Antics and Adventures of an Uppity Woman

Sorta like yours truly!

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And a few others I couldn't pass up...found in the Botanical Gardens at Shore Acres State Park, Oregon on a sunny, windless day.  The Dahlias      Not a Dahlia, but with flow...

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Well, actually nothing is wrong with the picture, in that it depicts Todd Akin's true beliefs no matter how he twists and turns in the wind about words and semantics!   The thing that's actu...

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...AND SERENE, FROM OREGON Alsea Bay Bridge, Waldport  Yachats  Cape Perpetua Heceta Head Lighthouse (being renovated)  Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area ...

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Of course you were all just dying to know the true name for "Creamy Pompom-on-a-Stick," right? And I'm sure some of you already knew it's really called "Seacoast Angelica," right? OK, but did...

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So THAT'S what happened to my bra!!

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THE TIDE POOLS Yuuummm, pickled sea pea salad! You can see now why tide pools are like undersea gardens. Strawberry Anemones live in colonies.  Do these tiny, sweet sea...

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THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUNDS Basalt Cobble in the foreground -- Seeps and crevices in the cliffs are home to tiny, but not-at-all fragile, mini gardens of incredible beauty and color... .....

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(Yes, that is truly how it's referred to.) THE LIGHTHOUSE  (Maintained by BLM) Outside in... ...Inside out. Its dizzying, five-story staircase, not for the feint of heart...

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 FOG!  Mother Nature's air conditioning.  The Oregon Coast isn't just pretty.  It's COOL and pretty.  And it's the perfect getaway for people with Scottish blood who LOVE drizzle and mist an...

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...from my friend Jeanie's kitchen: "The only reason I have a kitchen is because it came with the house"!! ...from her T-Shirt "Let's eat Grandma." "Let's eat, Grandma." (PUNCTUATION SAVES LI...

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TO DISTRACT YOU FOR A MINUTE -- check out the "Museum of Endangered Sound." http://savethesounds.info/

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Matilija Poppies and Prickly Pears, growing side by side along the road just west of El Portal, CA, like it hot and dry.   Like a swirling Flamenco dancer's skirt...can you hear castane...

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You haven’t lived until you’ve drowned in the sweet, fragrant ambrosia of Wild Azaleas.  One might compare the flowers to Iris, their perfume to Honeysuckle.  They are actually  related...

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This is the bridge over the Merced Wild & Scenic River, between Yosemite and Mariposa.  It's one lane as you can see; it's waaaay above the river canyon; its suspenders are low-lying; the ingres...

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HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY, a day late, even to those who only WISH they were Irish for a day!

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...especially when it hosts the annual Chowder Cook Off, when the eatin's good, and the local characters come out to play!  And eat. You definitely won't have a problem spotting the "chara...

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This is the first in a series of photographs taken before I started blogging and right after I started using my first digital camera. ~~~~~~~~~~ First Stop:  Playa Coyote (a little south of Mu...

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You know I don't take to my soapbox too often.  Not often enough, actually.  Yet here I am.  And for starters, you are "listening" to a woman who is Pro Life AND Pro Choice. I have been app...

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It's been a few whiles since I shared what I like best about the outdoors:  wildflowers.  Here's hoping these wildflowers (some may be repeats) will help cheer you if your mid-Winter day has ...

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Most of the time I think ads and commercials are pretty lame, but every so often, something coming out of a Madison Avenue right brain makes me chuckle.  Like the woman, Jen, who telephones her ...

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...were worn by Karen Lutz, a through-hiker, when, in 1978, she hiked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, lovingly referred to as "The AT."  A "through-hiker" is someone who hikes the en...

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