A Fashion Statement

I took this shot the last time I was in Portland. I was actually taking a picture of something else nearby when I noticed this guy standing in front of this window and then, of course, this became the real shot. I love this shot. I'm sure this guy didn't even realize where he was standing while talking on the phone. :)

There Goes The Neighborhood

I was raised in a tiny community in Oregon called Bridge. The last time I drove through Bridge the old neighborhood just didn't seem the same. Must be those city folks moving in....

Modern Granny

Ahhhh nothing better than a walk along the beach with a faithful companion (in matching outfits). Fresh air.. sea gulls flying over head, the sound of the waves gently lapping at the shore and .... a cell phone!

Grannys just aren't what they used to be :)

Hokey Pokey

The Hokey Pokey is a silly song with body actions that is sang in several parts of he world but sometimes with different lyrics.

It goes something like this...

You put your left foot in, you take your left foot out, you put your left foot in and you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around.. thats what its all about.



You put your right foot in, you take your right foot out, you put your right foot in and you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around.. thats what its all about.



You put your whole self in, you take your whole self out, you put your whole self in and you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around.. thats what its all about.



You do the Hoooookey Pokey
You do the Hoooookey Pokey
You do the Hoooookey Pokey
Thats what its all about!!

The Courtship

I'm doing two posts today because I fell asleep and didn't get one posted yesterday.

This story has to have multiple photos. My apologies to Salty and others with slow connections.

Today I was at the Wildlife Safari and this little black buck was really strutting his stuff trying to get the female to pay attention to him.


He flirted shamelessly...


...and even tried a few tricks... but to no avail.


Even the sika deer ignored him


and the little female walked off with the buck following after.


Eventually the female DID allowed the male to share her salt lick. Sometimes a guy just has to settle for what he can get.

A Fun Surprise

I don't know how I manage it but I really do seem to be in the right place at the right time often when I'm taking pictures. But then again, maybe its that I'm out taking pictures so often I HAVE to be in the right place at the right time occasionally.

Anyway, the story here... I went to have lunch with my sisters and a cousin last Saturday and the photos I've been posting since then were taking during that trip to Myrtle Point, Oregon.

I got to town a little early so I drove around and decided to take a street named Ash that turned into a country road. I stopped along the road to take a picture of an old fence post with daisies and wild roses around it...



... and suddenly a head popped up from the tall grass in the area.



I was pleased and surprised to discover a curious horse staring at me.



He/she stared at me a long time allowing me to take lots of shots of the horses head in the daisy patch.

Look back at the first photo and you can see the horse hidden in the grass but I didn't discover that until I got home and downloaded the photos. Did you see him the first time?

An Old House, An Old Barn And A Funny Cow Story

Sunday I was driving near Camas Valley, Oregon and stopped to take a shot of an old falling down house and barn.


As I was clicking away, a cow at the other end of the field looked up to see what I was doing


and came to stare at me from the other side of the fence.


Soon other cows came to see what the first cow and I were doing


and they stared at me too... and started mooing. By this time I was laughing and clicking..


The more cows came.. the more cows stared.. the more cows mooed...the more I laughed


When I finally drove away there was a whole herd of cows standing by the fence staring at me and mooing.


And I'm sure people in Camas Valley are still wondering who that strange lady was standing by the road laughing like crazy and taking photos of ordinary cows.

Just For A Laugh

Headed out of town. Don't have time to process a photo so, hopefully, this older one will make you smile. Back toorrow.

pffffffft!

Again I can't upload a photo, so this is a repeat of a Feb photo.

This photo isn't technically wonderful, but it is so funny I'm posting it anyway. This Canada goose was scolding me I think. He stuck his tongue out at me anyway. He not only has a dirty tongue, he has a bubble on the end of his dirty tongue!! I laughed out loud when I first saw it.