Courtney Shannon
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Courtney Shannon
@cshannonpdx.bsky.social
I post about maps, GIS, and environmental chemistry, and now there’s also a lot of energy and Portland posts, some microblogging. Coauthor on a paper on bird population modeling. Reviews everywhere: "She's too direct."
Portland, OR
I went to Gambit’s at The Lloyd Center to see if I could get any Silksong or Deltarune merch for my nephew. I was unsuccessful at that, but I did get two, uh, throw pillows for myself on sale!
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This Georgian-Russian restaurant had an interesting juxtaposition of fancy table lamps and graffiti so I did a sketch while waiting for my food.
#urbansketching #inksketch #sandiego
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Ink sketches this morning of the people at Newport Avenue Beach in Ocean Beach, San Diego.
Logos of surfers on this beautiful Thanksgiving morning!
#urbansketching #sketchbook #sandiego
#inksketches
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Finally made that curried chicken. This time I threw in peas and mushrooms.
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This was like that one years ago when Dad came to Mom’s house for dinner and he said “I’ll pick up something for dessert on my way!” and he arrived the clamshell looked like this:
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This is my ice cream situation, btw. All the 🐐s right here.
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“Give your baby tetanus!”
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
?????
This is why Virginia Beach is bigger than Norfolk and why a lot of the streets are named after Confederate generals.
Both things can be true? This is a nonsense either or.
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🤔
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Hell yeah, got a California scrub jay this morning at the feeder!
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sketching the urban sketchers at this November Sketchcrawl at the PSU Farmers Market. Set up near facing the same Norway Maple as last week. Perfect weather, Daniel Smith watercolor sticks were vibrant! #pdx
#urbansketching #sketchbooks #watercolorsketch #psufarmersmarket #danielsmithwatercolors
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Women’s March in 2017 called this:
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
From the 2017 Women’s March in Portland:
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
That was me Sunday morning before and after I went to the Japanese Garden. I keep remembering that line from a Calvin & Hobbes strip "The world isn't so bad if you can just get out in it."
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Someone offered this clock in the buy-nothing group I'm in and I find it truly upsetting.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Nighttime porch setup
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
A month ago one of my tires had a screw in it. Here’s a photo of it, in case anybody would be interested.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
More! #pdx
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Went back this morning during member hours. #pdx
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Did two urban sketching watercolor and ink line paintings of trees and people at the PSU Farmers Market. Used my Sketchbox urban sketching set and palettes.
#pdx #urbansketching #swpdx #watercolor
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
At no point while reading this headline did I have any idea what the next word would be.
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Portland Japanese Garden doing it’s Fall display!

Note: no water in the waterfall due to power outage
#pdx
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Got ‘em!
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Yeah, this is why the people who actually do our jobs prefer WFH. Screenshot is a video with a really annoying versions of The Candy Shop playing.

Also, WTF do people like this *brag* about it? Main character syndrome.
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM