Rain or Shine, but Mostly Rain

Keizer Iris Festival
Month of May
Display Gardens
Schreiner’s Iris Gardens
3625 Quinaby Rd NE
Salem, OR 97303-9720

Beadwork

Umbrellas in the City
March 2010
Engelberg Antiks
148 Liberty Street NE
Salem, OR 97301-3527

One of about 30 umbrellas converted into a work of art by a local artist and displayed throughout downtown Salem.

LaCrosse in the Rain

Oly Stadium
Sprague High School
2373 Kuebler Rd S
Salem, OR 97302-9404

Raindrops Keep Falling

Salem, OR

Art of Racing in the Rain

OBRA Cyclocross Championships
November 7, 2009
Oregon State Fairgrounds
2330 17th St NE
Salem, OR 97301

April Showers

Historic Deepwood Estate
1116 Mission St SE
Salem, OR 97302

More scenes from the gardens surrounding the estate.

Cyclocross in the Driving Rain

Battlecreek Cross
November 8, 2008
Former Battlecreek Golf Course
6161 Commercial St SE
Salem, OR

Cyclocross is a form of bicycle racing that include trails over grass fields, wooded areas, water and step barriers and a lot of mud. A mix of road racing and mountain biking with a lot of mud. Races generally last 45-60 minutes rain or shine...or in today's case, driving showers, creating a lot of mud.

Rain, Rain Go Away

Wallace Marine Park
200 Glen Creek Road NW
Salem, OR

It turned out to be a pretty soggy day. I still managed, though, to walk through a couple of the city's largest parks, Riverfront and Wallace Marine Park and collect a few images to post. This fallen leaf was wedged on one of the fenced areas separating the many fields of the Softball Complex. During drier months, you can catch a softball tournament just about every weekend. This time of year the players are replaced by grazing geese, south for the winter.