Melting Snow

Portland was treated to a bit of snow yesterday. Compared to last year's, this was nothing. Also, viewed along side that of other "snow" cities, it was insignificant. However, it did allow for some nice melt today.

Portland Art Museum ~ Tangled Lanterns

The early December storms ravaged the red lanterns at the Portland Art Museum. Instead of being a canopy of red over the Sculpture Garden, the lanterns hung in a tangled mass.

No Parking Sign ~ New York City

This No Parking Sign appealed to my Italian heritage. Bill noticed it during one of our walks in the West Village.

Tri-Met Bench

Foggy Morning - Portland

light patterns

Much more on my Hoover Dam Tour on Flickr.

Florine Stettheimer

Florine Stettheimer
Originally uploaded by Smithsonian Institution

Artist on this week's Fifty Two Pieces, my companion blog.

San Marco

Firenze Models

Models in a window on the streets of Florence.

Manhattan Couple

From the warmth of a Manhattan M1 bus, this couple attracted my attention. He was the devoted umbrella holder.

Early Morning Light Reflections

Waste Not – Song Dong's Mothers String Collection

Mayas Tacqueria ~ A Work in Process

On the corner of SW 10th and Morrison. Murals rock!

Two Classic Cats

After Kirchner

I couldn't help but think of Ernst Kirchner's trees on my hike on Sunday.

May Potpurri

A Yellow and Orange Day

Hannu Lintu – Finnish Conducter

Hannu Lintu talked with the early concert goers last night at the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. What a treat -- we may be headed to Tampere, Finland to hear him again. I'm taking the lead from Elliott Erwitt here -- photography where it's not kosher. He published an entire book filled with photography from museums. This one was taken with my iPhone.

Luang Prabang

A photo from last year's stay in Luang Prabang, Laos. Over on the side bar is a slide show of other photos...

Views of the World

Josef Sudek took photos looking out of the window of his atelier. Some days the window was so filled with droplets of water that the view was completely obscured.

What would life be like if your windows were always obscured?

Clouds on Car

Sidewalk Tree

Portland Art Museum - Tree Shadow

Centennial Mills, Portland, OR