Photo #59

Large Second Growth Douglas Fir

"When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and

when we escape like the squirrels in the cage of our

personality and get into the forest again, we shall

shiver with cold and fright. But things will happen

to us so that we don't know ourselves .

Cool, unlying life will rush in."

D.H. Lawrence

Photo #58

Timber Bamboo Shadows

For more Shadow Shots go here:

http://heyharriet.blogspot.com/

Photo #57

Yesterday I walked down the trail.

This trail leads to the Willamette River.

The bridge was built in 1920 to replace

the original wooden covered bridge.

That bridge crossed the creek on

Old River Road much closer to the river.

For more info go here:
http://bridgehunter.com/or/multnomah/40900300676/

Photo #56

No Lucy!

Evidently Lucy likes tulips as much as me.

But I don't try to eat them!

Photo #55.5

Take two....

After reading Eric Alder's comment on Photo #55, I went back

outside and took another photo of the snowy chair. I agree

that the pure white snow is more appealing to me than the

early morning blue tinged snow.

Thanks Eric!

and for more blue and white snowy photos go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katheworsley/sets/72157626003551935/

Photo #55

Surprise!

Well...not that much of a surprise as the

weather folks have been telling us for a few

days to expect these snow flakes. It's fun to

wake up to a bluish white world.

I can hear the kids now, "Snow Day!"

Photo #54

Nothing but blue skies do I see....

Photo #53

Garden Detritus

Photo #52

Company for Breakfast

Out of town guests equates to Walnutty Waffles

Walnutty Buttermilk Waffles
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
1/3 cup (5 Tablespoons) melted butter
Beat eggs well, add dry ingredients and beat til smooth,
stir in melted butter til well mixed.
Bake in waffle iron til golden brown.
Serve with your favorite waffle condiments. Yum

Photo #51

In the Winter Our Sunshine is Metered!

We are having a rare few days of winter sunshine.

Everyone is outside with faces turned up to the sun.

Photo #50

Portland bicyclist's have room for fun

Bike racks and bike paths can be found everywhere.
This bike rack is outside the Green Dragon.

Photo #49.5

Double Vision

My eye sees this two ways. Looking down into a reflection.

Or looking into another universe.
Sort of a hole in reality. Do I dare step into this?

~~~~~~

As you can see I have two photos for this day. I originally

posted the full moon below Photo #49 and then admonished

myself for breaking my "rule" of no duplicate images

and I had already posted a full moon in January.

So I guess every month there

will be a full moon image along with another image.

I am writing the rules as I go...hahahah.

Photo #49

Full Snow Moon

The Farmers Almanac says the full moon in February

can also be called the Full Hunger Moon. This was

taken at 9:23pm last night outside City Hall.

Photo #48

Snow Day!

I looked out the window yesterday and

SURPRISE! It was snowing. But only for a bit.

After awhile the sun came out and that was that.

Pretty to look at and no shoveling involved.

The toad named Bufo, is a copper sculpture done by a good

friend of ours Keith Jellum. You can see more

of his work here:

http://www.keithjellum.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufo

Photo #47

Just another roadside attraction.

While out in the wine country Sunday

I spotted this little gem of a photo op!

Love the parking meter!

Photo #46

Every Monday Eric Alder posts one of his photos on his
Bifocal Univision blog and we are all invited to write
a poem or whatever to accompany his photograph.
Naturally I like to accompany his image with one of mine.

So here they are!

Rain weeps on

a cold stony heart while my

snowy heart melts

Photo by Eric Alder
http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/

Photo #45

Happy Valentines Day!

This might seem like a peculiar photo for

Valentines Day to some. But for me it's a

perfect image. We fall in love and we

fall out of love for one reason or another.

When one door closes another will open.

So there you are.

My Happy Valentines Day photo to all of you!

Photo #44

Looking Over the Menu

Caught this shadow of a customer ordering

his dinner. Lavangs is a great little spot for

good Pho and other Vietnamese dishes. Yum.
http://www.lavangrestaurant.com/

Photo #43

Spring Is Just Around the Corner

We can hear the birds chirping in the morning

and our chickens are laying more eggs. So we

know that spring is just around the corner!

for more Six Word Saturday's go to:

http://www.showmyface.com/

Photo #42

Sewer Construction in Lake Oswego

This has been a two year process and hopefully

by May 31st this year the lake will be back to normal!

This is a panorama shot that unfortunately does not

have great resolution (Blogger does have it's limits).

So, for a better resolution photo please go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katheworsley/5435916823/

or simply double click on the image.

Photo #41

South Indian Dance

Dancers from Portland's Kalabharathi School of Dance

performing Bharathanatyam, an ancient South Indian

dance form. This performance was part of the

5th Annual Lake Oswego Reads.

This year we all have been reading

Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese

For more in-depth information go here:

http://www.lakeoswegoreads.org/

Photo #40

Winter Reflections

Photo #39

A Collection of Memories

When my husband and I first met and began to date

I noticed that in his home there wasn't any "stuff"

around. But after awhile I saw that he had a little

growing pile of movie tickets, matchbooks from restaurants,

playbills from theatres we had gone to etc. It was like an
archeological dig of our relationship in a way. Now over 20

years later I realize that it isn't that he just has piles of

"stuff". These are his memories and souvenirs of all our

years together. And that is so very sweet.

Photo #38

Remembering Arthur

Trickster, jokester, dancer, poet and painter.

Most importantly a very dear friend.

http://katheworsley.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html

Photo #37

The One Motorcycle Show

This was a fun motorcycle show.

Lots of old motorcycles,

great place to people watch
and appropriately loud heavy metal music.
The show featured 50+ vintage and

modern custom motorcycles from top of the

line race bikes to a steam bike.
http://theonemotorcycleshow.com/index.html

Shadow Shot Sunday
http://heyharriet.blogspot.com/

Photo #36

Miniature furniture from recycled champagne corks

For more chairs look here:
http://ecosalon.com/incredible-chairs-created-from-recycled-champagne-bottles/

and for more Six Word Saturday's look here:

http://www.showmyface.com/

Photo #35

Untitled

Champagne dreams

And caviar wishes
Pour me a beer

While I wash our dirty dishes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After viewing Eric Alder's tease of a photo prompt-

I had to respond with my photo and little ditty.
Thanks Eric!
Eric's photo prompt is directly below with the link
enabling you to participate and view more photos!

For More Monday Photo's on Bifocal Univision go here:
http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/2011/01/monday-photo-prompt-13111.html

Photo #34

Garden Buddha

Many years ago this was a birthday present.

Such a peaceful gift for our garden.

Photo #33

Worktable in Russell's Den

While Lucy suns herself, Russell works
on his latest project- hand building a
black powder rifle. It may look like chaos,
but it's actually quite organized. We each have
a space we can call our own for messy projects.
Mine is usually full of fabric bits and pieces.

Photo #32

Look Closely

I can hear their territorial sounds

long before I can spot them.