New Paint

We added some color to our white-on-white-on-white interiors. We no longer live in a clinic! 😉 

Living room... before:

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Kitchen... before:

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Upstairs bathroom... before:

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Looking up the stairs... before:

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Office... before:

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Downstairs kitchen... before:

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Downstairs bathroom... before:

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Rockaway Beach

For my birthday in February, we went to stay in Rockaway Beach for about five days, and we explored the Oregon Coast in the Tillamook area.

Here's where we stayed. Fairly comfortable--except for the bedrooms! So we probably won't go there again 😉

Stairway to the third floor, with a stained glass porthole window:

We took along this beautiful sugar-free, grain-free cake, made by our favorite baker:

We enjoyed several pieces of beach-town art:

We finally made it to the Tillamook Creamery. No tours due to COVID-19, but they were happy to let us in to sell us food and gift shop items for consumption elsewhere:

Of course, every sunset was beautiful. We had a great view of Twin Rocks from the house where we were staying.

Here are Twin Rocks in the daylight:

We drove around Netarts Bay and saw the Three Arches:

We got home in time to enjoy a snowstorm:

And experience an ice storm (not as fun):

COVID-19

 As it was for everyone else, 2020 was a year of not getting out much for us. 

But before the first lockdown, we were able to visit a few things.

We went on a walking tour of some of Portland's civic buildings.

We saw this critter at City Hall:

And these critters at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse:

This wall inside that courthouse was eerily prophetic for the year:

A dear friend came to visit us, and we went to see the Freakybuttrue Peculiarium. Many oddities to enjoy there, including a Space Chihuahua!

We went to a manga conference, not realizing that's what it was. A new culture for us! You could win this car in a contest; strangely, we forgot to enter the contest:

And near the end of February, we took a quick trip to San Diego to visit friends and family. Here is a door to a canyon:

Here's what's on the other side of the door:

And then we spent the rest of the year visiting only places like the MCU and other galaxies far, far away--and taking brief walks around our neighborhood. Masked up, of course!