August in Pictures

Besides studying Russian, I've done a good deal of exploring this month. There are often concerts and festivals at the various parks downtown. This week, for example, Oregon Ballet Theater are rehearsing at director park (around 9th and Taylor) instead of in their studio. I've never particularly enjoyed ballet before (much to my mother's dismay) and insisted on quitting lessons when I was ten. But as I've been trying to become familiar with Russian culture and art, it's been hard to avoid. Here are a few pictures I've taken around downtown the past few weeks.

Roosevelt!

Down 10th Ave.

It's Black Eyed Susan Season!

Park Blocks at Sunset

Food Cart Lunch

Concert in the Park

My Sanctuary :)

Now doesn't that look fun?

What I'm Recording: 

• I'm starting my first solo recording! I will read George MacDonald's "At the Back of the North Wind". I've never read it, but it was my mother's favorite book as a child and I have been wanting to read more George MacDonald. I haven't even started recording yet, but I will try to post a chapter in the coming weeks! Hopefully it will be done by next Mother's Day!

• I've also taken on a few short stories and poems in an old children's book called "Up One Pair of Stairs in my Bookshelf". Some are by familiar authors, while others are adapted from folk and fairy tales.