How do you measure a year?

Oregon's only Frank Lloyd Wright building
The Gordon House at the Oregon Garden was up and moved from its rural farm property in 2001. It's the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed building in the state, and I've been meaning to visit it for awhile. In fact, it's the only Frank Lloyd Wright in the Pacific Northwest.I've been to the Hollyhock House in Los Angeles: a stunning hilltop Wright home complete with his water + fire combination in t

Cute on cute
Watch out. This is so cute your teeth are going to rot and fall out of your mouth.

Do you have family who take photos of things when they think of you?
Yeah, me too. As evidenced by the gnome bungee jumping as seen by my parents while visiting New Zealand.Those crazy New Zealand gnomes are hard core!

Don't buy into the crap
'Tis the season for crap, crap and more crap. Blankets sold as robes, 1001 decorations to glop all over your house and nic nacs you know you don't need but for some reason you get sucked into.Stop.Don't do it. And don't buy into the spending tons of money on the holidays. Let go of the stress and the unreal expectations and enjoy some classic time together, make a new tradition of volunteering, or revel in the experience of trying something new. Like making a pie.Pie is simple, right? Right. And you certainly don't need this:

Put out more wonderful in the world
I've been thinking about my footprint lately. Not my size 8 shoe footprint and not my environmental footprint. But about my wonderful footprint. How much wonderful do you put out in the world?I'd like to thank the Portland Art Museum for putting out this wonderful footprint as seen above. Hundreds of Chinese lanterns strung above in the courtyard between buildings. Not permanent or lasting or "sustainable" but wonderfully ephemeral and enchanti