Monday, August 31, 2009

Up Up and Away

Wah Chang Northwest Art & Air Festival
August 28 - 30, 2009
Timber Linn Park
900 Price Rd SE
Albany, OR 97321

Sunday, August 30, 2009

3...2...1...Lift-off

Wah Chang Northwest Art & Air Festival
August 28 - 30, 2009
Timber Linn Park
900 Price Rd SE
Albany, OR 97321

Saturday, August 29, 2009

"Cruise-In for Corn"

Aumsville Corn Festival
Porter Boone Park
1105 Mill Creek Rd
Aumsville, OR 97325

Bowls and bowls of free sweet, buttery goodness.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Smashemup!!!

Oregon State Fair
Demolition Derby
August 28, 2009
Oregon State Fairgrounds
2330 17th St
Salem, OR 97303

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Minimum Security

Oregon State Penitentiary
2809 State Street
Salem, OR

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Marquee Sign

South Salem Drive-In
362 Lancaster Dr SE
Salem, OR 97301

Only remnant of the drive-in shuttered in the 90's.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Signs of the Time

Rumours Restaurant and Lounge
282 N 3rd Ave
Stayton, OR 97383

Monday, August 24, 2009

Racing Silhouette

LifeSource Natural Foods Salem Mountain Bike Short Track Series
Week 3
August 24, 2009
Oregon State Fairgrounds
2330 17th St
Salem, OR 97303

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Sunset Balloon Burn

2nd Annual Loose Goose Hot Air Balloon Fly-Out
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
August 22 - 23, 2009
3685 NE Three Mile Lane
McMinnville, OR

Friday, August 21, 2009

Burnout Alley

Night of Fire Benefit Show
August 21, 2009
Salem Evangelical Church
455 Locust St
Salem, OR 97305

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Hot August Days

Willamette River
Salem, OR 97301

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The Big Tomato

Capitol Building
900 Court St NE
Salem, OR 97301

13-1/2 foot tall tomato touring Oregon with a 'It's Too Big to Miss' message. 'It' being the Oregon State Fair (Aug 28 - Sept 7).

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Flying Lesson


LifeSource Natural Foods Salem Mountain Bike Short Track Series
Week 2
August 17, 2009
Oregon State Fairgrounds
2330 17th St
Salem, OR 97303

Monday, August 17, 2009

Dance & Drums

Grand Ronde Contest Powwow
August 14 - 16, 2009
Uyxat Powwow Grounds
9390 Highway 22
Grand Ronde, OR

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Dark Skies

5th Annual Silver Falls State Park Star Party
August 15, 2009
Silver Falls State Park
Silverton, OR

Oregon's State Parks and Recreation Department, Salem's cosmic gurus of Night Sky 45 and the volunteer group, Friends of Silver Falls conducted a mini (9PM-12AM) crash course in astronomy last night. We all had a great time learning the star gazing basics, looking through different types of telescopes and feeding on cookies and hot cocoa. The biggest treats of the night...seeing a shooting star and dancing with the free glow in the dark bracelets.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Sidewalk Chalk Art

T-Horse and Harvest Swap
August 15, 2009
First Congregational United Church of Christ
700 Marion St NE
Salem, OR

Friday, August 14, 2009

Help 'Strike Out" Breast Cancer

8th Annual Play for the Cure Softball Tournament
August 14 -16, 2009
Wallace Marine Park
200 Glen Creek Rd NW
Salem, OR 97301

For $5 you can sponsor a ball in honor of a loved one who has battled breast cancer. The ball with the message or name written on it will put into play some time during the tournament.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Early Oregon

Fort Yamhill State Heritage Area
Polk County, OR

1850's period-style flagpole made from a single tree, placed in the geographical center of the former fort's grounds.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Fresh Tastes Better

Wednesday Farmers Market
Chemeketa Street NE
Between High & Liberty Streets NE
Salem, OR 97301

A Wednesday Farmers' Market featuring local plants, produce, cut flowers, baked goods, meats, prepackaged foods and on-site prepared foods.

Every Wednesday, May through October, 10 a.m to 2 p.m.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Ladder Walk

Smokestack
Salem, OR

Monday, August 10, 2009

Pedaling Forces

LifeSource Natural Foods Salem Mountain Bike Short Track Series
Week 1
August 10, 2009
Oregon State Fairgrounds
2330 17th St
Salem, OR 97303

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Exclusive Bloodline

Homer Davenport Days at GeerCrest Farm
August 8 - 9, 2009
12390 Sunnyview Rd NE
Salem, OR 97317

Each year The City of Silverton pays tribute to the successes of their hometown hero, Homer Davenport (1867-1912). Homer was a highly influential satirical cartoonist, credited with drawing Teddy Roosevelt into his second presidential term. At that time, he was the highest paid political cartoonist. One of Homer's lesser known contributions to the US was his introduction of an exclusive breed of Arabian horses, Davenport Arabians, with lineage direct from the (Syro-)Arabian Desert. Pictured above is one such horse. Unfortunately, Homer Davenport died long before his dream of bringing these horses to Oregon was realized. Today, there exists a group of 'preservation breeders' in the Willamette Valley that continue to keep the bloodlines pure and thriving.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

The Stinky Rose

"Fun Stinks"
The World's 12th Annual Elephant Garlic Festival
August 7 - 9, 2009
Jessie Mays Community Center
30955 NW Hillcrest
North Plains, OR 97133

"Elephant garlic is as close as you can get to garlic without being truly garlic. It's actually related to the onion family," the vendors assured me. "It's taste is milder and sweeter," they said. Make no mistake, after the first bite of garlic ice cream, elephant garlic is just as smelly and pungent as the 'real Mccoy'. And just as I suspected, the ice cream tasted...interesting. We also tried the garlic trifecta - Garlic chicken with garlic mashed potatoes and garlic green beans. Yum! I was in garlic heaven. I could have used a stick of gum or two afterwards. A booth of mints and mouthwash would profit at function like this. I've been to the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California and I have to say that that the little burg of North Plains, OR does just as good a job representing the garden leek known as elephant garlic.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Hen & Chicks

2009 Polk County Fair
August 6 - 9, 2009
520 S Pacific Hwy, W
Rickreall, OR 97371

More 4-H livestock photos.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Resting After the Show

2009 Polk County Fair
August 6 - 9, 2009
520 S Pacific Hwy, W
Rickreall, OR 97371

Below: More scenes from the fair.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Dancing in the Streets

1st Wednesday Celebration
August 2009
Downtown Salem, OR 97301

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Monday, August 3, 2009

Fishing Fleet

Yaquina Bay
Newport, OR 97365

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Crispy Curlies

16th Annual Bite of Salem
July 31 - August 2, 2009
Riverfront Park
101 Front St. NE
Salem, OR 97301

Always a crowd pleaser with the kids...curly fries.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Theme Day: Night

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

Jellyfish swimming in water dark as night.

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