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Silence

Celine — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:00:16 +0000

I took this photo of my favorite oak trees located behind the hospital off of 10th Ave. a couple of weeks ago, but didn’t get around to posting it. It was foggy that day. So I took a picture.

Not Bad For A Winter Day

Celine — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:00:06 +0000

The weather here has been pretty mild this month. I took the above photo off of Fern Ridge Rd., looking east at a shed in a fairly large field. It doesn’t look like the middle of winter to me… not that I’m complaining. Though with this weather, our snow pack on the mountains hasn’t been very good, so we might have a drought come summer.

Fog In The Wilderness

Celine — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:00:36 +0000

Guest photographer John Brandt took this beautiful photo of Wilderness Park, as seen from across the creek (otherwise known as Salem Ditch) at Pioneer Park. It looks mystical. Thanks, John.

Snow There, Not Here

Celine — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:00:50 +0000

The weather ’round these parts went kind of wacky. The Portland area saw a fair bit of snow, but at my house here in Stayton we saw a couple minutes of light flakes and then we were through. That’s boring, though, so today I’m posting a photo my brother took with his cell/mobile phone in McMinnville, which is about 45 miles northwest of Stayton.

Yes, that is the top of a mail box in the foreground. My brother’s a mail carrier, so that’s the view he had when I asked him to send the photo. But, hey, snow!

Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Web

Celine — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:00:13 +0000

It’s raining here in Oregon this weekend. We haven’t had much rain lately, so I’m glad we’re finally getting some. Except I have to be outdoors this evening, but that’s life, especially around here.

The photo above is a macro of raindrops on a spider web in a hanging plant on my patio. It reminds me of green hand sanitizer.

Gosh, this is such an important note: It appears my auto Twitter update thingie is borked (I didn’t do it, I swear!). I shall endeavor to fix it soon…ish.

Fog On The Farm

Celine — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:00:56 +0000

Guest photographer Debbie D. Dodd send it today’s photo of a foggy sunrise taken on her farm four miles south of Stayton. Very pretty. Thanks, Debbie!

Down To The Last Drop

Celine — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:00:44 +0000

It’s still raining here (a lot), so I went to the exotic location of my backyard to take today’s photo. This tree (we call them filbert trees here, but you might know it better as a hazel or hazelnut tree, if I understand things correctly) leaf looked kinda pretty, with raindrops dangling off its tips. I took this during a very brief moment of sunshine yesterday evening.

Rainbow

Celine — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:00:59 +0000

Guest photographer Gary Jones sent this very pretty photo of a rainbow he took from Highway 22 looking towards Sublimity. The sky is beautiful, with the clouds adding drama to the rainbow. Thanks, Gary!

By the way, Dave over at StaytonEvents.com has two slideshows up from the wind storm we had on the 1st, including the backyard of the house I posted on Saturday.

Downed Trees At Pioneer Park

Celine — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:00:55 +0000

Guest photographer Moe has sent along some photos of downed trees at Pioneer Park. It looks like some big ones went down. I didn’t do it. The wind storm which followed the snow/ice we had a handful of days ago obviously took its toll. It looks a lot like my backyard, actually (see yesterday’s post).

Below are some more photos from Moe… click on them to see larger versions:

Windy City

Celine — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:00:21 +0000

We had a bit of wind early Friday morning… and by “bit” I mean “a lot.” There are tree branches all over the place in my neighborhood, and in some cases, there are trees toppled over, like the one above. This is my neighbor’s house, where fortunately no one was injured. Her family and a tree removal service spent yesterday trying to clean up the mess. I don’t know the extent of the damage, but I don’t think it’s as bad as it looks. It’s not good, of course, but at least the house is still standing.

At my house, one of my next-door-neighbor’s trees uprooted and fell across their fence, my fence, our storage shed (it’s kind of munched now), and the neighbor’s fence behind ours. The next-door-neighbor hasn’t been home, and our insurance company’s been inundated with wind damage claims and has to call us back, so the tree is still sprawled across our yards.

It could have been far worse, though, and we’re thankful no one was hurt, and that our homes are still in tact.

If you want to see photos of our new yard decoration, click on the thumbnails below: