Weekly Photo Challenge: Journey

This week WordPress Challenge is Journey.  I’ve decided to pick photos that I’ve taken while Chris was driving.  We were on a journey to somewhere in the gorgeous state of Oregon.  Hope you enjoy the view.  As always scroll down to view photos enlarged.

Leaving Heirloom Roses on a foggy morning. Photo taken in St. Paul, Oregon.

Highway 1-1 near Lincoln City, Oregon and rainy winter’s day.

I-5 Freeway between Salem and Eugene on early morning.

Country roads east of Canby, Oregon.

I know I’ve shown this before…this is the road that leads to Mt. Hood.

Back road in Lane County, Oregon.

Photo taken in Woodburn, Oregon. Spring is in the air!

The beginning of the Astoria-Megler Bridge.

Share Your World – Week 17

Here are the four Share Your World questions for this week.    I hope you have some fun playing along.  I’m so thrilled some of you participated last week few weeks.  It sure was fun learning about all of us.

1. At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?
2. What individual item of food would you not eat, even if it was served to you at the Queen/President’s dinner table? (Something ordinary.)
3. If you could choose between Wisdom and Luck, which one would you pick?
4. What was the last time you went to a new place?

See my answers below.

NOTE:  Click link to easily find Other Share Your World Week blog entries.

I will be putting out four different questions each week for you to answer.  There are two ways which you can participate.

1. Create a  Share Your World  post.  Then post the link to your blog in my comment box or leave your answers in the comments box of my blog.
2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Share Your World” tag.
3. Remember to Follow My Blog to get your weekly reminders.

I will state the questions first and then post my answers in the bottom part of my blog.  I’ve also created a banner if you would like one for your blog.

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Here are my answers:

Thank You!! and A-Z Archive: Letter M photo challenge

I’d like to thank everyone who has been following my blog.  Yesterday, I had an all time high number of views.  I had a staggering 462 views and I owe it all to you bloggers!!!  My appreciation goes out to everyone!

So here are my entries for FrizzText A-Z Archive Challenge.  He was one of the first people to comment on my blog.   As always scroll below to see larger versions.  Thanks

Moss along a roadside rail along the Old Columbia Gorge Highway.

A mossy rainforest in Oregon.

A purple Shelby Mustang.

An old Motometer from an old Ford.

I know I’ve posted this image before, but it was too irresistible for this week’s challenge.

This is the view of Mt. St. Helen’s from a friends backyard. Photo taken in Winlock, Washington.

Moon over Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon.

I saw this monkey at a car show that was held in Canby, Oregon.

SUNDAY POST : Design

I so adore participating in Jakesprinter Sunday Post and this week the theme is design.  As usual I have more than one entry, which covers a variety of “design” thoughts.  Hope you ENJOY the show.  As always please scroll down for the enlarged versions.  Thanks.

This is the underside of a giant lily pad. I love nature’s design. These lily pads are actually strong enough to hold a small child.

I used to design or alter designs of cross-stitch. This is a cross-stitch I did for a friend of ours…many moons ago.

A retaining wall in Portland, Oregon.

This is a poster I designed from one of my photos. Chris wrote the words.

I used to sell bookmarks and this is on of the designs.

I love the design of this wall. Photo taken in Canby, Oregon, USA.

Wednesday Song Title Intrepretation: Stop

Every Wednesday Rois has her Song Title Interpretation challenge and this week it is STOP.

I have been stopped in my tracks this week.  Last week and the beginning of this week, I’ve been so busy that I’m just exhausted.  And with Chronic Lyme Disease, I do mean exhausted.  Right now it is even difficult for me to walk.  I am planning on going to the pool in the morning and doing some mild stretching and aerobics hopefully that will keep me more mobile.  Anyhow, below is my entry for the week.  As normal, please scroll down for enlarged versions.

 

This car stopped to let off a passenger for a classic car show that was held near Eugene, Oregon.

Canby has a car show (one of the biggest in Oregon) every year. And this beauty was stopped for pedestrians.

Amtrack traveling through Canby, Oregon and stopping traffic.

Share Your World – Week 12

Here are the four Share Your World questions for this week.    I hope you have some fun playing along.  I’m so thrilled some of you participated last week few weeks.  It sure was fun learning about all of us.

1. What songs are included on the soundtrack to your life?
2. What is your favorite time of day?
3. What is your favorite part of the town/city you live in.  And what City and Country do you live?
4. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?

See my answers below.

NOTE:  Click link to easily find Other Share Your World Week blog entries.

I will be putting out four different questions each week for you to answer.  There are two ways which you can participate.

1. Create a  Share Your World  post.  Then post the link to your blog in my comment box or leave your answers in the comments box of my blog.
2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Share Your World” tag.
3. Remember to Follow My Blog to get your weekly reminders.

I will state the questions first and then post my answers in the bottom part of my blog.  I’ve also created a banner if you would like one for your blog.

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Here are my answers:

WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Regret

For this week’s WordPress challenge, I had a hard time coming up with ideas.  I hope I have posted a few things that you might think apply.  ENJOY!!  As always scroll below to see the photos enlarged.

Close up of Daniel Wrights broken headstone. I just thought the plastic rose said it all.

This is in an old pioneer cemetery in Portland, Oregon. The setting of for Daniel Wright’s resting place was among the huge Douglas Fir Trees.

With this snow storm a couple of years ago, Chris and I really regretted getting rid of our shovels and scrapers when we moved here. Our normal snow fall is less than 2 inches. This storm was 18 inches.

This is our side patio and it’s gorgeous. I reget not sitting out and enjoying it enough.

This is the view from my rear view mirror as I leave Swan Island Dahlias. I always regret leaving there. It’s so peace and beautiful.

Here are a few of my favorites for this week.

• Lost In England
• Late Bloomer Buds
• Ruth E Hendricks Photography
• Argentum Chloride
• Fenland Photos
• Creativity Aroused
• Half Note
• Tin Can Trailer
• Kate Hobbs
• Rural Route Runner
• Wake Up and Smell the Lassi
• Shambolic Living
• Abstract Unknown Boy

My Entry for A-Z Archive: D Challenge

For Frizz Text’s A-Z Archive: D Challenge, I decided to enter different types of D.  I know the obvious two for me would be dahlias or dogs, but I decided to try my hand at different types of D’s too.  Hope you enjoy the show.  Please scroll down for enlarged versions.

Dragon head. Photo taken at W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Spokane, Washington, USA.

Reflections of Astoria-Megler Bridge in door at the Maritime Museum.

Dragon fountain found at Hughes Water Gardens in Tualatine, Oregon, USA.

Macro of a daffodil. Photo taken at a local nursery in Woodburn, Oregon.

Desert Storm Dahlia, from Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon.

Shadow being excited. OK I had to put in one dog (pug).

Rainy Duck found in Canby, Oregon, USA.

 

 

Flowers Galore

Since it’s been raining for nearly two week now…I need a burst of summer.  So I’m uploading flowers.  Hope you enjoy the show.

Scroll down to see larger versions.

Schreiners Iris Gardens in Brooks, Oregon.

Woodenshoe Tulip Fields, Woodburn, Oregon, USA.

Primroses photographed at a local nursery.

Cherry blossoms, photo taken at Portland’s Japanese Gardens.

Photographer at Swan Island Dahlias, Canby, Oregon.

Wildflowers, daisies.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Simple

Simple is in the eye of the beholder.  I hope you all find something you consider “simple” in my selection.  ENJOY!

Here are my entries for this Week’s Photo Challenge:  Simple.

Please scroll down to see photos enlarged.

Old houses can have the best photo opps.

Walls, in my mind, give the best simple photos with plenty of geometric shapes.

OK, this one is just too fun!!!

A simple bench found in Canby, Oregon, USA outside The Place To Be Cafe.

Helcopter flying over the Pacific Ocean, Oregon coast.

Small boat with reflection in Newport, Oregon. USA.

I’ll photograph anything. This acron was found a picnic table in Canby, Oregon.

Here are some of my favorites from this week’s entries.

• Chris Donner, Mystery Writer
• Only Dreamin’
• On The Bench
• Northern Narratives
• Latebloomerbuds
• FlickrComments by FrizzText
• SKEdazzles
• LeoninePurr
• Eldy’s Photo Blog
• Stir
• Standing Still
• Simply Charming
• Green Eyes in The Dark Blog
• A Year In the Life
• Teepe’s Blog
• Katehobbs