Located in Oregon, USA, featuring Stayton and other nearby towns in the Willamette Valley.
Archive for March, 2007
Tulip-icious
Mar 31st
I saw this lovely tulip in the yard of a doctor’s office on 2nd Ave. It said, “Hey, take my picture!” Flowers can talk, can’t they? 
Over the Hospital
Mar 30th
This is a large windsock which lives on top of the hospital. It sits next to the helipad used by the Life Flight emergency helicopter.
Yes, it does look like a certain form of birth control.
For a bit of perspective on where the windsock is, here’s a daytime photo of the helipad. The windsock can be seen on the top of the building.
Wednesday Night @ 10pm
Mar 29th
Things get wild and wacky when the sun goes down here in big ol’ Stayton. Yep. As you can see above, everyone swarms to one of the busiest places in town — that’s right, the parking lot of a Safeway grocery store.
Okay, so life is pretty quiet after dark around here. The vast majority of stores, etc., are closed, and other than a few bars and the single-screen movie theater, there aren’t really any recreational activities. Unless you consider the claw toy machine thing inside Safeway to be a rip roarin’ good time.
It’s okay if you do. I won’t judge.
Looking Up
Mar 28th
I like trees. That’s probably obvious to those who visit regularly, since I tend to post a lot of photos of trees.
So here’s one more, this time of some Douglas-fir trees. It’s another ‘up’ perspective, somewhat similar to the Spring Blossoms photo I posted a few days ago… except with a lot more trees. It was taken at Pioneer Park.
Leaves Alight
Mar 27th
Do you know what would be nifty? If I could point my digital camera at something, say the leaves of some sort of plant or bush, and the display would tell me what type of bush or plant it is. Because, frankly, most of the time I am absolutely clueless (on so, so many things).
Such is the case with these leaves. All I know is where I found them, which is Pioneer Park. I don’t know anything more than that. Sometimes I’m amazed I can manage to turn on the camera and take a picture.
Rusted Bolt
Mar 26th
This here is a rusty old bolt on a faded on stop sign. Why did I take a picture of a rusty old bolt on a faded old stop sign? Because it was there, I was there, and sometimes I’m liable to point my camera at any old thing and press the shutter.
This particular sign resides in the Bi-Mart parking lot on Shaff Rd. So if any of you are in the area, won’t you stop and, uh, say hi to a rusty old bolt on a faded old stop sign?
Note: the preceding photo caption is what happens when one posts in the middle of the night after one’s dog wakes one up so one’s dog can go outside and go potty.
Spring Blossoms
Mar 25th
I decided to get all artsy and stuff and shoot today’s photo looking up the trunk of a cute little blossoming tree. ‘Cause, ya know, that’s never been done before.
Or not.
Anyway, are these cherry blossoms? Some other sort of blossoms? Are they a figment of our collection imaginations? Who’s to say? But they are pretty, whatever they may be.
Once again, I couldn’t decide which photo to post, so click on the thumbnails below to see a few more:
Spring Daffodils
Mar 24th
I just love spring. It starts to get warmer, the days start to last longer, all the deciduous trees start coming back to life, and the flowers start to bloom. I especially love the flowers. I saw a whole bunch of daffodils in a yard yesterday, and had to take some photos.
And since I couldn’t decide which photo to post, click on the thumbnails below to see a couple more of the pretties:
300th Post!
Mar 23rd
Somehow, despite my very real tendency to procrastinate and then eventually forget pretty much everything, I’ve actually managed to post a photo every single day for the last 300 days.
How did the heck did that happen?
Beats me. It’s strange. Anyway, so this here is post/photo 300. It’s actually a photo I took last autumn, but I was going through my photo archives and thought it worth sharing. It was taken at a small duck pond off of Fern Ridge Rd.
Thanks to all who visit and especially to the folks who leave comments… they’re always greatly appreciated.
Moon Blur
Mar 22nd
Last night I was all set to take a picture of the moon. It was all pretty and stuff. So I went to get my tripod and discovered I had misplaced the little thing which attaches the camera to the tripod. Because I’m dork.
So I decided to try it anyway. It didn’t work. But I do kinda like the blur I got instead.
So that’s today’s contribution — a blurry photo of a moon sliver. I feel like I’ve really done something useful. Or not.
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