Archive for the ‘Oregon’ Category
Monday, December 10th, 2007
Codi and I went to Sleighbells of Sherwood again to get our Christmas tree. This year, however, we got two trees - one for inside our house and a little one for the front porch. The tree on the porch is pretty cute. Here are some photos that ...
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Codi and I went to the lavender fields today with the GvL family. We picked an entire basket full of various types of fresh lavender, dodging hundreds of bees who were equally interested in the flowers. We'll dry the lavender and hang it around the house.
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Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Codi and I went to the Portland Rose Gardens to take some pictures. It's one of our favorite spots for photos, so we look forward to it all winter and spring. Of course, when we got there, I snapped my first shot and realized I'd left my memory ...
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Monday, June 18th, 2007
Codi and I took a break Sunday morning and went to the Oregon Zoo . We like going there because we're 99% guaranteed some good photos. Here are a few that I took. Codi will have some good pics to share soon.Cougars asleep in their den. How frikin cute ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Boy, did I ever have a fun morning! I was out at Argyle Winery when a conversation turned to aerial photography. I've been itching to take aerials for years, so I offered to take some photos. Minutes later I was strapping in to a little two-seater Cessna, ...
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Codi and I took a quick break from a nigh impossible work schedule to take some photos. Here's a neat one I got with a Canon 100mm macro lens. (It's a tulip, in case you didn't recognize it.)
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Friday, March 30th, 2007
I've been working my butt off so much recently that I very well may have to write today's post while standing. I've been working seven days a week, from early morning to late night, sometimes straight through till the next morning. After another long stint in front of the ...
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Codi and I were on our way home from Starbucks yesterday and we snapped a few pictures of the cherry blossoms that are bursting to life all over Lake Oswego. The colors were pretty amazing - bright vibrant pinks, greens and the bluest blue sky ever.
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Most people think that vodka was invented by the Russians. From what I know, it originated around Poland some time in the 13th or 14th century. It was referred to as 'hot wine' or 'burning wine' (gorilka). It wasn't until nearly 100 years later that the word 'vodka' was ...
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Codi and I were in downtown Portland for a little while. I had a tasty lunch at the Pearl Bakery. A few blocks away, I caught a great view of clouds passing by UV-coated windows on a new building. The purple hues are great.
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