The Leaf's Final Day

Leaves are piling up all around Portland. Raked and blown to the street and then stuffed in bags or cans for disposal at the composting centers, their days are numbered. Here's a leaf that asked for another minute to say goodbye.

Blue Curacao at the Living Room Theatre Bar

The Living Room Theatre is a venue of small sized movie viewing rooms with tables and comfy chairs where you can eat a meal as well as the traditional popcorn. And you can also order drinks from this well lit bar. Perhaps a Blue Curacao...

45th Parallel Performs at Old Church

The 45th Parallel is an arts organization here in Portland that presents small ensembles. Tonight's emphasis was on strings. Here's an image of the last piece from that performance ~ Dvorak's String Quintet in E-Flat Major. This was our third night out in a row. Tomorrow will likely be a night of rest at home. Our friend Justin Kagan is in the center with his cello.

Herbie Hancock on 11/11/11

That's right Herbie Hancock performed with the Oregon Symphony this evening. Eleven has been said to be a powerful number and tonight's performance by Mr. Hancock and all of the members of the orchestra was powerful indeed. Last night we saw a production of Marriage of Figaro that was also extremely well done. You can read about that at the Portland Opera's website here.





The last photo is one I took at 11:11. This is in my neighborhood.

Maples in Autumn

Portland Japanese Garden is a wonderful place to spend time, whether you're walking through, sitting quietly, taking photos, or all of these. Here are two images ... first is a colorful maple near part of the zen garden and a mushroom cluster I found under another maple.

One from the Street / One from the Forest

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Today I walked near the edge of Forest Park and then down NW 23rd. There was certainly a contrast in scene as witnessed below...

Making Connections

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Today was my flight home from Virginia. Frontier Airlines' hub is Denver so the stopover was at that airport with just enough time for moving from gate to gate and restroom facilities. iPhone armed I was able to snap this goldfish who was also making his connection.