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Golden grass-covered hillside overlooking a reservoir flanked by tall evergreens, with a small structure, and city skyline under a blue sky with wispy clouds in the background.

Went on a walk at Mt. Tabor Park after a long time. Had been missing it. It was a lovely day for it.

A pastel-toned stylized fox mural framed by geometric black lines on a wall, intersected by a diagonal lamp shadow.

White building facade with three curtained windows above a pink-trimmed double door, bright orange graffiti art beside it, and diagonal shadows across the wall.

Overhanging green leafy branches casting dappled shadows on a sunlit yellow wall.

Boarded wooden panel covered in torn posters and two signs reading “Notice: Lies that tell the truth” and “Warning: There is no hidden meaning anymore,” above stickered metal posts amid overgrown grass.

Graffiti text on a gray wall reading “Friends here would rather watch you lose everything than help you gain anything,” alongside a chain-link fence.

Morning walk in Central Eastside. Portland, Oregon. 7th June, 2025.

A grid of sixteen square photos of various flowers

Yard flowers this morning. Portland, Oregon. 7th June, 2025.

All photos taken at the same distance from the lens.

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Distorted reflection of me in a silvery tiled surface taking a photo with my iPhone.

Noticed the shiny tile at the cafe.

A black and white photo of a silhouette of a fighter jet flying high above white clouds against a muted gray sky.

Overhead. Portland, Oregon. 18th May, 2025.

This blog has moved over to a Hugo based site that I generate manually. I did most of the prep work over last weekend and just completed the finishing touches. I’ve started with a simple theme, and hope to build on it in the future. I’ve wanted to do this for a very long time and I’m glad to have gotten here.

It is now hosted on Github Pages where the feature set easily accommodates my needs at this time. I was trying to recall the journey of this blog, and from memory it seems to have gone this route over the last 20-ish years: Blogger, Wordpress, Tumblr, Wordpress, and lastly Micro.blog.

There’s a person in my wife’s run club whose aunt went to school with the Pope, so my Pope number is 4.

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A wooden garden bed with rich soil, bordered by a path of cedar chips mulch, surrounded by young green plants, and a California lilac in the background.

Morning Garden. 1st May, 2025.

A fast food restaurant named “Chicken Connection” is in a mall food court. The counter displays illuminated menu boards featuring various chicken dishes. In front, there are empty tables and chairs on a tiled floor.

An indoor atrium of a modern building with a curved glass ceiling. There are multiple levels with railings, beige flooring, and a large planter containing tall green plants in the center.

Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon. 9th May, 2025.