Memorial Day 2011

A visit to my father's grave site near Monmouth, Oregon today. Pretty much says it all.

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Flowerside

Another little flower from the school gardens. I really like this shot......

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Impala

I must have really liked this car at the Lamb & Wool fair car show. And, well, yes, it is quite pretty and well detailed. It was amazing the overall quality of car at this little rally.

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Do not pick the flowers. DON'T!

Next to all these lovely little pink flowers was a wasp keeping watch over passers by, insuring no one goes home with a flower that didn't belong to them. Ok, not true. I believe he was hanging out and drinking water until I shoved my lens into his face and scared him away. :-)

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All Smiles

The Scio, Oregon Lamb and Wool Fair opened yesterday with a car rally. There were too many cars for our little town to handle. That was pretty cool. I think the most impressive thing though was the quality of restoration. There were awesome pampered autos from yesteryear. Here is a sampling of a few "smiles" the cars gave up all taken with my fisheye lens. (I'll have another tomorrow.) I have quite a few more images and perhaps in the coming weeks I'll sprinkle them in to some postings. It was very cool!

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Iris

It's spring time and that means flowers. Unfortunately, what has not been done? I mean this Iris is a great specimen, but how original is the photograph? I actually went in to school today with a couple flash units & triggers thinking I would light creatively. I forgot to check all the batteries. At least I came away with this one. Not bad. I do like the Rhododendron (red) background. I'll try again soon with lights.....

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GoldFinchDay

Today I had around 15 finches around the feeder. Fortunately I have a couple trees, a porch and rain protection because I needed all three. The birds didn't seem to mind the weather and I was better prepared. :-) They sure are pretty birds.

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The Lake

Early frosty morning at a local lake recently. I little fog, a little sky, a little frost all combined for this image. It has interesting colors to me and a cool calm.

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