cottage life

For those of you who did not get the chance to visit this last term here are some tid bits of cottage #2. Before this I lived in a tinnie tiny dorm room with walls that did not reach the ceiling. In other words, I lived in a cubicle with 16 other people's cubicles. That's another story for another day...

cottage #2: second one from the left

my room...

Charleston sunrise

Cocktail parties every week with a classy dress up party for my birthday
22!!
Kenta is the king of uno... Sara & I are the queens of G&Ts

5 minute walk...

"heey brother"

high surf advisory

large waves, kelp, diatom fluff and giant poisonous mushrooms.

fall fluff

Charleston lacks the type of Fall the rest of Oregon sees this time of year. November is one of my favorite months...

One of the overlook parks in North Portland...


Jeff post birthday/halloween.
Peninsula park rose garden
My brothers house has a huge garden full of interesting things, like this mimosa tree.
Back in Eugene it was time to find some Ginko leaves changing from their lovely green to yellow

Maybe it will be cool to be an American again...

Reactions around the world

I still cannot believe what happened on Tuesday night. I suppose it became reality when I was cruising around Coos Bay and lots of people were dressed proudly in victory blue and their Obama shirts. Coos Bay! Yes our margin of loss to McCain was smaller than in Douglas County. Fancy that! Change is coming to America because we didn't want more of the same.

Health insurance just in time for graduation?

omg! omg! November 4th is upon us!

fall weather is.... nice?

indeed it is and because of it i'm enjoying my last term in charleston. here are some of my favorite moments/places. many more to come of course.

boat trip for oceanography

exploring restoration sites in the upper south slough
cottage #2
oimb beach cape arago pycnopodia with kenta and sara

watching the sunset post tidepooling. check out those nereocystis beds...

glass kelp? yes please.
oregon coast aquarium
north of florence with kenta and annie

stay tuned for a crafting/sewing post!

Portland Saturday Market

Really you must go if you never have. Wine tasting, fresh bagels, interesting fruits and veggies and of course beautiful flowers.





Some of this came from the family garden as well...

At the bottom of the lake

Overall an epic trip: lots of thunder clouds, much swimming, the tragic loss of the infamous pink sunglasses, sun rays, drinking at noon, water skiing , bad shuffling, dinos and curtis beating up the 8 year old...

Charleston

We love the mecca, not always the mudflats, but certainly on the last day of the term. Yep this is Summer in Charleston...

spineless soiree!

sooo... check out the sweet lemon dorid nudibranch costumes i whipped out. also annies sweet sponge that i assisted.

Best in show: tegula snail. carolines reaction... "wait. is that what I am supposed to be?"
anna as the dinoflagilate
parasitic isopod in a jelly
3/4 of group six: best group in show!
the party glasses made an appearance
creeper jana and her super long barnacle penis.
sad rhinophores
me as the rare tree dwelling nudibranchnudibranch creeping
awkward nudibranch
sponge...mmmmm
i heart annie and her 3 oscula
we are bringing the nuid costumes back to eugene for some fun stuff.