Jan 21, 2026
The Type 1 deathwatch continues :-(
—orc Wed Jan 21 14:13:25 2026
Jan 17, 2026
Some of the Type 1 cars are still running, and I spotted 122 leading an Oak Grove-bound train just as the sun was starting to go down this afternoon.
Still need to win the lottery so I can buy Tri-Met’s remaining stock of Type 1 cars and build a carbarn for them (I wonder of the ORHF – or whoever owns Portland Traction these days – would allow me to underwrite electrifying the remaining line?)
—orc Sat Jan 17 23:20:42 2026
Jan 16, 2026
Dust Mite takes advantage of the holiday candy clearance sales
—orc Fri Jan 16 23:54:28 2026
Jan 09, 2026
Dust Mite & I went out – for the first time in 3 months and a day – on the bicycle, and stopped by the Big Big Store on the way back.
—orc Fri Jan 9 19:40:29 2026
Jan 02, 2026
An eastbound train pulls into Gateway Transit Center earlier this afternoon.
—orc Fri Jan 2 23:56:24 2026
Dust Mite poses with a Lego vase of flowers
—orc Fri Jan 2 23:45:46 2026
Dec 31, 2025
The motive power for the sushi train at the (long-vanished, and missed) Sushi Takahashi 2, on display at Kashiwagi, which just closed tonight. The owners retired, so it’s not likely they’ll be setting up a new sushi train ever again.
—orc Wed Dec 31 22:27:33 2025
Dec 26, 2025
Hanging around the christmas tree
—orc Fri Dec 26 23:23:46 2025
Dec 25, 2025
Decorated just in the (saint) nick of time
—orc Thu Dec 25 01:34:11 2025
Dec 24, 2025
It’s the holiday season again, so it’s time to Weekend At Bernie’s another evergreen :-)
—orc Wed Dec 24 21:05:55 2025
Dec 20, 2025
The local cat fud store had a special event where you could make friends with a small collection of reptiles (a boa constrictor, giant tortoise, very small crocodile, and this albino cornsnake) so I ended up spending a bunch of time playing with the cornsnake.
(The snek attacked one of the yellow patches on my jacket about 30 seconds after this picture was taken :-)
—orc Sat Dec 20 17:44:46 2025
Dec 19, 2025
Dust Mite & a Dust Mite ornament SWITCTBN made at a staff ornament-making party this week
—orc Fri Dec 19 23:29:21 2025
Dec 12, 2025
Dust Mite hangs out on Leek Hill
—orc Fri Dec 12 21:47:28 2025
Dec 05, 2025
Last Minute Mite
(I was sitting here reading yuri, looked up, and it was 11:56. Oooops :-) So here’s a quick snapshot of the star of the day sitting on top of a clutter of papers with its shopping bag at hand.)
—orc Fri Dec 5 23:59:17 2025
Nov 28, 2025
Dust Mite is in the fridge with the leftovers
—orc Fri Nov 28 23:53:05 2025
Nov 22, 2025
I was changing trains at the station on the west end of the new trolley bridge, and while waiting for either the #19 bus or a Milwaukie-bound train this E/W trolley showed up. It looked nice and warm (the station does not have more than the absolute minimum shelter from the wind, and it was getting COLD) so I was tempted to hop a ride across the bridge, but didn’t.
At least a southbound interurban showed up not more that 4 minutes later.
—orc Sat Nov 22 23:35:29 2025
Nov 21, 2025
Winter is creeping up, so it’s time to stock up on dried beans
—orc Fri Nov 21 23:48:43 2025
Nov 14, 2025
Always carry a reusable shopping bag!
—orc Fri Nov 14 23:58:08 2025
Nov 07, 2025
Dust Mite got into the halloween candy
—orc Fri Nov 7 23:56:01 2025
Nov 05, 2025
North drops down into the lower terminal under overcast skies.
—orc Wed Nov 5 19:01:15 2025
Nov 02, 2025
Julie & I rode out to Multnomah Falls to could catch some fall colo(u)rs on a sunny sunday afternoon, and it did not disappoint. When we were coming back, the sun was shining up the gorge and in person (plus cataracts) it was pretty spectacular when we reached Crown Point for the second time. (The iphone – I forgot to bring my good camera, alas – did a pretty good job of capturing it, though it wasn’t quite the same.)
—orc Sun Nov 2 22:42:45 2025
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