Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Not just anywhere in Central Oregon, mind you. Rather, a very special place near Madras. The place where Luke and LaVay live. Which is where we are right now, having arrived yesterday afternoon.
The first two photos, though, I took last month. The other three, yesterday.
We were out there on August 27 to mark the end of summer vacation…and to celebrate my brother-in-law’s 53rd birthday the previous day.
So I took some Oregon Coast photos. But first some I took some at our picnic at the park on Hwy 18 in the Van Duzer Corridor.
I used to call this blog Mark’s Views, Perhaps (which should explain the mvp in the URL).
So let me show you three views I held less than an hour ago (I think) this morning, albeit not for very long.
Flashed pampas grass — did I spell that correctly?
volunteer sunflowers towering over my eight feet
I know, I know — I appear to be off beam in that last photo. My unipod wasn’t level.
What are your views on those views?
We came over to Luke and LaVay’s on Saturday. We plan to head home in another two or three hours. Right now, I’m in town, at the Jefferson County Library. A very nice little library with WiFi Internet access for free. (I’ve even used it when they’re closed, just parked in the street.)
Anyway, I took a few pictures here in Madras this morning. But I’m not going to put them up right now (11:11 am). I don’t have time.
But I wanted to get this post started, so there you are. 🙄
“Iced tea I know, but what’s ITF?” you might be asking yourself.
In this case, ITF stands for Iced Tea Forever.
He’s the second tenor in the no-longer-singing-together A Cappella Harmony Quartet.
The purpose of this post is to show him this “staged” photo I took an hour or two ago in our kitchen:
I make the iced tea around here, Tom. And mighty fine iced tea, I dare say — half peppermint, half spearmint. (I really like my Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker.)
And in a bottle:
I saw that stuff by the kitchen sink late last night. So what was I supposed to do, huh? I took the above photo at 10:45 (Pacific).
Early this morning (at 6:35), it looked somewhat different:
So, two questions for you:
Post your answers as comments below. I’ll be back in a couple of days or so to update this post with the answers.
Meanwhile, I’m thankful it works for its intended purpose!
PS: If you’re part of my family, please don’t give away the answer. 🙂
Oregon’s Mt. Hood, I mean.
No, not inspired by it or about it. Rather, inspiration “round about” (ie around) it. That is, in photos I have taken and turned into wallpaper for my computer and featured at my devotional blog: Panting Hart.
