Up a quiet but colorful dead-end street. (Click on the photo for more detail) Vincelles, France; September, 2009.

Another in our occasional series of Lines, Light, Textures, and Patterns. Downtown, Portland, Oregon; January, 2012.

Still life on the hump of a 1960 Corvette Roadster. (Click on the photo to read the time, or get a better sense of how low the seat is) Madras, Oregon; August, 2011.

Snowfall at Collier State Park. Rural Klamath County, Oregon;March, 2012

The Old Benson County Courthouse in winter. Corvallis, Oregon; March, 2012.

Later that same evening: Little Feat in full show mode. Aladdin Theater, Portland Oregon; March, 2012

From the stage: Little Feat's Paul Barrere (left) and Fred Tackett run through a number during sound check in a cold and empty Aladdin Theater. Portland, Oregon; March, 2012.

This is me and my friend Bill Payne. Bill plays keyboards. In fact, he's done tours with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Segar and Phil Lesh. But he's best known for his own band Little Feat, who played the Aladdin Theater last night. I arrived about an hour or so before soundcheck and Bill got there just before soundcheck. The theater was fairly cold still, but the band heated it up plenty later that night. I'll post some pics of the soundcheck and the show tomorrow and the next day. Portland, Oregon; March, 2012.

A meditative portion of the Japanese Garden. Portland, Oregon; October, 2007.

In the late 1800s one could order an entire house from the Sears Roebuck catalog. They'd ship it in pieces to wherever you were and you assembled it when you got it. This is one of those houses. (Click on the photo for more detail) Jacksonville, Oregon; October, 2006.

Your typical city involved in a typical daydream

Well it appears that the photo below of Bronco Billy's in Sisters, OR, was my 2,000th post for this blog, started almost 8 years ago. Wow! During that time, we've posted photos from the Pacific Northwest of the US, the American Southwest, the Bay Area, New England, Red Rocks, beautiful British Columbia Canada, London UK, Ireland, Paris, and Burgundy France.

And in about a month or so, it looks like I'll go over 70,000 views of the blog. Wow, wow!

Thanks, everyone. Most of the time, I wonder if anyone is out there actually viewing this thing.

Lately, it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it's been.

Your da Vinci Code moment. (Click on the photo for more detail) The Louvre, Paris, France; September, 2011.

Fresh snow in the high Cascades. Somewhere in rural Marion County, Oregon; March, 2012.

Bronco Billy's, a very acceptable watering hole and eating establishment. Sisters, Oregon; March, 2012.

The moon a little over a week ago. Taken from Madras, Oregon; March, 2012.

A small corner of the Chinese Garden. The Grind will be spending a week here down the road sometime exploring this cool little oasis in the metropolis. But not quite yet. (Click the photo for more detail) Portland, Oregon; March, 2012.

We end our week looking at the interior of Cathedral Notre Dame with a shot of one of the Rosette windows in the chapel. Paris, France; September, 2011.

A woman lights a candle in Cathedrale Notre Dame; Paris, France; September, 2011.

A little more detailed look at the architecture within Cathedrale Notre Dame. (click on the photo for more detail) Paris, France; September, 2011.

We continue this week's peek inside Cathedrale Notre Dame with a look at some of the columns, chandeliers, and windows. Paris, France; Spetember, 2011.

It's been about 6 months since the big trip, so I though it time to revisit the City of Light. For this week, the Grind is going to concentrate on the interior of Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, since it is the geographic heart of the city. This is a look down the knave. (Click on the photo for more detail) Paris, France, September, 2011.

Down one of the corridors of Saint Germain l'Auxerrois church. (Click on the photo for more detail) Paris, France; September, 2011.

Red rocks over the high desert. Your Butch & Sundance moment. Sedona, Arizona; September, 2005.