Date: May 4th, 2017 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, Design, Elements, Oregon, Sky, Spring, Storms, Unusual Interest, USA.

Crazy storm clouds with holes, Hillsboro

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Spooky storm clouds with holes, HillsboroCrazy storm clouds with holes, Hillsboro

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The clouds started with 2 weird sideways tornado-looking clouds, one more developed than the other

 

Date: May 2nd, 2017 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, beach, Design, Elements, Oregon, Oregon beaches, rocks, seascape, Series, Travel USA, Unusual Interest, USA, Water.

Oceanside, Oregon beach - different colors and densities of sand merging just under the surface of run-off water, creating striking designs.

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Oceanside, Oregon beach - different colors and densities of sand merging just under the surface of run-off water, creating striking designs. Oceanside, Oregon beach - different colors and densities of sand merging just under the surface of run-off water, creating striking designs.

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Sand patterns created by tide run-off, Oceanside, Oregon beach

 

Date: April 1st, 2017 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, Design, Elements, Oregon, Unusual Interest.

Rain-created soil design

 

Date: February 3rd, 2017 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Oregon, Seasonal, Texas, Unusual Interest, winter.

Texas shaped ant trap - non-toxic pool of Home Defense

 

Date: January 5th, 2017 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, Design, Elements, Landscape, Oregon, Seasonal, Series, Shadows, Unusual Interest, USA, Water, winter.

Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR

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Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR

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Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR

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Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR

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Ice art, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR

 

Date: December 29th, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, issues, Oregon, Smile, Travel USA, Unusual Interest.

Wall of peoples' cat drawings, Purringtons Cat Lounge, Portland OR

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Purringtons Cat Lounge, Portland OR is a “cat cafe” and adoption center for cats.

Reservations are recommended due to consideration for the cats.

A limited amount of customers are allowed in the room at one time.

$5 purrrr half an hour visit. Tea and snacks are available. Above: portion of a wall of peoples’ cat drawings.

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Purringtons Cat Lounge, Portland OR Purringtons Cat Lounge, Portland OR Purringtons Cat Lounge, Portland OR

 

Date: December 10th, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: Elements, golden light, orange, Seasonal, Silhouettes, Unusual Interest, winter, yellow.

Fireplace log, Hillsboro OR

 

Date: October 23rd, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: Aquatic creatures, beach, blue, Design, Elements, Oregon, Oregon beaches, rocks, Unusual Interest, USA.

Blue barnacles on a rock, looking like jewels, Oceanside beach, Oregon

 

Date: August 10th, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Landscape, Laos, Series, Travel, Trees, Unusual Interest.

Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City"Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning “Spirit City”, the park contains over 200 reinforced concrete statues created by priest-shaman Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat, started in 1958 with the intention to integrate Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Monks at Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City"

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Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City"

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Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City"

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Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City"

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Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City"

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Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City"

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Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City"

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Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City" Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos, also known as Xieng Khuan, meaning "Spirit City"

 

Date: August 8th, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Laos, Travel, Trees, Unusual Interest.

Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang templeVientiane, Laos – carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple

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Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple

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Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple

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Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple

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Vientiane, Laos - carved tree trunks at Pha That Luang temple

 

Date: August 2nd, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: China, conservation, Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Series, Travel, Unusual Interest.

Terracotta Warriors and crowds of tourists, Xi'an, ChinaTerracotta Warriors, Xi’an, China. Archaologists are still unearthing, reassembling and documenting miles and miles of terracotta statues. Bones of the terracotta artist/sculptors have been found among the ruins.

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Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an, China Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an, China Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an, China

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Terracotta Warrior's horses, Xi'an, China

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Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an, China

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Archeaologists at the Terracotta Warriors site, Xi'an, China Terracotta Warriors unearthed, Xi'an, China Bones of Terracotta Warriors artists found on site, Xi'an, China

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Terracotta Warriors site, Xi'an, China

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One of three main buildings of Terracotta Warriors sites, Xi'an, China

 

Date: July 28th, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: China, City Streets, Cultures, food, Insects, Seasonal, Summer, Travel, Trees, Unusual Interest.

Cicada flies, abundant in China, are caught as food, using a long pole with a sticky end.Cicada flies, abundant in China during Summer, are caught as food, using a long pole with a sticky end.

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Cicada flies, abundant in China during Summer, are caught as food, using a long pole with a sticky end. Cicada flies, abundant in China, are caught as food, using a long pole with a sticky end.

 

Date: June 18th, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: Landscape, Oregon, Travel, Travel USA, Unusual Interest, USA.

Wind turbine blade being transported on Hwy 84 East near Hood River, OR

 

Date: June 15th, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: blue, food, Fruit, Oregon, Seasonal, Summer, Unusual Interest, USA.

Extra large Chandler blueberries, tangier and tastier than smaller varieties, Hillsboro OR

 

Date: January 3rd, 2016 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Elements, Oregon, Seasonal, Unusual Interest, Urban and State Parks, USA, Water, winter.

Little ice-teepee phenomena, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro, OR

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Crackle designs are created by rocks thrown into frozen ponds at Rood Bridge Park Flooded waters freeze then recede, then freeze again, creating skirts of ice around trees

 


 

 
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