Located in Stayton, Oregon, USA, also featuring other nearby towns in the Willamette Valley.
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Flour In Your Hair
012 hours ago
We have a rather cool looking structure for today’s photo. Guest photographer Tom Miller takes us a bit outside of Stayton to the town of Shedd, Oregon — click on the photo at right to see an up-close shot). His description:
Thompson’s Flouring MillS, home of the famous Boston (Strutting His Stuff) Turkey.
More information about the area can be found on the Oregon State Parks site. Thanks, Tom!
Old Skool
12 days ago
Continuing guest photographer Tom Miller’s effort to brings us some knowledge along with his photos, we have today’s lesson:
I’ve driven by this old building probably a hundred times thinking it looks like a little old school house. Well this time I peeked around inside and noticed it had old tongue and groove floor installed, which was not used in many barns.
So I stopped and talked to an older couple that lives near by, and she informed me that it was the old Oak Glenn School House and she went to school there for eight years. I also asked about the old abandoned homestead (A Place To Call Home) just down the road (Fern Ridge Road) from them, and she told me its the old Glenn Taylor homestead.
Thanks, Tom! I always feel like I know the area a bit better each time you send information like this along.
Be sure to click on the photo in the upper right for another view of the school.
My Hiking Woods
03 days ago
Guest photographer Denny Barnes has been documenting the changing landscape near his home in the hills outside of Stayton ue to logging in the area (see: Missing The Trees and Loading A Logging Truck). Today’s description:
Thought I had better get some shots of the woods I hike in before they are gone due to logging. This is a four shot pano that is typical of the logging roads I hike on. When these trees are gone I’ll have to walk about a mile further to get to the woods. They are half gone now.
Thanks, Denny, for letting us enjoy it with you, before it’s gone for good.
Knotty Biker
05 days ago
Guest photographer Tom Miller brings us a photo of this nicely aged bicycle for today. This is the kind of bike any self-respecting hipster would love, but only if they saw it first.
Loading A Logging Truck
01 week ago
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Guest photographer Denny Barnes lives a little bit outside of town, and he likes to take walks in the woods. The view on his walks has been changing. The most recent update:
How do you load a log truck… one log at a time. This is the logging operation on the hill north of my house about a half mile away. The photos were shot from my front yard and with a large crop they are only so-so but you’ll get the idea. They first remove and hook up the trailer, load the logs, strap the load down and then off to the mill. One section of my walk in the woods is gone now… sad.
Click on each of the thumbnails in order to see the process. Thanks, Denny.
Breitenbush River
01 week ago
Guest photographer Tom Miller has spoiled us once again with his gorgeous images. This time they are of Breitnenbush River, a tributary of the North Santiam River (read more about it on Wikipedia). He shot these last fall, when the trees were extra beautiful. Thanks, Tom!
Be sure to click on the thumbnail at right to see it full size.
Wild, Wild Horses
01 week ago
This photo by guest photographer Tom Miller looks like a painting. It’s just gorgeous. So are those horses. Thanks, Tom!
Old Timer
01 week ago
Guest photographer takes us a bit out of town for today’s post to see this awesome, awesome plane. His description:
I know this is a wee bit out of town unless we stretch Stayton’s city limits a little north. Say all the way to Hillsboro. I just had to go and see The Liberty Foundation, Inc. B-17, Memphis Belle. It was at the Hillsboro Airport over the weekend giving tours and short flights. I would have loved to have gone on a flight but didn’t. Maybe next time. I must have taken over a hundred shots of her and will send a few your way
In 1989, N3703G was hired for use in the filming of the Memphis Belle movie in England. In July 1989 she crossed the Atlantic with another B-17 to participate in the filming of the movie. Since returning to the U.S., N3703G has continued in the paint scheme of the “Memphis Belle” and continues to fly today to honor our veterans, educate current and future generations as to the high price of freedom and to preserve our aviation heritage.
My biggest problem was deciding which photo should be used up top, because they are all great. Click on the thumbnails below to see the rest of the images. Thank you, Denny!
Cinnamon Teal
02 weeks ago
Guest photographer Joan London brings us this adorable duck, a kind I’d never seen before:
taken May 3rd in the wetlands (near the north end of 3rd Ave.). First time to see the Cinnamon Teal duck.
Very pretty. Thanks, Joan!
Great Blue Heron
02 weeks ago
Guest photographer Joan London caught this great blue heron in the wetlands area of Stayton (the newer area around the north end of 3rd Ave.). Too cool. Thanks, Joan!
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