I can't help but fantasize about something tropical!

or something cozy....

                             but i guess I would settle for both!

bad blogger!

Originally uploaded by venice rose jackson

lately, I have been really bad at posting! but i have some real gems to share with you! just as soon as I up-load them, for now here is one of my favorites from my flickr that I took at cape meres

hippy-barf-day!

today is drews birthday (29th) and we are headed down to the scion garage fest for an all day drink and music fest (should be interesting) I'll be bringing my camera to document all the fun and debauchery and we might even score a photo with Roky! (fingers crossed)

work in progress

can't get enough

tights season has arrived...

 

 

 

 

this winter I want a big collection of beautifully patterned and colored tights, these are some of my favorite places to get them...

1. sock dreams

2. urban outfitters

3. we love colors

4. american apparel

the endless bike ride

Today Drew and I went out for a ride in the amazing fall sunshine.  There is just something magical about the light when the season finally changes and you know it is fall, a season I welcome with open arms and a ton of layers, a time for tights and tea and pumpkin soup! And awesome endless bike rides!

 

 There are a million reasons why I love my neighborhood, these are just a few we encountered on our bike ride....

The Roadside Attraction rules.  It's sort of this fenced-in weird old house with an awesome patio complete with a fire pit and tons of  antique trinkets and  really cool architectural elements like old ceiling tins and oval windows.  A great place for afternoon cocktails...

the patio rules, but the view from the inside is just as good...

My old friend (and Roadside bartender) Mike Floyd informed me this back room is haunted...

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this light fixture is amazing!!!!

they also have an old piano you can play..

sadly, we left the roadside and headed down to produce row which is an industrial part of the SE that the train runs through by the east side of the river. There are lots of warehouses and factories and one of the best dance clubs in Portland (rotture) but I like to go down there during the day, look at old buildings and watch for the train and then head over to Sheridan fruit company, one of my favorite grocery stores

 

 passing train..

some building graffiti

I love the red heart high up on the fire escape..

the streets on produce row are made of brick, it's so cute

the worlds largest cabbage!