Portland Art Museum

Mary couldn't make it today, but sent an assignment by way of Linda - to do a selfie, using bits of art for the bits of our faces or bodies.  Sure, ya betcha.

I didn't get far before I stopped, caught by the ikebana tucked into a corner of the tea house set up in the Japanese exhibit.  I did it twice, once in (virtual) ink, and then again in (virtual) paint.

And then did do the assignment, after finding a face on a serving vat in the Native American section.  I shifted the features a wee bit, to make them look more like me, and then added hair.

And then, on my way out of the restroom, found the shiny metallic sculpture in the basement.  And a spot on it where I could see multiple mini-mes.

Amaryllis, again

The stalks have been lengthening, but not much else has been happening. But this morning I noticed that one of the buds is starting to unfurl.

Christmas Music in Pioneer Courthouse Square

Tea

Auditioning a new tea shop, because the one I normally go to is on the other side of the rebuilding of Thurman.  Only, it's really a coffee shop, that does tea as well.  But not very well.

Meeting

The Pedestrian Advisory Committee, hearing presentations on improvements in NE.

Seattle Public Library

I'd gone to Seattle for a concert, and delayed my return so that I could also attend a sketchcrawl there, at the downtown library.  While most people stayed inside the library to sketch either the interior or the views of the city through those diamond-shaped windows, I retreated to a coffee shop across the street, and worked on the view outside the window, tackling the strange perspective of the exterior of the library.

Sketchcrawl in Beaverton

We trekked out to Beaverton today, to sketch at a new food-cart pod there.





I found a dry place to sit in the center of the court and did a sketch of the carts in the opposite corner, with the city hall looming behind them.






By the time I'd finished that I was chilled, so I retreated to a heated porch, sitting behind a line of sketchers perched on bar stools.

And one bonus sketch, of one of the stuffed animals in the Christmas display at Union Station.

Play

Specifically, a member of the audience sitting down to write out one of his winter memories before the show.

Party

A Chick-Tech party, filled with girls of all ages and fancy technology for them to play with.  This girl was getting an introduction to virtual reality, but the goggles were too big for her, and she had to hang on to keep them from sliding off.

Figgy Pudding

Just the one quick sketch, because I looked at my phone after this one and realized that I'd have to hustle if I was going to hear all the choirs.  I got most of them, but the event ended before I made it all the way around the course.

Amaryllis

From Trader Joe's.  The convenience food of plants, with the bulb encased in wax.  No fuss, no muss, no pot, no water, no bother.

Persimmons

This year's harvest.

There had been more.  But two fell off when they were small and green.  The crows got two more, pecking into them and hollowing the pulp out of them.  There was a strange double-lobed one, and some lady picked that and walked off with it.  And there was one damaged one that I salvaged a little while ago.

The two on the right were still firm.  The one on the left was soft and ready to burst at the seams.  This afternoon I scooped it out and used it to make rice pudding.

Oregon Public House

Gathering before a concert.

Staver Steamup