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1941 International Harvester K-1

I love my neighborhood! It’s full of alleys, and you find the most amazing things there. I found this old truck parked in one a few days ago. I had to spiff it up, of course. I hope you like it! xox PS Prints are available on my print site.

Colorful Houses

These houses on the hillside above downtown Juneau, AK, really caught my eye. Juneau has long, dark, wet, cold winters, and all this color must help to perk things up a bit for the folks who live there. If you lived in a colorful neighborhood like this, what color would you paint your house? Pink [...]

Inside the Monorail

You know I love trains, all kinds, including monorails. So naturally, when I got to Seattle, I had to ride the monorail that stops right next to the Space Needle. This is a view of the interior after everyone else got off at the end of the line. (I stayed on for the return trip.) [...]

Fascination

My cat Clark does that spooky cat thing, staring at absolutely nothing on the wall. I really like the lighting in this shot, even the fact that some of the highlights are blown out. I think it helps to emphasize Clark’s beautiful face and fur. I also love the faint reflections on the wood trim. [...]

Clay Sunbathers

Portland Saturday Market is an amazing place, with everything from high-end art to cheap-o imported doodads. It’s fun to shop and eat there, but it’s just as fun to people and dog watch. I don’t go nearly often as I’d like. (Hint to my daughter.) I caught sight of display of clay life masks on [...]

Steel Bridge with Bikers

Biking is big in Portland. According to Wikipedia, “Portland has earned multiple ‘bicycle friendly city’ awards, including being awarded platinum status by the League of American Bicyclists. Portland also has the highest rate of bicycle commuting to work of any major American city with 4.2% of workers commuting to work by bicycle in 2006.” Bridges [...]

Blue Victorian

My neighborhood was originally built around 1900, and many of the original houses have been lovingly restored. It has now been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Willamette Falls Neighborhood Historic District. The homes here are not the big Victorian mansions you see so often. These were modest one and two [...]

Victorian Ideal

I’ve always wanted to live in a house like this. It’s another romantic ideal for me, like living in a houseboat. And like the houseboat, the reality would be much different than the dream. These houses were built for people who had servants to help with the daily upkeep. And who didn’t mind running up [...]

Tin Lizzie

Here’s another image captured at the North Dakota State Heritage Center museum. This is a detail of a beautiful Ford Model T on display there. I’m hoping my niece Cat will drop by the exhibit the next time she’s in the Heritage Center and send me any details on the car. Distances are long in [...]

Tumbledown Garage

My niece and I took a drive in the country around Bismarck one day and found this old garage in the town of St. Anthony. I liked the colors. I have to confess that I like old tumbledown buildings, too, from an artistic viewpoint. I’m starting to relate to them. The Topaz Simplify filter gave [...]