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Archive for October, 2006
Happy Halloween!
Oct 31st
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 isn’t finished — his ‘m’ still needs worked on. They’ll both be donning cowboy hats tonight. They’re actually fake pumpkins, so I won’t have to paint them again, unless I change my mind and decide to paint over them.
Stayton’s pretty good about decorating and getting into the Halloween spirit. It’s nice to live in a small town where it’s pretty safe for the kids to go trick or treating.
I’ve started a Flickr photoset of my Halloween decorations, if you’re interested. I’ll be adding to it as I get more photos taken.
FYI: tomorrow’s the City Daily Photo bloggers’ monthly theme day. You won’t want to miss it.
Update: Marie over at Alexandria Daily Photo made a nifty Halloween web ring, which includes various daily photo bloggers who posted something relating to the holiday:
Alexandria – Evry – Phoenix – Greenville – Paris – Queens – Brussels – Nottingham – San Antonio – Rotterdam – Cottage Grove – San Diego – St. Paul – Little Rock – Tucson – Barcelona Carlos – Auckland – Houston – Bath – Kyle – Sequim – Wellington – Stayton – Sydney Nathalie – Photowannabe – Passante’s World – Chattanooga – Joplin
Technorati tags: Tree street
Oct 30th
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 behind them.
Skeleton lights
Oct 29th
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, etc., but it’s all in the name of fun. That, and scaring various children to the point of them being too scared to walk up our driveway. Everyone needs a hobby.
I’m sure I’ll be posting more photos of my decorations at least once more in the next few days.
Douglas-Fir Trees
Oct 28th
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. I think they’re beautiful. And tall. Very, very tall. They’re my favorite type of tree to get as a Christmas tree.
The trees in the photo are in a residential neighborhood in Stayton, in the yards of a couple of homes.
Foggy windows
Oct 27th
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.
Underneath the Texaco star
Oct 26th
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 Wilco, an agriculture-oriented store.
Autumn at the duck pond
Oct 25th
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. 
Attack of the inflatable creatures
Oct 24th
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.
Afternoon at the matinee
Oct 23rd
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 artisan (wish I could find his name) which also has the movie reel theme and is truly beautiful. The Star’s history page on their site has a couple of photos of the railing… scroll down to the bottom of that page to see them.
At right: since I’ve already posted a photo of the front of the Star (more than once), I’ll just include my latest as an extra. Click on it to see the bigger version on Flickr.
Hey look — today’s photos don’t have autumn leaves in them! I can’t make any promises about tomorrow, though. Consider yourselves warned.
Technorati tags: Walk amongst the leaves
Oct 22nd
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 the bushes and grass growing around it… it just seems to be its own little world.
Don’t forget to check out my autumn photoset on Flickr. It keeps growing every day. I tell you, I’m obsessed with fall.
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