my favorite

This is my favorite of the Portland street pics.

Cool, huh?

Portland

A few weeks ago I went to Portland for a conference.  I got to spend some time wandering around downtown, and was amazed at the fodder for my camera.  Here are some of my favorites:

I loved this sign.

I’ve never seen an orange fire hydrant!

Falling water, even in pictures, always seems peaceful…

Portland rocks.

Mosaic

I’ve seen this around, and thought I’d give it a whirl. 

1.  Type your answer to each of the below questions into Flickr.

2.  Pick an image off of the first page of results.

3.  Use Big Huge Labs Mosaic Maker and create a mosaic! http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php

Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you attend?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celeb crush?
6. What is your favorite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favorite dessert?
9. What did you want to be when you grew up?
10. What do you love most?
11. What is one word that describes you?
12. What is your flickr name?

(And I added a last row–that picture just kept popping up and I knew I had to include it!)

1. card & nancy store bag, 2. Avocado and grapefruit, 3. decatur high school, 4. Purple fingers, 5. Patrick and Emmy, 6. Wasted away in Margaritaville, 7. In the Neighborhood, 8. crust, 9. Day 106 - I am a librarian, 10. Raccoon Family, 11. here, let me help you with that!, 12. Coco Wristers, 13. “Norouz” is coming!…, 14. “Norouz” is coming!…, 15. “Norouz” is coming!…

Flowers!!!

Spring has FINALLY sprung.  And I figured out some new camera tricks. 

 

 looks like I need to do some yardwork:

 We have one lone tulip:

 A gorgeous yellow bush:

 

Something with thorns:

This is some sort of a cherry tree:

 

Doesn’t go too well with the onions…

Finally, a little something for luck:

 

Wherein I open mouth, insert foot…

I went to the big citay a couple of days last week for a conference for advocates and lawyers for victims of crime.  The first morning, I was in the display.info room with another gentleman.  I noticed he had a very very nice dSLR (Nikon).  I’d seen him taking pictures of the conference, and I sure wanted a closer look at that camera!  :)  So I asked if he was the official photographer.  He said no, but it was a big hobby of his.  I admired his camera, and told him I was an amateur* and some of what I was struggling to learn.  We talked for about an hour–and I learned a TON.  I had to rush back to  my room and write it all down.  He even went and got me some articles and info he found helpful.  And he gave me some tips on how I can use photography at my work! 

Later, I realized that this gentleman was the KEYNOTE speaker for the conference!!!  And I asked him if he was the photographer…  Good thing I didn’t know in advance, or there is no way I would have approached him. 

I took literally 600 pictures over those two days–it was awesome.  Mom and Grandmom come this week, but I shall get some more pics up soon! 

L,

-n

 

*spelled that right on the first try!

Woodpecker Wonderland Festival

Offical page:

http://www.paradisebirding.com/sys-tmpl/woodpeckerfestivaljune08/

and news story:

http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?s=8303406

The Keynote Speaker?  Nancy Tanner?  That’s my grandmom.  She’s coming here to speak about finding the Ivorybilled Woodpecker with my Granddad, James T Tanner.  I’m beyond excited. 

p.s.  Can you tell who I’m named after? 

Oregon Coast

Finally, a vacation!  Actually, that should be: A VACATION!!!  Here are pics from Seal Rock beach–stop #1.

 
Gorgeous, huh?

 Famous for the lighthouses…

 

 ate these later…  :)  Not really these ones…

How to go on a venture

Add one husband:

Plus a beast or two:

Pile into truck:

Don’t forget the sun and the snow:

And some friends:

Check out the scenery:

Spend some time with a lonesome tree:

Watch out for fences:

And then head off up the mountain!

Just kidding!  We didn’t climb the mountain.  But we did have a great adventure. 

World spinning off axis…

My mom, who still hasn’t mastered recording on the VCR, is thinking about getting an iphone.  WHAT?  I thought we had a deal, mom.  When I hit about 15 I got to be the more technologically advanced one!  (Of course, the computer geek of a brother surpassed me, but still!)  I was supposed to be teaching you about all this stuff mom! 

At the very least, will you come to visit soon, so that I can play and dream? 

Edited to add: I forgot to mention that my mom has a prius and a newer OS on her Mac than I do. How is it that my mom is more hip than me?

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