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Archive for July, 2008
Home Of The Eagles
Jul 31st
Earlier this month, I posted a photo of the front doors to the public high school. I also took a picture of the front of the gym, so you’re getting that, too. 
The high school is indeed the home of the Eagles, the name of the sports teams for the school. Not that I need to point that out… after all, it would be rather silly of the school to put the eagle and the text if the school were, say, home of the Badgers. So I’ll just shut up now.
Well, except to say if you click on the image and then click ‘all sizes’ you can see a bigger version, if you’re interested in seeing the artwork a bit better.
Early Morning
Jul 30th
I took this very early one morning (before 6am) just as it was starting to get light prior to the sun making its first appearance for the day. It looks out over a farm on E. Santiam St.
I am anything but a morning person, so I want you to fully appreciate the sacrifice I made to be out at that time of day. 
A Visit To Cartwright’s Music & Repair
Jul 29th
Cartwright’s Music & Repair Shop will be closing its retail doors in a few weeks time. This is a major bummer. So I stopped by on Saturday during the SummerFest to get a few shots in while I was in the neighborhood.
There were a lot of folks in the shop taking advantage of the major sale, so I didn’t get many photos taken. I’m hoping to go back before the store closes.
In the photo above, Ken was explaining to a customer the merits of various types of bows. It all sounded perfectly reasonable to me, not that I recall now what was said. But you can be darned sure Ken knew what he was taking about.
Click here to view more photos I took at the shop.
Thanks to Ken for letting me come in and take pictures from time to time. I really appreciate it.
Santiam SummerFest Car Show
Jul 28th
As promised yesterday, today’s post is of the car show at the Santiam SummerFest street fair held Saturday here in town.
The car show was held in Neitling Park, and there were a ton of cars. I couldn’t even begin to get to all of them, but I did get shot of about 40 cars. And as an added bonus, I actually have most them accurately labeled, with year, manufacturer, and model! Thank goodness for the ID cards in the windows of the cars.
In case you were wondering, the car in the photo above is a 1965 Ford Cobra. I love Cobras.
Check out the Flickr photoset of the event for several more car show photos.
Tomorrow I’ll be posting some photos from Cartwright’s Music Shop, which will (unfortunately) be closing in a few weeks.
Santiam SummerFest
Jul 27th
Yesterday, I attended the annual Santiam SummerFest in historic downtown Stayton.
There were a lot of people, a lot of interesting booths, a lot of awesome food, and other great stuff. I’ve created a Flickr photoset of the event showcasing some of the sights. Visit, view, be entertained.
In related news, the photos from the Santiam Gallery of Photography photo contest were on display in the YMCA lobby. There were some great entries, and I enjoyed viewing the various photos. And thank you to the judges for choosing some of mine as winners. I very much appreciate it.
Below are photos of my photos (how very meta) on display at the YMCA. Thanks to StaytonEvents.com for sponsoring the contest, and to Dave (creator of Stayton Events) for dropping off my photos and ribbons after the SummerFest was over. You rock, Dave.
Tomorrow I’ll post photos from the car show at the SummerFest, and the day after I’ll have a few photos from Cartwright’s Music, which will be going out of business next month.
All I Have
Jul 26th
Flower photo time. I had to do it… it’s too pretty to not post. I found it in a flower pot in front of the City Hall.
In other news, today is the SummerFest here in town. If you go, please stop by the YMCA to see the entrants and winners of the Santiam Gallery of Photography contest sponsored by StaytonEvents.com. I might be biased, since I entered and apparently won a ribbon or two. Really, check it out and support it and hopefully the contest will be back next year.
Expect some photos from the SummerFest tomorrow and probably the day after that.
Joni Harms In Concert
Jul 25th
Last night I attended the first concert in the brand new Mill Creek Concert Series, a series of free concerts put together by Ken Cartwright.
Last night’s performer was renowned western music singer Joni Harms from Canby, Oregon. She put on a great show, and was very kind and accommodating to her fans (including a certain someone with a camera – thanks for putting up with me, Ms. Harms. ).
There was a great turn out for the event, and the local Moose lodge provided hot dogs and hamburgers. It was a fun time.
You can view photos from the concert via my Flickr photoset of the event (including Ms. Harms’ talented and absolutely adorable children, Olivia and Luke), can read more about the concert series at StaytonEvents.com, and can visit Ms. Harms’ web site at joniharms.com.
Thanks to Ken Cartwright and the sponsors of the event. I look forward to attending more concerts this year, and in future years.
A note about the photos: I kinda had my camera set to 800 ISO without realizing it, so forgive the noise reduction (a.k.a smoothing) I had to do on the images. And I need a better telephoto lens. And I’m whining, so I’ll shut up now.
Torn
Jul 24th
This bit of sunset two nights ago was situated between clouds and the ground, looking like it was being torn from the sky. This was taken at the corner of 3rd Ave. and Fern Ridge Rd.
Police Department
Jul 23rd
I’m not sure when it happened, but I noticed the other day the police department on 3rd Ave. had a bit of a face lift. It used to be one could only see a vague outline of the words ‘police department’… it was so faint, in fact, I didn’t even realize it was actually there until I took a photo of it once and noticed it when I viewed the photo later on my computer.
So it’s all snazzy now. As snazzy as a box-shaped building like this can be without some serious renovation, that is.
Golden Stairway
Jul 22nd
The stairway leads to the second floor above either Jensen-Kreitzer on 3rd Ave., or one of the buildings next to it. It happened to be open when I passed by it.
Note: I played with the colors in the image… the original had a golden tone to it, so I played it up some.
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