BACK ON TRACK AGAIN

A trip to St Helens, Oregon for Thanksgiving brought me my first Photo for the December project. As I was driving home along the Willamette River just North of Gobel, Oregon I caught a scene that captured my heart. I almost kept driving but I turned around and back tracked a few miles to find the right spot and photograph what I had seen. It just seemed like such a beautiful and peaceful room in the surrounding country side.

Circles from Beth

More Circles from Beth

Circles from Beth

Getting My Ducks in A Row

Until I could find some circles. That's what I have been doing....

Circles in Nature

I selected Circles in Nature. Here are a few so far:

My circle of family

We had our family reunion this weekend with 6 aunts and uncles in their 80's and 90's from my mother's generation of 12 plus 15 cousins, their spouses and partners from my generation of 26 in our 50's to 70's. We filled 8 tables of four. We chatted, laughed and shared stories from 5 generations: our grandparents, parents, us, our children and grandchildren.

I went home with a set of letters from my grandmother to her mother-in-law written in 1905 and a promise to share photos from this reunion.

A 5 MILE RADIUS (CIRCLE) FROM MY NEW HOME

A Saturday drive within 5 miles of my new home opened the world. When a person takes time to look it's amazing what you see.

The day was semi cloudy and it opened my eyes and the eyes of the camera to a wonderful neighborhood. There are places I saw that I know I will re-visit.

Welcome to Mount Vernon, WA

CIRCLES

A culvert in the side of a mountain on a trip over the North Cross provided my first circle.

A Camera in the ceiling of the Harbor View Hospital in Seattle Washington was an amazing find. The fixture hangs from the ceiling like a large round light fixture but when I took the picture it seemed to almost invert and capture a very large room full of images!

angle of light changes an image

family circles ...

I found this an interesting and difficult topic.

then I realized family circles can be found in many places

I went to Lincoln Park

looking looking looking

for circles of all kinds

I found 2 excellent families doing different thangs together

one family was spending major energy bringing driftwood to make

an amazing driftwood fort.

they were very very happy

one family was dressed somewhat alike

having their foto taken

they were all smiles for this great moment

Ordinary Circles

Keep working your subject until you get what you want out of your photo

While in Issaquah this past weekend, I had the opportunity to photograph the restored Hailstone Feed Store on Front Street. On the back is a restored advertisement for Owl Cigars. I loved the graphic and historic design of the lettering.

Below are 3 shots I took in succession. The first is the straight on graphic shot. Then, I moved to an angle so I could include both the 5 and 25 cents in the same image without adding too much background. The final image is a study in lines, directionality and reflections.

What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks!

food memory ...

it all began with a simple chat about a Mexican restaurant

somewhere on the highway to somewhere

we both knew it from different times in our different lives

it was a stormy Saturday as we zoomed over the pass in our trusty bug

yum time was just a short drive away

we took the odd exit for Zillah

the restaurant had closed

it was "FOR SALE"

alas, food memory shall remain just that

we stopped in Toppenish

to walk

to view the great murals

snap snap snap

then,

we drove the back roads

to purchase great bounty

we chatted

we munched

we enjoyed

perhaps it's just as well the food memory is just that

one can dine out often on memories