Farm Girl

Hillsboro is fantastic if you want a little bit of country but don't want to be too detached from city life. Our plan from the beginning was to pick peaches. Ended up also picking blueberries, corn, tomatoes and visiting horses, sheep, and chickens.

Hoffman Farm | Nothing in Season Right NowThe Green Zebra at Smith Berry Farms off Scholls Ferry| What's ripe?

Veteran Peaches off Laurel | The skin peels right off

Smith Farms

Saw these flowers around the blueberry bushes

Outside the Peach Farm

Our Lady of Grapes

Lonely blueberry

Self-timer shot

Letting its Guard down

Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

Street of Dreams | Pearl District Revisited

The NW Natural Street of Dreams known for Portland's own luxury home showcase had made its first urban appearance this year at the Pearl District. A possible sign of the times where the housing market has steadily been under and condos just aren't selling as well. I have only visited the pearl district a handful of times and enjoy the neighborhood for its innovative, sustainable, and creative mentality. On the other hand, the $600K for a 700 sq ft studio is the price you pay for living well beyond your means.

Condominiums Featured:

• 937 condominium: Pros: penthouses are as big as 2,000 sq ft, fantastic views. Cons: Fixtures such as the elevator sign being scratched up were inadvertently overlooked
• Block 90: Pros: spacious, next to aveda institute (hair cuts anytime!), the interior design by far was the best in my opinion. Cons: Not a high rise, views were ok.
  
• Encore: Pros: ehh.. nice views though Cons: tiny if you didn't live in a penthouse
  
• Waterfront Pearl: Pros: fantastic views. Cons: layout was closed off and boxed in, wasn't a fan of the decoration either

View Outside Waterfront Pearl

Buzz Siler- Walk on Water

Restraint in Faith

Urban Landscaping

Buzz Siler- Sky watches

Guest Room in an Uncommon Life

Let's Try to Make Some Vegetation

Steve Eichenberger "With Easy Abandon"

Letting Go

The Manhattan @ Block 90

View from the Manhattan

A Disco Reflection

Still Life

Another Silar Work

An Urban Porch

Eco-Friendly Building

Tei in front of Painting from Elizabeth Leach Gallery

Butterfly Book

Photoplay 1.2

Just downloaded adobe photoshop. There's a lot of features I need to learn, but so far here are my favorite options:

• New adjustment layer: levels, curves, color balance, brightness/contrast, selective color
• Filter: blur (radial, smart, gaussian, box)
• texture: grain, craqueler
• brush strokes: ink outline

P&T committee meeting at 7:15 am | Found something worth it

Brothers and Best Friends | Just learn how to share

Are these Foxtails? | Using Grunge Rock filter

Sallie and Sophorn | Couple shot 1

Eileen and Michael | Couple shot 2

Photoplay1.0

If anyone is curious, maybe one of the biggest reasons why I made this blog is because of my new Camera (a canon SD780). Love it for its portability and its ease in capturing moments exactly how I see it. For those moments where things can be "enhanced," I sadly don't have Adobe photoshop installed in my computer. Instead , I am gradually learning how to manipulate my photos with Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

Decreased saturation. Alter amount of color and hueNo Computer Here | Framing my photo with a peephole through fence

Decrease Midtone. Increase Contrast. Decrease Brightness. Change Saturation

Decrease midtone. Increase contrast. Decrease brightness (a lot)

Decrease midtone to "0"

Decrease midtone. Increase contrast. Change brightness.

Snakes on a Plane!

McMinneville has been growing on me for its vast countrywide landscapes. The city is a constant reminder of the hometown I grew up in and have regrettably abandoned. The first time driving to my site, I saw an enormous plane sitting right next to the road. Awestruck in amazement, I frantically looked for my camera. ....Oh, it's a museum, the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. I needed to visit this place before my rotation ends.

Their Mission:
To inspire and educate, to promote and preserve aviation and space history and to honor the patrioritic service of our veterans

My Mission:
To feel like a child again ... (with the help of Kai and Tristan)

Wright 1903 Flyer replica | How fast does it go? A whoppin 27 mph

Unidentified plane in front of the museum

Marge | Nowadays, it's hard to picture any ladies being worshipped as freely as this

Taking it in | Taking a breather General shot of the facilities

Tristan | He propels throughout the day

Kai infront of the Granville Brothers Aircraft E Sportster | Why so serious?

Douglas C-47/DC-3 "Dakota" or "Gooney Bird"
Feeling free and revitalizied | Yes there's a playground

Nasa playset | Walking up to the top of tower, it WAS that tall

Lockheed WC-130E "Hercules" | What brought me to the museum in the first place