May 2012
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April 2012
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January 2012
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Montlake Artist House: Receiving Snow with Open... →
montlakeartisthouse:
Monday was beautiful.
T’was the last official day of break before the new school year was supposed to start, and the rare gift of snow was gracefully set upon capitol hill. When I woke up I admired the snow, but I was not moved by it. I was resistant to the idea of enjoying such a rare…
Wanted: Artsy Girl to Join Our Artist House
Earlier this summer, we launched a home to provide intentional community living for artists and have a single room open. We’re currently hosting three students in two of the three bedrooms, and my husband and I live in the mother-in-law basement. There’s a diversity of disciplines represented, from jazz performance to graphic design. We’re quiet and relaxed, yet pretty busy and social; we host...
November 2011
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Autumn Cinemagraph
A nice reminder that these gray days will not last forever.
October 2011
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First Breakfast at the Artist House
Even though we were short of Kelly, our home is filled with awesome ladies. This is from our first house meal together, noshing on cinnamon rolls. We’ve been hosting artists for three months now and I love the heck of these women. So excited and honored to do life with them.
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Film: Halvsies
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Good Loves
Cole’s family loves some pretty awesome things, which we get to partake with them. Like boating.
Keeping sweet pets.
And gardening!
Portlanding in Film: In Betweens
These pictures are from in between locations. The highlights of our trip were pretty fantastic, but even the short in-betweens were delightful and memorable.
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Film: Cascade Locks
At the end of our vacation, I shot a friend’s wedding at Cascade Locks in Oregon. It was beautiful, as well as a gorgeous day. Took a few photos to explore texture in black and white.
Portlanding in Film: Toast
During our Oregon trip, we dressed up in our wedding clothes and headed out to an amazing breakfast join called Toast. It was delicious, filled with delightful customer-made artwork, and their snarky menu made us laugh. Highly recommend.
Our Latest Big News
My dear friends, I’ve got an exciting announcement to make!
A few weeks ago, I teamed up with my pal Joel Fariss to launch a boutique branding studio with an affinity for startups. It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Horn & Tusk.
We discovered there’s a huge need for designers in the startup world (especially tech companies) and the time was ripe with opportunity. We...
September 2011
4 posts
Portlanding in Film: Mississippi Ave
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Portlanding in Film: Yarnia
An unexpected treasure during our Portland trip was a little shop called Yarnia. You can make your own skeins by choosing from walls of various colors and fibers. They wrap and sell it to you by the pound. Pretty cool and definitely worth a stop for the hard core knitter.
Happy Birthday en Español
A very happy birthday to my mother today! I wish I could post a video of singing this birthday song to you, but you’ll have to wait for a phone call from me instead. :)
August 2011
21 posts
Portlanding in Film: Stumptown
Stumptown Coffee on Division & 45th taken in 2005 during my Portland pilgrimage. Best americano of my life experienced here.
Same Stumptown. Love how the tree to the right has grown so much fuller.
Our drinks of choice. Cole is crazy for their cold brewed coffee. I like my Mount St. Helens (espresso over sparkling water).
Cribbage and coffee. Bratcher staples.
Portlanding in Film: Pok Pok
We mostly ate our way around Portland. Of note was Pok Pok and their legendary drinking vinegar.
Newport, OR
We took a day trip to Newport, Oregon, to enjoy two of our passionate interests: beer and marine biology. Part of our honeymoon was spent at an aquarium and a Rogue Brewery outpost, so we figured it’d be nice to continue the tradition.
The trip started off with a stop at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. A little-known fact about me is that I deeply desired to be a marine biologist between the...
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Good Eats
A few sights from preparing meals on vacation. We ate lots of beautiful food.
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R&R
Cole and I decided to spend a few extra days at the lakehouse to get some much needed rest and relaxation. We spent our days in the lap of luxury. Cole would often get up early to make a fire down in the firepit, where he would read his Bible with a cup of French Press and his pipe. (I may have had a marshmallow for breakfast at some point…) I cooked extravagant meals. We shared an early...
Oregon Coasting
After a whirlwind of moving all our worldly possessions into our new garage, Cole & I launched our vacation by joining his family for a lakeside and seaside holiday in Lincoln City, Oregon. It was a lovely trip and a perfect opportunity to start practicing with film.
Some highlights:
Waking up to the sound of the ocean.
My first jet skiing experience.
Playing games all night long.
Naps...
Photographic Ingress: Film
My first photo taken on my Minolta X-370S. Shot on expired film, green hues are overcast on this view of 3rd Ave W in Queen Anne. Excited for more film experiments to come!
July 2011
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Unexpected Greatness
Missing the earlier bus may have provided one of the highlights of my day. I got to spend my day surrounded by greatness; date morning with my amazing husband and a visit with some very special friends, and unexpectedly, the bus driver on the way home.
I hopped aboard the empty bus, the start of the line at a late hour. Not many know this, but bus drivers are often a treasure trove of...
Holy Crap.... It's actually happening
Cole has been doing much better job of blogging these days. Crazy times out here!
untilledsoil:
We always knew it would happen… or rather we’d like to say that we always knew that. But it’s happening. We have a house, we have many interested students. We need a little more cash and a little more furniture, (If you can help in either way please let us know) but it’s moving forward. God is...
Coffee Haiku
Black Stumptown coffee
Cupped on this summer morn
Unadorned delight.
Bratcher Artist House: We have a location! →
Here’s what’s been keeping us busy as of late. Interested in participating?
bratcherartisthouse:
We have exciting news! We pulled the trigger on a house in Capitol Hill! It is the same house that we posted about before. It is exactly what we were looking for in most respects and we hope to send you pictures and dimensions about the house soon.
Now we have been given a new...
June 2011
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The First Year
A friend told me that if I married Cole Bratcher, I’d never be bored, adventure always on our heels.
And boy, was she right.
I’m such a lucky girl to be married to such a wonderful man. I love the life we’ve had in stride together this last year. Picaresque or piquant, I can’t wait to find out what is yet to come.
P.S. Seeing this reminder still fills my heart with...
May 2011
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