Stayton (Oregon) Daily Photo
Located in Stayton, Oregon, USA, also featuring other nearby towns in the Willamette Valley.
Taz
Jan 27th
The weather has kept me home this week, so my chances of taking photos have obviously been slim. So here’s one of my neighbor’s dog, Taz. My neighbor told me what kind of dog he is, but heck if I can remember. I do remember Taz is a mix. That’s what I get for waiting over a week before I post the photo. I should write things down. I won’t, of course, but I should. We’re lucky I remembered his name. Especially since it just occurred to me I don’t know my neighbor’s name. I should fix that.
Bringing Down The House
Jan 26th
Guest photographer Rita Elkins saw this collapsed house and wondered what was up. Turns out, by a check of guest photographer John Brandt’s Flickr photostream (click on the small photo at right to see John’s full-sized photo of the house), that this house on Florence St. is being cleared out for more construction.
It’s sad to see that house go. The Stayton-Sublimity Chamber of Commerce downtown walking tour says the houses in that row were built in 1923 as workers’ cottages (I assume for the mill which used to be by to the houses).
I Remember The Sun
Jan 25th
Between the snow and the mass amounts of rain, we haven’t had much sun lately. But for part of the day on the 21st, the sun forced its way through some rather dark clouds to remind us it still exists.
Softly, She Said
Jan 24th
Here’s my contribution to the great big huge snowfall of January, 2012, which melted several days ago. This is a juniper bush with a bit of snow on it.
A Winter Scene
Jan 23rd
Yep, I’m still posting snow photos, despite the snow having melted days ago. Snow doesn’t happen around here often, so I like to take full advantage of it when it happens.
Besides, when guest photographers like Patrick send in such pretty photos, what else am I going to do? So here’s another snow photo from Patrick (see also: From The Back Porch). Thanks, Patrick!
Snow At Little North Fork
Jan 22nd
We have a new guest photographer today! GWolfe brings us this beautiful snow image. The description:
The little North Fork of the Santiam on Sunday, 1-15-2012, before the storm became a major weather event and disaster for many.
Thanks, GWolfe! Send in more anytime. 
Tomorrow I’ll be posting another snow photo, so come back then.
Come Again, Another Day
Jan 21st
We have more pictures (see below) of area flooding, this time courtesy of guest photographer Terri Jo Adams (see also: yesterday’s photo by Denny Barnes). Her photos were taken on the 18th and 19th in the Stayton, Aumsville, and Turner areas. So much water… thankfully our weather yesterday was a lot less wet, but more rain and wind are due in. Let’s hope it’s a lot less than we’ve been having.
Click below to see bigger versions of each photo. Thanks, Terri Jo!
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Jan 20th
We interrupt your regularly scheduled snow photos to bring you flood photos. It’s been an exciting week around here, weather-wise. And by “exciting” I mean crappy.
Denny Barnes braved the elements yesterday to get some shots around town. His description:
I had to make a run to the store and had my little camera with me so I snapped a few shots on my way home. The pictures are of what I call the Swamp, the Park & Ride, Mill Creek North of Highway 22 and where Mill Creek goes under Boedigheimer Road. North Mill Creek runs across part of my property and it is running fast and loud> because of the couple little water falls. I had almost 10 inches of snow, all gone now with the 7.5 inches of rain I got in the last two days. It can stop anytime!!!
To see each of the photos full size, please click on the thumbnails below. Thanks, Denny! And I’m glad you made it home safely. I’ll have more flood photos tomorrow, so come back then.
See also: StaytonEvents.com has some great video up of the flooding (here’s a direct link, should the video move away from the main page).
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- The swamp along Cascade Highway
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- Flooding along Cascade Highway at the park & ride
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- Flooding along Boedigheimer Road at Mill Creek
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- Highway 22 by Mill Creek North
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- The mosaic seen above
From The Back Porch
Jan 19th
The great big huge snowfall of January may be but a memory, but that doesn’t mean I can’t post more photos of it, possibly until spring. Guest photographer Patrick sent in a few very nice photos, one of which I will run today. Another will go up tomorrow. His description:
We had a little more snow than you did in town. I woke up a few mornings ago to about an inch and a very nice sky. If I were painting the scene instead of photographing it, I would have used a lot of purple. These photos were taken from and on our back porch. The one of the chair looks like someone in need of a head.
Thanks, Patrick!
Reggie’s First Snow
Jan 18th
Dogs love snow. It’s a proven scientific fact (see also: yesterday’s photo). Guest photographer Denny Barnes offers up more supporting evidence. His description:
I grabbed my little pocket camera and took our eight month old Jack Russel, Reggie out to play in the snow. She thought this is great! I now have a yard covered with her tracks. We have about 3 inches. Lots of snow in the lower mountains and if we get the rain they say is coming later in the week we could see some flooding again. Anyway, a couple shots of Reggie, one out our office window and one of our bird condo.
Thanks, Denny! More snow photos to come tomorrow, so stick around. Or come back later. Whatever.
In other news, I just realized I accidentally posted two photos yesterday. Sorry about that. Someday, I’ll learn how to use this here blog thing.
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