Yes, Lorna. Portland, Oregon--a fabulous city I have always loved. My aunt lived here until her death in 1992 so I spent a lot of time here in earlier years. Now that I've been back here again, I won't stay away so long.
This sign was by an empty field with a chain link fence right by a fence near the Esplanade on the Willamette River. There was a small enclave of young men and their dogs "camping" there when we were there last night and then there was this sign. Then we looked around and there was a battered alien doll nearby and a bunch of smashed electronics. We assume a performance artist does his shtick here during the day.
Donna W. commented not to buy anything I didn't need after reading about yesterday's estate sale. Donna, I've got bad news. All of us are garage and estate sale aficianados and we went to several today and I haven't laughed so much in a long time. Vicki is an assemblage artist, Lynne is a vintage clothes collector and artist, Orma is an artist, Rick goes along for the ride and old videos, and you know me. Mostly I bought artist and crafts supplies. I promise we will utilize all or put it on Freecycle.
This part of our stash of stuff which we laid out on a table and youu can only see partially. Everything I bought is packable, believe it or not. Later those that bought clothing modeled it and we had a photo shoot. I cannot remember having such a zany time in a very long time, but when the five of us get together, we try to outrage one another.
This is Orma and I showing off a few of our purchases, but get a look at that red silk vintage dress--$1. I can hardly wait to use all my new art supplies, ranging from 10 cents to $3.
One more day of fun in Portland and on Sunday at noon I take the Amtrak to Olympia to visit my sis. I can't remember the last time I've laughed so much.
