Happy Halloween!

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate the day, and happy day in general to those who don’t. The pumpkins in the photo above are two I’ve painted to go in my yard tonight. I’m a bit of an M&M fanatic, so I do at least one M&M dude each year.
The blue one on the right [...]

Tree street

Monday, October 30th, 2006

I can’t remember which street in Stayton I actually took this photo on (somewhere between 3rd Ave. and 6th Ave.), so let’s call it tree street. Anyway, the trees are almost through losing their leaves for the year, and I thought they were pretty, especially with the rather colorful trees down the road a bit [...]

Skeleton lights

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Last night, my niece and I started putting up the ol’ Halloween decorations. We always have to wait until the weekend before Halloween because it’s a big undertaking, and a lot of the stuff can’t go out until a few days before the holiday.
I probably go a little bit overboard with the music, lights, decorations, [...]

Douglas-Fir Trees

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Since I’ve featured so many photos as of late of trees losing their leaves, I thought I’d show some trees which are all over the place here in Oregon, and are always green, in the sense they’re evergreens. Funny, that.
Despite having ‘fir’ in the name, they aren’t technically fir trees. But let’s not get picky. [...]

Foggy windows

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Last night I went out to take some night shots of Stayton, and happened by the Stayton Memorial Pool pictured above. The windows have some nifty condensation on them, which makes the various colors inside the building glow.
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Underneath the Texaco star

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Here’s something I’m sure you were waiting to see — one of the various gas stations in Stayton. Well, wait no more, because I, your faithful city daily photo blogger, am here to fulfill that very desire.
This Texaco station is on the corner of 1st Ave. and W. Hollister St. It sits in front of [...]

Autumn at the duck pond

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

I went to visit my duck friends at my favorite pond in Stayton a couple of days ago. The two mallards on the left appear to be playing follow the leader. I thought about joining in, but I didn’t want to get my camera wet.
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Attack of the inflatable creatures

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

A house in Stayton has the most inflatable Halloween decorations I’ve ever seen in one yard. And it’s not a very big yard. I must admit, I experienced a bit of decoration envy when I was taking the photos.
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Afternoon at the matinee

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Last weekend I took my niece to see a matinee at the Star Cinema in Stayton. We arrived early, so I took a couple photos of the theater. The one above is of their nifty matinee sign, which was made by a local artisan out of wrought iron.
There’s a railing inside made by the same [...]

Walk amongst the leaves

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

I’ve discovered it’s almost physically painful for me to take photos of something not involving autumn leaves at present. That means today we have another photo with leaves.
Today’s photo, a leaf covered sidewalk, is about a half block away from Pioneer Park in Stayton. I’ve always been enchanted by that little patch of sidewalk, with [...]

Autumn’s reflection

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Today’s image is… well, it’s of autumn leaves. Again. But this one’s different, in that it’s taken via the rear view mirrors of my scooter. See? Totally different.
A comment I received on Flickr from someone named elTwitcho sums the photo up well:
In front of the scooter, fall, leaves on the ground. Behind the scooter, remnants [...]

Just waitin’ on a friend

Friday, October 20th, 2006

These two adorable little doggies were waiting for their owner to come out of the post office in Stayton the other day. They were very patient, and while they watched all that went on around them, they didn’t bark or try to climb out of the car.
If it were my dogs, one would have jumped [...]

Burnt Orange

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Hi, my name is Celine and I’m addicted to taking photos of autumn leaves. I can’t help myself. There are so many beautiful orange and red and yellow trees right now, I feel compelled to try to photograph them all. I won’t be able to stop until all the leaves are on the ground. And [...]

Big pumpkin

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

It’s not easy to tell from the photo, but this is a large pumpkin. How large? Not a clue. But it’s large. It’s presently living at Postal Connections in Stayton, which is run by the rather nifty Don and Sue Harteloo.
It took two men (and I think a dolly or something… I really should pay [...]

Doorway

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

The above doorway is on a building which used to be a bank but is now a fitness center. I suppose that means people once would sweat to earn money to put in the building, but now pay money to sweat in the building. Or something like that.
The big square thing on the left used [...]