Halle’s Smooooth Words o’ Wisdom

Isa pisa
Puddin’ pie,
Smiled at papa
And made him cry.

The Chanterelles were picked yesterday afternoon along the northern Oregon coast and the raspberries this morning in our yard. I love this time of the year.

We spent a scorcher of a Saturday-our thermometer topped out at 104.2ºF-mostly on the porch. Around 1pm we couldn’t help but notice the spectacular Gnarl Ridge Wildland Fire plume:

The politics of wildland firefighting is a fascinating subject. Lots and lots and lots of taxpayer dough spent year after year after year…

Yesterday we shot a cover for Oregon Business Magazine:

It was a scorcher and a perfect day to wet wade in a river for a few hours! Pictured, left to right, are Mike Ishida, Director of Sales at Day Wireless Systems, and Jon Ferland, Art Director at Oregon Business Magazine.

After a surf along the northern Oregon coast Tuesday I found my first Chanterelles of the 2008 mushroom season: 

They were exactly where I found my first patch in 2007 only 2 weeks or so earlier.

Today’s Wordpress upgrade from 2.3 to 2.6 went off without a hitch. It’s theme change time. We’re looking for something with room for photos. This minimal theme’s called Journalist. We kind of like it…