The gr8ful grind: July 2010

Let go of anger; It's an acid that eats away the delicate layers of your happiness

The reverse side has also its reverse side

Friday, July 30, 2010

Museum-goers move up the stairs from one wing to another, and pause before Winged Victory of Samothrace. (click on the thumbnail for more detail) The Louvre, Paris, France; September, 2009.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

There are few things as Americana as the local county fair, especially on those hot summer nights when families bring their kids, who have so much fun with the games and rides, while teens land in the midway trying out their attitudes on one another. Madras, Oregon; July, 2010.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The north side of Mount Shasta in the background with Lake Ewauna in the middleground. Klamath Falls, Oregon; July, 2010.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Last week (and the week before) it was the Oregon Country Fair. This past weekend it was the Jefferson County Fair. Here is one of a barrel racer--believe me, in the dark of the arena this fast movement was very hard to capture on camera. Madras, Oregon; July, 2010.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Snapped this one of Wizard Island yesterday before the clouds rolled in. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon; July, 2010.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Ok, last OCF photo for a while. I was smiling all day. It was one of the best OCFs I had attended, if not the best, so I was smiling lots. Then this guy comes up and says he's been following me all day and would I let him take a photo of me in my mask? I say 'sure' but he wants me to sneer. I sneered and he said 'ok, just look serious instead.' I guess I don't sneer well. This was the result of looking serous. At least he actually did send me the pic. Oregon Country Fair, near Elmira, Oregon; July, 2010.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Just another face in the crowd, Oregon Country Fair. Near Elmira, Oregon; July, 2010.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

There were musicians seemingly around every turn on the grounds of the Oregon Country Fair. (click on the thumbnail to better realize the pattern behind them) Near Elmira, Oregon; July, 2010.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

People were dancin' and having a time! Oregon Country Fair, near Elmira, Oregon; July 2010.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Music can break out anywhere on the grounds of the Oregon Country Fair. And some music fans are more heady than others. Near Elmira, Oregon; July, 2010.

Friday, July 16, 2010

You can see by comparison, that my Oregon Country Fair attire was much more demur. (Click on the thumbnail to get a better look at my eyes) Near Elmira, Oregon; July, 2010.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

This young woman, in all her pulchratundinous glory, sat across the isle on the shuttle bus for the 45 minute ride out to the Oregon Country Fair, and then sat for this photographic portrait. Near Elmira, Oregon; July, 2010.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Careful where you point those things, ladies. The squirt guns, I mean. Oregon Country Fair participants--did I mention it's a really free place? After you pay the entry fee, of course. (Click on the thumbnail to see the body paint. Yeah, that's what I mean, the body paint. Right.) Near Elmira, Oregon; July 2010.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

The stilt walkers at the Oregon Country Fair can always be counted on for something fun. (click on the thumbnail and see if you can guess what being he's s'posse to be riding) Near Elmira, Oregon; July, 2010.

Monday, July 12, 2010

It's early mid-July Grinders. That means we get to spend the next week (or two) here on the Grind at the 2010 edition of the Oregon Country Fair, a place for the weird, whacky, and wonderful! The day-glow crazies above are participants in the annual OCF Parade, which occurs once per hour on the grounds. (click on the thumbnail to see the lady on the left with the huge Afro who really had it bad for me and my mask) Near Elmira, Oregon; July, 2010.

Friday, July 09, 2010

As the sun sets, statuary guard the entrance of Sacre Coeur. Paris, France; September, 2009.

Thursday, July 08, 2010

Little Feat's Paul Barrere at work. Portland, Oregon; July, 2010.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

In some places, like this backyard place, Asiatic lilies are in bloom. (Click on the thumbnail for more color and detail) Clackamas, Oregon; July, 2010.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

The Waterfront Blues Festival is one of the biggest Blues festivals in the US. Yesterday's co-headliners were actual friends of mine: a band called Little Feat. Here, Paul Barrere looks out over the crowd (tens of thousands) as Fred Tackett does journeyman work on a guitar solo. Portland, Oregon; July, 2010.

Monday, July 05, 2010

Fireworks over downtown, from the east bank of the Willamette River; Portland, Oregon; July, 2010.

Friday, July 02, 2010

Another in my occasional series Lines, Light, Texture, & Colors. Looking up at The Eye. (Click on the thumbnail for more detail) London, UK; September, 2009.

Thursday, July 01, 2010

A bucolic scene near Suttle Lake. Rural Jefferson County, Oregon; May, 2010.