Holly Dodd

Summer isn't over until Labor Day

2011-08-26T22:56:00.000-07:00

Cats Cradle Game?

2010-11-12T19:08:00.000-08:00

Sad to not have a friend to play string games with more regularly.

Nuee

2010-08-06T14:07:00.000-07:00

Canada Day 2010

2010-07-02T00:02:00.000-07:00

Caterpillar nest in Hudson

2010-05-24T16:01:00.000-07:00

I first walked right by this without noticing, but when it was pointed out I was so excited to step back and look! I'd only ever really seen nests like this high in trees with sunlight shining through. (in Coventry, Rhode Island June 2007 is the best memory I have of any) Kind of gross to think about, really pretty to see, but not much detail or evidence of life.

It was so IN YO FACE I'm still surprised I missed it the first time... And come to think of it, I guess I missed it walking by the other way, too!

The hats came from "beach night" at the bar the night before. That's Jess and Lily, totally local to Hudson, but willing to pose for my tourist-ish photo. :)

Maybe they should be called "page markers"

2010-04-22T19:00:00.001-07:00

I have a bookmark that I made of turquoise and purple paper and box tape.

Linnea asked me what it was, I said it's a bookmark. She asked where I got it, I said I made it. She asked where I made it, I said upstairs in the kitchen. She asked if she could open it (double sided), I said she could not. She asked why she couldn't- There were too many answers to give! I think I could have been in a 'put it back, please don't mess with my things' mood, but guess what, I'm not! I said that it's just what it is, it doesn't open up. I grabbed a book and opened to a random page and showed Linnea what a bookmark is for. I tried finding a page again without the bookmark, and then with the bookmark. Both of us smiling and giggly. We were sitting next to a box of tissue, I told Linnea that my mom uses kleenex as bookmarks and grabbed another book and marked it! Linnea was amused at how that made the book look and thought it was funny... And understood that it worked the same as any bookmark. And I'm pretty sure she also understood why my bookmark didn't need any more parts or colors or layers to it.

I got back to what I was doing, computer things (as Adam Daniel would say), while Linnea was still checking it all out and playing with her stuffed toys. Then she stuck my bookmark in one of those books and asked me to guess which page she wanted, of course I opened to some unmarked pages first (since this game doesn't have rules against that), and we both laughed when I got the right page and we played again. We found a way to play with that bookmark! And a real way, with real books. That was really cool.

The books were "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong"-- Both books I have borrowed from Linnea's parents, and both I have yet to even open... Except to show my friend why I made that bookmark.

My mom for a couple of seconds

2010-02-26T11:43:00.000-08:00

A digital picture of a Polaroid picture taken with a digital camera through a polaroid camera.
[Click to enlarge]

At the butterfly pavilion in Denver.
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I found my bubble pipe!

2010-02-06T23:36:00.000-08:00

Scanned hands!

2010-01-27T17:59:00.000-08:00

I used to bite my nails every other day or so.

(Click to enlarge)

Three round things

2010-01-22T23:39:00.000-08:00

Busking in a tube station

2009-12-19T15:31:00.001-08:00

HEADS UP: The video might be awful. I couldn't see it before posting.

Back in Chertsey

2009-12-14T07:57:00.000-08:00

The house I stayed in my last time around.

Brief but clear

2009-12-09T12:01:00.000-08:00

He was doing some fancier stuff before and after I took the video. He reached in his pocket, so I'm assuming his song ended. His other hand had long, beautiful musician fingernails.

Also you get the exotic sounds of the tube train. (:

I don't play any instruments but I kinda have the blood of a musician. I wonder if other people even noticed.

Lunch with dinosaurs

2009-12-07T02:14:00.000-08:00

Virginia Water:

Coffee Bella:

The Thames on Monday

2009-12-01T11:50:00.000-08:00

Look how high the river was!

Julie said "I've never driven on a river before," and Adam and I each confessed that we hadn't either.

2009-11-27T15:15:00.000-08:00

2009-11-27T00:52:00.000-08:00

I had plans to play with Adam this morning since I'm going to be shopping in London today and this will be our first day apart from each other... After two whole days together. So I set my alarm so we'd have time in the morning to maybe watch Star Wars while we play or something, but I've been asked not to bother him and his dad while they make plans for their day together. They're going to make Star Wars models, and at this stage it's none of my business. So it seems I've been given a bit extra time to brag about what a fun and sweet kid I get stay with. Even if he's not entirely reliable with play time arrangements.

He really is delightful<3

A brilliant suggestion

2009-11-26T14:45:00.000-08:00

The night before I left for England (this last Sunday) I was laying on my bed with my mom and talking about everything I had left to talk about. (not to exaggerate, but...)

She mentioned that she wanted me to blog while I'm away and I commented on how I hadn't posted anything during my visit home. She said that was okay. I said that I felt behind on blogging because there were things I meant to post but never had and that I just want people to see my pictures. THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED my mom suggested putting slide shows up when I had pictures (I mean artsy pictures) to share, and we kind of talked about how it's okay to not have captions and explain everything.

While I'm seeing the irony of that, since I'm here explaining so much, I'd like to post a couple groups of photos to catch up a bit and hopefully get in the swing so I can continue to take pictures through my stay in England and start sharing them as soon as they're worth it.

Enjoy or don't enjoy!

A flower and a mushroom taken on my birthday on the property Diana lives on
(and a candle to catch attention and distract at the same time):

Doodle tops (right?) from an afternoon with my mom:

And while I'm at it, here's a video of that:

(Mindlessly whistling The Beatles)

Also, photobucket is awesome!

Coming soon: Something more interesting, less interesting or just as interesting, but hopefully all of the above.

November 1st 2009, you guys

2009-11-01T23:34:00.000-08:00

Chance carved a sweet pumpkin, but I don't have pictures from when it was first carved, sorry. He stuck it in the fire place after the sun went down today and we all got to see what happens!

The pumpkin was fresh; it did not happen fast.

AND EARLIER WHEN THE SUN WAS UP
A picture of Oregon that I kind of got in the way of:

Some videos from the other day

2009-11-01T09:34:00.000-08:00

Mushrooms

2009-10-26T15:43:00.000-07:00

If trees in the back weren't there you could see the wall and windows of my room, but... I happen to live on the other side of some trees.

Mug. Mushroom.

2009-10-19T22:00:00.000-07:00

Not necessarily related but similar when I looked at them at the same time like this. The mushroom was in the yard and the pitcher/mug came from a thrift store. Nice.

Finding our balance

2009-10-17T03:19:00.001-07:00

On Thursday Hayden and I got to spend the afternoon with the Cabatic kids!
Renee took us to a cool park in Philomath with lots of metal play equipment.

Pictures Here

Teeter totters:

Swings:

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My very favorite picture of the day!

And a very brief (possibly) sick-making video:

Buddha, Buddha, Buddha DOG!

2009-10-10T14:13:00.000-07:00

I grew up with my brother's dog named Gudrun who did not like having her picture taken at all. We have a lot of pictures of her tail, while she was walking away from the person with the camera. I think it might be the flash.
But now I live with ANOTHER beautiful dog named Buddha and he doesn't mind the camera at all!

(Buddha came to check on me twice while I was posting this<3)

My room at Diana's house

2009-10-05T11:04:00.000-07:00

With it's five windows it does get chilly in the mornings, and there's only one electrical outlet. But with a cozy bed (big blanket of Hayden's, little space heater of Diana's) and my dresser that Linda Hessel helped me shop for and transport when I first arrived (/Ongoing art project), it's a very comfortable space for me and my many things. <3

Tall door to Hayden's room - Shorter door to porch

From Hayden's room:

From the porch:

P.S. Something that is very hard to photograph, and very hard to explain without pictures; The door to my room and the door to the basement, and back(yard) door is there by the landing.

South end of southtown

2009-10-01T11:30:00.000-07:00

The first Good Vibrations Conference

2009-09-26T16:38:00.000-07:00

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Packing in process

2009-09-08T17:37:00.000-07:00

Heading out tomorrow afternoon- I'm pretty dang close to being ready to leave. More luggage than I was expecting but I'll probably end up using everything I've packed, which, at the very least, feels nice to think.

The belts I'm bringing:

The belts I'm leaving:

The hats I've packed:

Maybe there is something I won't use actually:

Something I know I will use:

After the weekend I'm also going to have a copy or two of Sandra Dodd's Big Book Of Unschooling, but I was thinking of how some people are very attached to their book collections and a lot of people, even kids my age, could easily pack boxes of books without trying very hard. (except to maybe fit them in the box)
The books I'm taking:

Minus my toothbrush, shampoo, pillow, laptop, camera, self and one other box:

An Albuquerque thing

2009-08-27T18:52:00.000-07:00