Process to success.

Collage, the result of these photos that I took yesterday while standing beside the retaining wall alongside the northwest corner of the Albertina Kerr front yard. With bright sunshine making it almost impossible to see what I had shot with the iPhone 5 camera, I stepped into the shade made by the nearby hedge to take a quick look--at less than optimum conditions--then stepped back, taking photo after photo, the first six with the cairn at one location on the bricks, the next seven after I moved it to another.



Success. The last photo of this process. I got some good exercise and enjoyed the tiny cairn that I created. Yea for me!

FYI - A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn (plural càirn).

Exercising at lunch in Tom McCall Park, June 18, 2009

Please scroll down to see today's dahlia, Swan's Desert Storm, from Swan Island Dahlias.

Happy Birthday, Lamont!

On my lunch hour I hurried to the bus, then hurried from the bus to the sidewalk along the river. I wanted to be sure to get some photos of The World, docked on the west bank of the Willamette. More about The World soon.

Anyway, I'm walking along, gawking with lots of other folks when I hear an amplified voice and look around to my right. I see this row of people being led by a diminutive woman calling out their exercise routine. Naturally I swung the camera up to my eye and clicked!

The grass has been worn out by the Rose Festival's Waterfront Village. It closed up shop just four days before I took this photo.

Today's dahlia, Swan's Desert Storm. Facts from Swan Island Dahlias--Bloom: 10" Yellow and Rose Blend, Bush: 3'

Perfect Post-Thanksgiving Dinner Activity?

As I walked east on SW Salmon headed to work one recent morning, I spied this lady running on a treadmill--I think its an exercise room in a hotel. Seems like something lots of us who enjoyed sumptious Thanksgiving dinners might need to look into doing ourselves. Well, not me. I'll walk like always. I'm just not balanced enough for a treadmill.