Silver Falls

Hello everyone,

While I was on my vacation, we visited a state park with a trail of ten waterfalls, collectively called Silver Falls. It's a lovely place, and full of gorgeous scenery. It's also full of lots and lots of uphill hikes, which aren't exactly thrilling for an out-of-shape person such as myself. We hiked for four hours, the longest I have probably ever walked in my life, and by the time it was over, I was ready to collapse. Still, the waterfalls were absolutely magical. Looking at them almost made me forget the aches in my legs and feet. The next day, we did a very short hike up to Multnomah Falls, which was probably my favorite...600 feet tall and with two tiers...it's really gorgeous. And standing on the viewpoints, you can feel the cooling spray of the water as it crashes down. One thing I learned is that waterfalls are really, really loud. It's a literal roaring, and it completely fills your ears you can't hear much else. They're incredibly powerful, beautiful, and...they can also be deadly.

At Silver Falls, we were able to actually walk behind some of the waterfalls, which was probably the most amazing part of it all. One had a whole cave behind it, another wider one provided a curtain that provided an impressionistic look at the forests.

Here are photos of some of the waterfalls that we saw. All of the pictures, except the last one, were taken by me.(: The last one was taken by my aunt at Multnomah Falls.



















Aren't they pretty?? I'd love to go back someday and see the waterfalls that we missed.

Have a lovely day!

~Vicki

The Oregon Garden in Macro View

Hello everyone,

How has your week been? Mine has been full and busy, and right now I'm enjoying a pleasant time of relaxation. I went on a three-day vacation with my auntie to Oregon, and we filled our time there with gardens, hikes, and...of course, shopping! Hm, I'm sure you can't guess which was my favorite part of that time...(; Oregon is the home of the Goodwill superstore...which is apparently where they house all of the fashionable clothes that you ordinarily have to hunt for in another thrift store. So we visited two of those, and then there was the outlet mall...which was great.

Anyway, at the Oregon Garden, I took lots of pictures of all the pretty flowers that they had growing. I particularly liked the rose garden that they had. Other than that...it was a nice garden, but very commercialized, and not too natural looking, which disappointed my aunt and I...especially after the entry cost was so high.

...but I did manage to get a few nice pictures of the plants.(: & best of all, the flowers were all covered in tiny, crystalline droplets of water that shone after the recent rain.



















So many pictures! I decided to share them all, since I couldn't choose my favorites.(: I really love the roses, though! Especially the bright red ones!

I still have more pictures to share, so stay tuned for tomorrow's post!
Have a lovely day!

~Vicki

From Blah to Art

Hi everyone,

This is a project I did a really long time ago and only just photographed the finished project. I took an old Barbie accessory holder that had been in the giveaway bin and was scratched up and pretty ugly, and gave it a new life. It started out looking like this:



Then, I cut off the front flap. I used a Sharpie to draw a vintage style Barbie silhouette on the back, then made a mini collage with ripped up sheet music and phone book paper. Then I took my vintage set of fashion plates, which is the same model as this, and one of my favorite toys:



...and used it to make some fun outfits. I colored them in with colored pencils and cut them out, then glued them to the holder. I added some grosgrain ribbon along the sides and two large buttons covered the snaps where the plastic flap had originally been.

And I ended up with this:







Preatty cute, huh? I really love how it turned out...it has two little drawers in the front, which are perfect for storing my hair accessories, and it's also a lovely decoration.(:

Have a lovely day!

~Vicki