Mobilization

Army Aviation Support Facility #1

1921 Turner Road SE

Salem, OR

120 soldiers from C Company 7/158 Aviation Unit of the Oregon Army National Guard mobilized this morning for two months training then a year long deployment to Iraq.

T.G.I.F.

Capital Mall Campus

Summer St.

Salem, OR 97301

Bent Rims

Pick a Part

6777 Turner Rd

Turner, OR 97392

Some of the junk I saw during today's search for a side view mirror possessed a grotesque artistic value.

Walking Bridge

Larwood Wayside

Roaring River

Fish Hatchery Dr.

Scio, OR

This location, well, 6 feet behind the point I took this picture, is the only place in the United States, where a river empties into a creek...so says Ripley's Believe It or Not.

Engine 345

Fire Service Appreciation Day
January 27, 2009
Marion County Fire District Station 1
300 Cordon Road
Salem, OR

January 27th is a significant day in fire service marking the nation's first organized fire department in Boston in 1678.

Scoot & Dodge

Oregon Mid-Winter Square Dance Festival

January 23-25, 2009

Linn County Fair & Expo Center

3700 Knox Butte Rd E

Albany, OR 97322

No, I did not participate. I would've have suffered great humiliation in front of hundreds of very capable dancers of all ages. I was perfectly happy as a spectator. Not to mention I forgot my petticoat at home.

Formal Introductions

George E. Miller Annual Westie Walk

January 25, 2009

Salem, OR

Annual two-mile walk for Westies and owners from Bush Pasture Park to the State Capitol Building for a group pic and then back.

Natural Light and Curves

Aalto's Library

Mount Angel Abbey

One Abbey Rd

St Benedict, OR 97373

Designed by Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto, the three-story library, completed in 1970, presents a series of curves, light colored wood against black and white counters and natural lighting. Because of it's 'off the beaten path' location and unassuming, ordinary exterior, it is one of Oregon's architectural best kept secrets.

Hilltop View

Mount Angel Abbey

One Abbey Dr

St. Benedict, OR 97373

View of Willamette Valley from Mt. Angel Abbey. If you have really good vision, you can eke out Mt. Hood along the horizon.

Peace and Solitude

Mount Angel Abbey

One Abbey Drive

St. Benedict, OR 97373

Founded in 1882, the abbey houses a community of Benedictine Monks devoted to God's call to holiness, reading and silence.

Irrigation Pipes

Brooks, OR

Seeing farmers inventorying their irrigation equipment is as sure a sign that spring is around the corner as seeing the daffodils starting to bloom.

Fry Warehouse

Boise Cascade Corporation
315 Commercial St SE
Salem, OR

Image of another Salem relic awaiting the wrecking ball.

Hydrotherapy for the Tortured Soul

Oregon State Hospital

2600 Center St NE

Salem, OR

Retired ice water soak tubs that were used to deter agressive behaviors in psychiatric patients. OSH is more commonly known as the mental institution backdrop for the filming of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'. The majority of the decrepit building is slated for demolition to make way for a new, state-of-the-art facility.

Below, views of the south wing and main entrance of the the hospital.

S-T-R-E-E-T-T-C-C-H-H

Dragon Dance

Vietnamese New Year Celebration 2009

Adam Stephens Middle School

4962 Hayesville Drive NE
Salem, OR 97305

White Trash Chopper

Downtown Salem, OR

Watch out, society's outcast wears a bright green helmet.

Alan on Pipes

2nd Annual Scottish Heritage Month Celebration
Salem Public Library
585 Liberty St SE
Salem, OR

Didn't plan for this week's photo theme to be so culturally tilted (Mon - Native American, Thu - Scottish), it's just how a few of Salem's events coordinated with my schedule. I just read in the newspaper that a celebration commemorating the Vietnamese New Year is scheduled for Saturday. I think I'll stop by...I haven't been to Asia this week yet.

Return to Grandeur

The Historic Elsinore Theater

170 High St SE

Salem, OR 97301

Originally opened to the public in 1926, the theater was nearly leveled in 1980 to make way for a parking lot. Thanks to the 'Save the Elsinore Committee', the site was preserved, renovated and reopened in 2004. Tonight I watched the classic 1927 silent movie, "Metropolis" accompanied by live Wurlitzer organ music.

Rivers of Rock

Around Resurrection Sculpture

Corban College

5000 Deer Park Drive SE

Salem, OR 97317-9392

Native American Expression

The Eagle Spirit Dancers

January 11, 2009

Salem Public Library

585 Liberty St. SE

Salem, OR

In Rain or Sleet or Snow or Hail

Delaney & Sunnyside Rds.

I'm very happy to report my favorite tree weathered the snow, ice, rain and wind storms.

Dog in Fog

Cubanisimo Vineyards
1754 Best Rd NW
Salem, OR 97304

Soap Shoppe

SLAB Handcrafted Soap Company

189 Liberty St. NE Suite B-2

Salem, OR 97301

Visitors Trapped in Salem

'Get a Feel For Fur' PETA Demonstration

January 8, 2009

Liberty & State Streets

Salem, OR

Death Mask

Prewitt-Allen Archaeological Museum
Corban College
5000 Deer Park Drive
Salem, OR 97301-9330

Today's driving rain chased me indoors to see a small collection of Greek, Egyptian and Middle Eastern arifacts housed in the museum. Along with the death mask (likeness), you could see a full sized mummy case and mummified falcon (real).

Chancel Rose Window

Salem First Methodist Episcopal Church, ca 1878

600 State St

Salem, OR 97301

Landscape view of Salem's tallest building and oldest Methodist church west of the Rockies.

Criminals Beware

Salem Police Department
555 Liberty St SE
Salem OR 97301

Picture in Braille

National Braille Week

200th Anniversary of Louis Braille

January 4-10th, 2009

Salem Public Library

585 Liberty St. SE

Salem, OR

Moss Thriving

Church Street Bridge

Over Pringle Creek & Shelton Ditch

Salem, OR

New Year Revelers

Capitol Mile

January 1, 2009

Wallace Marine Park

Not sure who's crazier, the runners who turned out in the rain on New Year's or the photographer that chose to photograph their race.

Theme Day : Best of 2008

Dazzlin Dahlias
September 7, 2008
Encore Post

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