Going to the store I decided not to bother taking my good camera. Hence as I drove by the resident gardens here at Willamette View all I had was my iPhone when I saw this deer munching on raspberries. It was unafraid as I walked closer and closer, getting within 20 feet before it walked a few steps away from me. I assumed this was the critical distance, so I followed it taking pictures as it went from one succulent item on this bountiful garden buffet. When I finally left, it was still in the gardens.
This has been a blog with my opinions on politics, psychology, and pop culture using the Google Blogger platform with the address halbrown.org. As of Oct. 10, 2023 it has been renamed Hal Brown's Stressline and moved to the WordPress platform with the new address Stressline.org - Posts are sometimes serious and sometimes snarky.
June 23, 2015
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View from the 16 story OHSU building on Bond St. - Downtown Portland and the tram
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before moving here I was using a Nikon D-90 with a 18-200mm lens,
here I have been using my new D-7100 with the Nikor 18-300 lens.
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Below: I took a friend downtown to the 16 story OHSU medical building for an appointment. It is connected by the landmark tram to the clifftop medical school itself. I used the opportunity to take pictures of Portland and some of its dozen bridges, including a brand new public transport, bicycle and pedestrian Tikkum Crossing Bridge (open this fall), which is similar in design to the Zakim Bridge in Boston.
Mt. Hood
May 31, 2015
Buzzards and Bins from Portland, Oregon
The buzzard photos (scroll down) were taken from the roof of the Court building where we were having wine the other evening. The bins are at the humongous central Goodwill warehouse. This building is in nearby Sellwood and is so long it looks like it could house an aircraft assembly line.
. This was an instance where even my camera with it's telephoto lens wouldn't allow me to avoid being noticed. All of these were taken with my iPhone as I was pretending to read text messages.
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Click to enlarge
. This was an instance where even my camera with it's telephoto lens wouldn't allow me to avoid being noticed. All of these were taken with my iPhone as I was pretending to read text messages.
Click to enlarge.
On the window of an SUV in the Goodwill parking lot,
also says U.S. AIR FORCE - RETIRED
The way it works: Diehard shoppers, especially for clothing,
line up on each side of empty rows in a patient, orderly fashion,
and wait for new full bins to be wheeled out.
Your trash, his treasures: the stuff in most bins like above
was considered unsalable in the regular Goodwill stores
(where items are displayed on racks or shelves).
Note the plastic box labeled "fat clothes"
Some mothers shop for there children. This woman
had a variety of items in her overflowing cart,
including a perfectly usable kids bike which only needed
a coat of paint. One man bought a three foot tall Star Wars
figure that was only missing one hand for his delighted daughter.
Oh, and see the man checking out the woman's derrière.
Oh, and see the man checking out the woman's derrière.
Very few of these shoes had a mate, at least not one
that was easy to locate. In this photo I can see a two red
womens shoes a few feet apart. A find!
Of course it wouldn't be Goodwill bins unless a completely
unrelated item was in a bin - here the video cassette.
Of course it wouldn't be Goodwill bins unless a completely
unrelated item was in a bin - here the video cassette.
This man is checking out his balls.
Serious shopped wore gloves.
Serious shopped wore gloves.
This man may be planning a trip.
The back of the hearse was packed with Goodwill items.
"Each day 80,000 pounds of used items are either sold or recycled at this location. Spread out over the 14,300 square feet of retail space are enormous blue plastic bins. Customers step up to a bin and begin to sort through clothes or sift through bins of electronics or household items...."
Read more about this amazing Goodwill location:
http://portlandtribune.com/sb/74-news/66560-sellwood-goodwill-outlet-is-ultimate-recycler
"Each day 80,000 pounds of used items are either sold or recycled at this location. Spread out over the 14,300 square feet of retail space are enormous blue plastic bins. Customers step up to a bin and begin to sort through clothes or sift through bins of electronics or household items...."
Read more about this amazing Goodwill location:
http://portlandtribune.com/sb/74-news/66560-sellwood-goodwill-outlet-is-ultimate-recycler
Click to enlarge
The buzzard
Our favorite beach in Massachusetts was Little Harbor in Wareham. It was on Buzzards Bay. We probably went there a thousand times. We never saw a buzzard. Most likely for the following reason:
"The name was given to this bay by colonists who saw a large bird that they called a buzzard near its shores. The bird was actually an osprey..... "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzards_Bay
Actually, to be ornithologically correct, the bird here isn't really a buzzard - it's a turkey vulture.
http://www.oregonzoo.org/discover/animals/turkey-vulture
However, Buzzards and Bins makes a better title.
Our favorite beach in Massachusetts was Little Harbor in Wareham. It was on Buzzards Bay. We probably went there a thousand times. We never saw a buzzard. Most likely for the following reason:
"The name was given to this bay by colonists who saw a large bird that they called a buzzard near its shores. The bird was actually an osprey..... "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzards_Bay
Actually, to be ornithologically correct, the bird here isn't really a buzzard - it's a turkey vulture.
http://www.oregonzoo.org/discover/animals/turkey-vulture
However, Buzzards and Bins makes a better title.
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