Category Archives: pdx

summer ski wax

With the close of each ski season I wax but don’t scrape my skis. Scraping can wait until Autumn.

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Red Bartlett Pear

After 3 years in the ground our espalied pear tree finally bore fruit: It did actually put a few on last year but, following instructions from a friend, we cut the fruit early in order to focus growth on the roots. Here’s to growing your own and not letting the dogs get to the goods [...]

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Guerilla Gardening

This is a fine piece of guerilla gardening.

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Cobain Satyricon scribble boosted?

Legend has it Kurt and Courtney first met at a Dharma Bums show at Portland’s Satyricon in 1989. A scribble of his used to be on a wall at the club. I looked for it last night at the Surfrider Foundation pint night fundraiser and think it’s a goner:

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snowy Portland 01.16.07

saw this riding downtown yesterday:

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