Festival of Leaves 2020~ week 2

Downtown McMinnville charm

Week two of Festival of Leaves. A few days of wind and rain contributed to leaves on the ground. I lack no enthusiasm, when it comes to capturing falls leaves and color.

Sunday Soul Search

Wordless Wednesday

Weekly Photo Challenge: Names

It’s a Ford

The Challenge for this week is Names. I really like vintage vehicles. You will find, other photo interpretations for the challenge, at the Daily Post.

Honoring former Veterans

Every parade needs a rodeo Queen

Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse

Maybe you can tell me what my muse is?

This is several years old. I like charming old towns.

The Doors

I would say life on earth and all of the neat, wonderful, quirky, fascinating things we get to see and experience each day.

 Linking to Daily Post Photo Challenge

What Works for Me

In December of this year, we will have lived in Oregon for two years. We have done some exploring, but have spent most of our time still settling in. Planting plants is recreational for us and checking out different kinds of plants that are unfamiliar to us, is a treat. We have some new Bee residents now, and they appear to be doing well. I just have one bit of advice for you about bees, don’t let one get stuck in your hair. It has happened to me twice and the lesson was, always pull your hair back or wear a hat. Now, I don’t normally get that close to the bee’s and they do leave us alone, but I was assisting the Bee keeper and he just jumps right in there without any of that silly protective covering..Lol!  I really appreciate the look of a small quaint towns, but I find driving through Portland kind of fascinating. I like observing the old brick buildings, admiring the charm of older homes, with yards of lush greenery, and all of the great colors coming from Rhododendron’s, Clematis’s, Azalea’s and more. On a recent visit to Portland I had an opportunity to walk through a neighborhood while my husband went to shop at a Bee supply store.

None of the homes in this area are alike

Pretty Wisteria

A Rose garden

While on our way to locate a bakery we had passed, we ventured into a local farmer’s market. As I looked around I discovered some greeting cards for sale. I was very much attracted to the artist, Mason Parkers style of watercolor. They have that charm I like and I see that he will have some 2016 calendars for sale in the near future. I’ll be first in line..

Brick Appeal

Where I grew up, there were no brick buildings. It was a desert town, and if you believed in Santa Claus he might show up in a dune buggy, rather than a sleigh. There was not a shortage of palm trees or cactus and I don’t think there were any fireplaces. Maybe a few in some of the older homes. The sun usually shown brightly on Christmas morning. I think it was a very long time before I experienced snow. It’s so  interesting to think about how each of us was raised and how we adapted to that environment.

Back in Business

Charming Brownsville

I am a looky lu

I am making some progress here, so that I can continue to post pictures. One at a time. This morning we visited this small town to purchase some more honey.  While my husband bought honey, I roamed the streets to see what I could find. I may have told you before, that the movie, Stand By Me was  filmed here. We met one of the owners of the truck used in the movie. This little place has some history to it.

I love the shape of the leaves on this Fig tree

Oddly Charming

This photo was taken through our car windshield. It was raining and gave it a kind of weird but interesting look, that I happen to like.

Liking Brownsville

Yesterday we ventured out to the community of Brownsville, Or. I have posted on it once before, but now we are getting a bit more acquainted with it. I am liking it more each time we visit as it just has that special old-timey  feel to it. There was a plant sale going on and they will begin their Farmer’s Market this month. Brownsville got some popularity from the movie Stand By Me, because it was filmed there.Besides the plant sale there was a community event called Carriage Me Back to 1900. From what I heard it was a joint effort of community individuals dressed in period clothing and carriage rides were offered to the public. We did not know that it was taking place until we got to Brownsville and saw people dressed up. I was able to capture some of it.I love observing a community that pulls together to provide wholesome activities for families and all people in general. The following are photos that I took while we were on our way out-of-town. I was in the passenger seat and so it was impromptu, but I was thrilled to be able to take in what I did with my camera.

The timing was perfect for me as we drove by and this dancer came out in character to do her part for her audience, as they rode by in the carriage. Rough photography but I think captured the essence of the moment.