House sitting

This week I'm house-sitting (and cat-sitting) for a co-worker at Xerox who is on a cruise with his wife. They have a nice house -- way better than my apartment. Here are a couple of things that I wanted to share with you.

The Irrational Clock

(see http://www.signals.com/signals/Customer-Favorites_3AA/Item_Irrational-Numbers-Wall-Clock_HH6134_ps_cti-3AA.html )

All the numbers are irrational numbers.

In the upstairs bathroom I found this gem.

Jesus Band-Aids made me laugh. Perfect for cuts, scrapes, locust bites or other minor boo-boos.

I've been in Oregon for four months and haven't been to the beach yet. This is MLK weekend, so Kathy came to visit. (The free airline ticket and the fact that I'm house-sitting in a nice house, instead of my "stinky" apartment helped.)

It was a grey day. A steady drizzle of rain almost all day. Not really great photos, but here's what it looked like.

Haystack Rock

Kathy walking toward Haystack Rock

You can tell how hard the wind blows by the way it has bent the trees

Is Sandy really that Boring?

This is one of my favorite street signs in Oregon!


Problem is that it is a very busy intersection, so I drove by it time after time before I actually took the time to pull into a parking lot and walk back to take a picture of it.

Yes, Boring and Sandy are two towns in Oregon. Here's the map:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=boring,or&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.371289,85.166016&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Boring,+Clackamas,+Oregon&ll=45.408092,-122.356453&spn=0.108464,0.33268&z=12

Canby Ferry

Today I took a long (and hilly) bike ride and took the Canby Ferry across the Williamette River.




It was only 20 miles (well, roughly, my new wireless bike computer isn't working), but the hills about killed me.

Kathy flew to Portland for a visit this weekend and we had a good time. The weather was alternating rainy and sunny -- lots of back and forth. This happened to be a sunny moment at the Williamette River at the site of the old Boone Ferry.

History of Wilsonville

The town of Wilsonville was originally called Boone's Ferry. This historical marker explains why. (Click picture to enlarge so you can read it.)

Better back yard picture

OK, so this weekend I'm home and have access to the better editing tools on my Mac (vs. the stinky Vista laptop I have with me in Oregon). So, I was able to stitch together a panorama of the shots looking off the balcony of my apartment into the back yard. (Click on the picture to bring up a larger version.)