Category: walkabout / local

rDay One-Hundred-Seventy-Six

Under cloudy, angry-looking, rain-threatening skies, we do an extended dog walk to Grandview Hillcrest Cemetery and the ridge above.  This week’s changes in lighting allow for a different approach to shooting, and we get to play with interpretations of cemetery scenes.

rDay One-Hundred-Sixty-Two

Today is special project day at former workplace, EONI.   I learn that Jon is a dad, Gary has a new RAV4 to replace his crashed Civic, Zach is knee-deep in customizing SharePoint, and Jeff thinks I have lost weight. Walking to & fro in the cool breeze, wearing my fleece vest, I see:

  • a Range Rover by a church;
  • a Sheriff’s car doing an abrupt U-turn in the middle of the block … as I walk by, the deputy jumps out, laughs a bit, says hello and quickly dashes up the sidewalk and ducks through a gate;
  • a dog riding riding in & out of an SUV;
  • flowers in a yard;
  • a message;
  • a Mini-Cooper hidden in the shadows;
  • a Wolfsburg Edition in red;
  • a shadowy sidewalk;
  • a 1950 Ford

rDay One-Hundred-Fifty-Six

Up early this morning in an attempt to catch the Union sunflower fields, after last night’s failure.  Crossing back over Catherine Creek, then back to town to see if I can catch Kim and the Mendacious Mutt.  Meeting up with them as they are descending from the ridge above Grandview, we stroll through the cemetery, then it’s back home in time for the day’s business.  The air is improving; we can see Mt. Emily today.  Radio sez John Day fire is 40% contained and one of the big ones is 10% under control, so there is still a ways to go.