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Category Archives: Quarantine Stuffs
Quarantine Evacuation Chapter Five – The Final Chapter
We had listened to music all the way home, and were relieved, oh, so relieved, to be home and to see it still standing. I cried driving up our little gravel road. I was so glad we’d left the hummingbird … Continue reading
Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Quarantine Stuffs, Wildfires
Tagged holoholo pacific nw, quarantine, Wildfires
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A Quarantine Evacuation Tale, Chapter Three
Late Friday afternoon I checked out pizza places where we could get takeout so that we wouldn’t have to eat inside. I found this one, Lexi’s Pizza, in Kelso. It got great Yelp reviews, so off we went, again leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Holoholo Pacific Northwest, Quarantine Stuffs, Trains, Wildfires
Tagged evacuation, kelso, quarantine, smoke, wildfire, Wildfires
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A Quarantine Evacuation Tale, Chapter Two
We woke early the next morning and let the kitties out, got them fed (we’d kept them in the bathroom overnight), and though they didn’t eat much, we knew they were okay. This was our view when we woke up; … Continue reading
A Quarantine Evacuation Tale, Chapter One
I don’t even know how to begin this post. It’s been a whirlwind that started with the Riverside wildfire southeast of Estacada. On Wednesday, September 9th our area was in the Level 1, “Get ready” zone. So even though there … Continue reading
Quarantine Holoholo to Red Sunset Park
Yesterday our holoholo was at Red Sunset Park in Gresham. We haven’t been there in years and years, and decided it was high time we went back. We’d only been there for picnics at the covered area, but had never … Continue reading
Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Handspinning, holoholo, Quarantine Stuffs
Tagged holoholo, quarantine, red-sunset-park, walkies
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Quarantine Holoholo to Meinig Park
Last Sunday we decided on a new place to holoholo (walkies). We’d already picked up a book curbside at Sandy Library, to I suggested we go to Meinig Park, a beautiful, wooded, park nearby. We used to go there every … Continue reading
Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Quarantine Stuffs
Tagged holoholo, meinig-park, sandy, sandy-mountain-festival, walkies
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Quarantine Walkies and a Serendipitous Surprise
We were going to go for a walk up at Powell Butte yesterday, but it’s closed unless we wanted to walk all the way up and back. Nope. So instead we decided to go to Main Street Park in downtown … Continue reading
Quarantine Da Kine
Ho, time for one da kine! I’m writing this while munching on some ʻono Hood River cherries; there’s a guy who drives down from there and sells them along Highway 212. I look forward to seeing him every year. Tour … Continue reading
May Quarantine Photos, Chapter Two
Wow, May’s almost pau. I better hurry up with the photos! The Western Tanager and his mate are back! They love the suet we put out. I know the photo’s blurry, but they wouldn’t hold still! So beautiful!
Posted in 365 Days, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Handspinning, Quarantine Stuffs
Tagged birds, handspinning, knitting, quarantine, spinning, western-tanager
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May Quarantine Photos, Chapter One
I’m saving at least ten hours a week not going to the gym. Or going any other place, for that matter. I still go to the vet’s for pōpoki stuffs, like Noelani’s, Kalakoa’s, and Keola’s meds. Or Keola to get … Continue reading
Posted in 'Ono Kine Grindz, 365 Days, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Quarantine Stuffs
Tagged Covid-19, flowers, masks, pua, Pōpoki, quarantine
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