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Happy Diwali 🪔

Yesterday I visited a couple of galleries after a long time.

I got this gorgeous 12" x 12" print by Alice Christine Walker at Blue Sky.

A colorful square photographic print enclosed in a clear plastic envelope.

There was an exhibition there of some amazing huge prints.

A gallery wall with three large photographic prints mounted on it.

I saw prints of the Gravestones project by my friend Isaac at Blue Sky. I had seen these online but prints are always so much better.

Two black and white matted prints enclosed in a clear plastic envelope.

I also went over to Blackfish Gallery where I saw these cyanotypes by my friend Kim. She is the featured artist this month.

A gallery window with several cyanotype prints mounted on a wall.

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Mr. Momo enjoying the first rains of the season through a new window.

A cat sits on a window stool looking out a half open window sash to a yard on a gray rainy day.

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Foggy morning in the neighborhood.

Foggy street view with the top of a chimney silhouetted by the rising Sun directly behind it and a warm orange sky.

Foggy street view with the sky lit by orange light of the rising Sun.

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Friendly Neighborhood Werewolf. 9:15 AM, October 14th 2022. Portland, Oregon.

A tall werewolf decoration in a yard that reaches to the roofline of the house behind it, with a mostly full moon in the morning sky behind.

Mimi Uploader Now Supports Alt Text for Recent Uploads 🎉

Mimi Uploader Now Supports Alt Text for Recent Uploads 🎉

Screenshots of the recent uploads screen showing the new layout and filters alongside the all new alt text editor screen.

You can now write alt text for any image in Recent Uploads. Tap on an image. Write the text. Hit Save. This is attached to the export snippet at the time of export.

Also in this release:

Grateful to @maique, @pratik, @pcora, and others for help with testing and fixing issues in this release 🙏

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Birthday Cakes

Birthday Cakes

Continuing my new-ish birthday tradition I had three cake slices over three days.

A triptych of slices of cake.

From left to right:

I’m not a big fan of cheesecakes but I took a chance on one this year. Although it was great, I’ll continue to choose regular cakes for this tradition.

Mt. Adams cake remains my favorite. It is described thusly,

Fluffy hazelnut-coconut cake, praline Viennese buttercream, wild huckleberry compote, and huckleberry Italian buttercream.

The cakes were sourced from Papa Haydn, which is about as old as me.

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Waking up

A diptych of photos of a sunrise with lots of shades of red, blue and gray with a silhouette of trees and houses in the foreground. One image is blurry while the other is sharp.

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📷 A Bike Ride to Kelley Point Park

📷 A Bike Ride to Kelley Point Park

A few years ago we did a bike ride that went along the Columbia Slough and some wetlands to Kelley Point Park which is at the confluence of the Wilamette and Columbia rivers. At the time it was the longest bike ride either of us had done. We have recalled that ride fondly over the years. Today, on a very pleasant and sunny Fall day, we did it again!

Sandy beach with two rivers meeting beyond.

Jenni with her bike navigating around the logs on a wet river beach.

Jenni enjoying a snack sitting on a log on the beach by the river. Sauvie island trees visible across the river.

An elaborate fort made of driftwood on the sandy beach with trees behind.

Jenni on her bike on a shaded trail overlooking the river beach.

An interesting looking building with roof resembling the bow of a ship.

A dirt road with tree and other wood debris and a single red Target shopping cart in the midst.

A row of ducks on a log in the river close to the bank.

Activity Stats

Distance: 20 miles
Elevation Gain: 155 ft
Time (including breaks): 2h 23m

A map showing the path of the bike ride.

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Goodbye summer

Jenni stretched out on a hammock in the yard.

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