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Journey to Work

Keven — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:13:50 +0000

It’s very easy to get bored of your journey to work or school…or in my case both since they are both in the same place. So today I took the camera along with me to take pictures of the little things I see every day and hopefully appreciate them more through photographing them.

More images after the cut

Spring in Portland

Keven — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:53:45 +0000

Yes Spring is here..albeit early, but here indeed. Our courtyard is in bloom. I adore the fact that we only need to walk out our front door to have a lovely stroll through a garden.

I also found this little yellow jem of a cactus at Ikea of all places. So I rescued it, re potted it and gave it a nice sunny home in on our front window sill.

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Way to go ReBuilding Center!

Keven — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:51:41 +0000

Portland’s very own ReBuilding Center made it onto Apartment Therapy. Check it out! I personally love this place, walking in gives me dreams of art projects and DIY home makeover glee.

Portland’s First Winter Snow

Keven — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:19:46 +0000

Finally some snow in Portland.

Piet and I recently celebrated our 1 year anniversary of meeting each other during last years snow storm, and it just didn’t seem the same without the snow. Here are some pictures I took from our courtyard.

it definitely got prettier but it also got darker, alas. We got one evening stroll in though.

Snowshoeing on Mt. Hood

Keven — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:56:21 +0000

No…its not a child. It me and my very tall husband Piet. This picture is amazing, and i’m 5′3″ and he is 6′2″, so the picture is a bit exaggerated. To celebrate the end of the school term, we took a nice hike up on Mt. Hood following by amazing hamburgers at the famous Calamity Janes in Sandy.

Sarah and I on Mt. Hood

Plywerk on TV!

Keven — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:58:09 +0000

Plywerk at the Holiday Artisan Market

Plywerk was featured on KGW local news yesterday morning. Its the last clip if you want to skip forward. Check out Kjell pimpin Plywerk!

Also the Plywerk 17% discount is available through the 15th with discount code “merry17″. And if you’re my friend or family, contact me because I can give you 25% off until the 14th. So hurry folks!

Fall Walk #2

Keven — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:20:41 +0000

With Piet and I moving into a new place at the end of the month, I have been feeling homesick for our little neighborhood and our family already. But its always exciting to move into a new place, and we are looking forward to decorating and scouring Goodwill for funky cups and knick knacks.

A few more pictures I took on our Fall walk.

Fall Morning Walk

Keven — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:37:34 +0000

Pieter and I embraced the ice cold Portland morning with an adventure to Albina Press on foot. Mornings have been brisk, and evenings long and dark…but we have a fireplace for now and kitties to cuddle up to. Also, i’m rekindling my past love of photography and brushing up on my skills with these new fandangled digital cameras.

You Are What You Eat

Keven — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:34:18 +0000

If you haven’t checked out Ampersand located on 29th and Alberta in NE Portland, I urge you to stop in sometime, especially durring a Last Thursday event. The small shop specializes in books and retail committed to cultural preservation of historic and contemporary documents and collectables. You can purchase anything from vintage Playboy magazines, to hundred year old love letters written to long gone romantics.

The space doubles as a gallery featuring monthly rotating shows. The show which ends today is appropriately titled You Are What You Eat by Mark Menjivar. The show is a series of portraits made by examining the interiors of refrigerators in homes across the United States. Menjivar explores the issue of hunger and how our food consumption as individuals effects ourselves as well as our communities.

Food Artist . New York, NY . 1 person house Bar Tender . San Antonio, TX . 1 person
hold . Runs small vegan bakery from her household . Goes to sleep at 8AM and
apartment wakes up at 4PM daily.