A primary color, yellow, lots and lots of yellow, again

Yellow rubber ducks, at WAMU Waterfront Village, Rose Festival, 2008, Picniked



A portion of The One More Time Around Again Marching Band, un-Picniked, at the Concert in the Park, PGE Park, 2007, as part of the Rose Festival



The Buffalo Wild Wings mascot, at Wood Village Night Out, Wood Village, Oregon, July 16, 2010, Picniked



Yellow spotlights, at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, shining on 1964 The Tribute

A primary color, yellow, lots and lots of yellow

I've had fun with Picnik's Exposure, Local Contrast, on these photos unless otherwise noted.


"Facing the Crowd," with a yellow van behind it, at PGE Park in downtown Portland, Oregon


Earl Scheib rooster car, at Talladega Super Speedway


1933 Ford Roadster Utility, from Australia, shown at the Olympia Street Rod Association Car Show at the Lucky Eagle Casino, Rochester, Washington, August 14, 2010


No Picnik here, just as photographed on the tailgate of the ute.


The bed


The steering wheel


A wheel


The hood ornament


The hood ornament, un-Picniked


The entire ute, un-Picnicked

Cocktail, appetizer, salad--my Friday night at 3 Doors Down Cafe

Blackberry Daiquiri: blackberry puree, rum, orange liqueur and lime juice. Yummy summer libation.


Appetizer: Miticrema fresh sheep's milk cheese (Montesinos, Spain), grilled figs, 30-year-old balsamic vinegar, crackers. Cheese note on the menu: cream-cheese-like consistency, salty, acidic, creamy finish) Perfect combination, the cheese, as noted, and the lush, juicy fig bits, on top of a firm yet crispy cracker that held up well to having cheese spread on it before disappearing bite by bite. (I took this photo right at the bar where I sit on Friday after work, with my friend Richard holding up the huge white cloth napkin to my right as a reflector for the sunlight coming in through the windows from the left. I think it turned out just like I wanted it.)


Salad: duck confit, roasted beets, mache and creamy sheep's milk cheese. I had the same salad on Sunday, August 15, and well remembered the flavors and textures, the utter meatiness of the duck, my satisfaction doubled when my friend Danielle decided not to eat her duck confit, just her beets, mache and cheese. Yet, even though I only had the one duck leg Friday night, it's crispy skin and juicy meat demolished that memory, overtaking my senses. Who needs two duck legs when you've got one perfect leg to devour?

Music on Main, Dancing to Dr. Theopolis, Aug. 18, 2010

I love these windows on the south wall of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Music on Main, Dr. Theopolis, Aug. 18, 2010, Part #1

I took off early, rode the bus home, called for a taxi so that Mama and I could meet our friends Danielle and her mother Pat for an evening outdoors, listening to live music, for free! Danielle and Pat were here on a week's vacation, up from California. We had a great time listening to a band called Dr. Theopolis, quite a talented group of eight men who also happened to be quite easy on the eyes. Here you see four of them. Would that you could hear them.


One more of Dr. Theopolis.


And one more. Two to go.


The last two.


All eight of Dr. Theopolis, plus a bit of the crowd.

Come back tomorrow for shots of the crowd livin' it up to the funky beat!

If you get a minute, take a look at my other blog, Mama & Me from PDX--we're still on vacation over there! It's all about lug nuts at Talladega Superspeedway!

Car grills #6, seen at the Cruise In at The Bomber, a restaurant on SE McLoughlin in Milwaukie, Oregon. I rode the bus on Aug. 1 and had a blast!

1954 Ford Convertible


1957 Chevrolet Suburban


Obviously this is a GMC pickup truck. Well, I guess it is, because to tell you the truth, with the amount of customization I noticed on some of the vehicles, anything goes! By the time I took this photo--the last of the car grills from the Cruise In at The Bomber--I had crossed the street to catch the return bus. Hot, sore feet, happy.

Car grills #5, seen at the Cruise In at The Bomber, a restaurant on SE McLoughlin in Milwaukie, Oregon. I rode the bus on Aug. 1 and had a blast!

1950 Oldsmobile 88


The owners are on their way out of the show area.


1971 Pontiac Convertible


1955 Chevrolet Delivery

If you get a minute, take a look at my other blog, Mama & Me from PDX--we're still on vacation over there! Today you can see the Earl Scheib yellow rooster car. Honest, it looks like a giant rooster, complete with head and tail!

A very special portrait of Duncan, our darlin' dachshund

The glorious portrait of Duncan stands beside our television, near the box that holds his ashes, beside a favorite photo. The beautiful potted azalea came to Mama on Valentine's Day, 2008, by way of our dear friend Fred Washburn. Covered with blossoms for a very long time when it first arrived, the little azalea has now bloomed two more times in the past two years.


Karina Riebel of Painted Dog Studios completed the portrait from a photo that I had e-mailed to our friend Leslie Rosella. She and Chris Cooley gave the painting to us--sweethearts that they are.

Car grills #4, seen at the Cruise In at The Bomber, a restaurant on SE McLoughlin in Milwaukie, Oregon. I rode the bus on Aug. 1 and had a blast!

1964 Chevrolet Impala


1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa Turbo Convertible


1969 Chevrolet Camaro. Love this paint job! It's Pearl Tangerine.


1935 Ford, three window

Car grills #3, seen at the Cruise In at The Bomber, a restaurant on SE McLoughlin in Milwaukie, Oregon. I rode the bus on Aug. 1 and had a blast!

I researched and think I have this right. Y'all let me know, OK? I think it is a 1937 Ford Deluxe two-door five-window club coupe.


1935 Cadillac 355-D Coupe. Online I found a photo of this very same car that someone had taken at the 2009 Cruise In at The Bomber!


1964 Cadillac Series 62 El Dorado Biarritz


1939 LaSalle Model 5019 four-door sedan. I found this one on the same Web site for the 2009 Cruise-in at The Bomber!

Car grills #2, seen at the Cruise In at The Bomber, a restaurant on SE McLoughlin in Milwaukie, Oregon. I rode the bus on Aug. 1 and had a blast!

I believe this is a 1950 Chevrolet station wagon with a 1950 Buick grill on it. Ever since I took the photo, that grill had been bugging me, had me thinking that's not a Chevy grill, that's a Buick grill, so I showed it to Mama. She said, "I believe that's a Buick grill." I went to Google Images and found support for our opinion.


1966 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III


1968 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Series Presidential Limousine


1973 Cadillac hearse.

Car grills #1, seen at the Cruise In at The Bomber, a restaurant on SE McLoughlin in Milwaukie, Oregon. I rode the bus on Aug. 1 and had a blast!

1959 Chevrolet convertible. These two guys parked in the bus stop where I had stepped off the bus just a few minutes before, parked that classic car and left it there! Crazy!


1949 Chevrolet. I saw this beauty parked in the parking lot, not in the actual vintage car show.


Thunderbird. I don't know what year. Y'all know? It was in the parking lot, too.


1961 Cadillac DeVille convertible. This one was in the parking lot also.