Beacon By the Sea

Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
750 NW Lighthouse Dr
Newport, Oregon 97365

Oregon's tallest and second oldest continuously operating lighthouse.

Below: Inside the lighthouse fresnel lens

Sea Nettles

Oregon Coast Aquarium

2820 SE Ferry Slip Rd
Newport, Oregon 97365

Low Tide Clammers

Yaquina Bay State Park
Newport, OR 97365

Beat the Heat

Wall of Water Fountain
Capitol Mall

900 Court St NE

Salem, OR 97301

It's 9:11 PM and still 100 degrees (according to the Weatherlet thermometer in the margin). I'm wilting...

How's the Air Up There?

Slam Dunk Contest
Salem Hoopla 2009
July 24 - 26, 2009
Capitol Mall

900 Court St NE

Salem, OR 97301

Leap Frog, Leap

Frog Jump Contest
Jefferson Mint Festival & Frog Jump
July 24 - 26, 2009
Royal Wallace Park
1298 N 2nd St
Jefferson, OR 97352

Rim Reflection

Car Show
Santiam Summerfest
July 25, 2009
Pioneer Park
7th & Marion St

I Am Lionfish, Hear Me Roar

Oddwater Exhibit
Oregon Coast Aquarium
2820 SE Ferry Slip Rd
Newport, Oregon 97365

The Oddwater Exhibit displays some of the weirdest ocean life with color blown glass art pieces. Some of the other 'artistic combinations' included pufferfish, seahorses and nautilus. The kids loved the them all.

Rugged Coastline

Oregon Coast
Cape Foulweather, OR

Peek-A-Boo

Oregon Garden
879 W Main St
Silverton, OR 97381

'The Good Neighbor' Town

Oregon Christian Convention Tabernacle
c. 1891

5605 Jubilee Drive SE
Turner, OR 97392

Built to seat 1,500; 2008 total population = 1,690.

More Art Fare

Salem Art Fair & Festival
July 17-19, 2009
Bush's Pasture Park
600 Mission St SE
Salem, OR 97302

Below: Mini origami

Hand Made Light

Louis Colosimo & Curtis Van De Looren - Red Oak Glass
Salem Art Fair & Festival
July 17-19, 2009
Bush's Pasture Park
600 Mission St SE
Salem, OR 97302

Oregon's largest juried art fair brought us the usual large dose of art, food and entertainment.

Below: Chris Giffin, Jefferson, OR - Mixed Media Art (Clocks made from found pieces and parts); Alan McNiel, Troy, MT - Paintings

Mud Jump

Wes Bennett Park
2200 Baxter Rd
Salem, OR

Splash Fountain

Wes Bennett Park
2200 Baxter Rd
Salem, OR

School Closure

Oregon School for the Blind
700 Church St SE
Salem, OR 97301

After 135 years, closure is scheduled for September 1.

Purple Water Lily

Hughes Water Garden

25289 SW Stafford Rd
Tualatin, OR 97062

Orange Shag

Juniper St NE
Salem, OR 97305

Wholesale flower farm.

Cemetery Gates

Howell Prairie Cemetery

64th Ave NE
Salem, OR

Evening Session

BG Bingo

4675 Portland Rd NE
Salem, OR

Lavender Explosion

Oregon Lavender Festival
July 11-12, 2009
Lavender Lakes Farms
3395 Pacific Hwy
Independence, OR 97351

In addition to buying plants for our yard, we had an opportunity to taste test lavender in a variety of forms - lavender lemonade, lavender chocolate, lavender cheese, lavender shortbread...you name it, you can infuse lavender into it (ladybug optional).

Feather Warbonnet

Grand Ronde Veterans PowWow
July 10-12, 2009
Uyxat PowWow Grounds
Grand Ronde, OR

Blueberry Hill

Olson Farms Inc.
6925 Joseph St. SE
Salem, OR 97301

Van Cherry

Olson Farms Inc.
6925 Joseph St. SE
Salem, OR 97301

Similar to a bing cherry, just as sweet but smaller. Ripe for the picking.

Central Oregon

Tumalo Falls
Forest Service Rd 4603
West of Bend, OR

Below: View of Tumalo Creek from the top of the falls.

Red & Sweet

French Prairie Gardens
17673 French Prairie Road
St. Paul, OR 97214

U-pick strawberry yield.

Kaboom

2009 EOFF Electric Supply July 4th Celebration
Riverfront Park
101 Front St. NE
Salem, OR 97301

Old Glory

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Painted Hills Unit
Mitchell, OR

Wishing everyone a fun and safe holiday!!!

Painted Hills

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Mitchell, OR

Back Alley Music

First Wednesday
Court St
Salem, OR

The BlueBonics

Theme Day: Empty

Aalto's Library

Mount Angel Abbey

One Abbey Rd

St Benedict, OR 97373

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