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Points lost for poor spelling. On a bathroom stall in a Fred Meyer store in Portland, OR. July 8, 2007
This smart painter chose a 5 story perch to paint her subject, which was the street next to the Portland public library.
Scenes from my trip to Portland, Oregon in September 2011
Our contributions to a regular beer tasting group get together. Firestone Walker 13 & Hoppin' Frog DORIS.
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.
Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington, and was completed on January 10, 1791, using a fund of $1,500, established by him. Whale oil lamps were originally used for illumination. In 1855, following formation of the Lighthouse Board, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed; that lens was replaced by a second-order Fresnel lens, which was replaced later by an aerobeacon in 1958. That lens was updated with a DCB-224 aerobeacon in 1991. The DCB-224 aerobeacon was replaced in the spring of 2021 with a VRB-25 lens.
(From Wikipedia)
PORTLAND, ME - APRIL 11: King Middle School students Emma King, left, and Gia Cartonio-Thayer wear costume onesies in celebration of the final day of school before spring break while playing on a seesaw in the Deering Oaks playground. Portland students will return to school on April 22. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer)
Downtown Portland has a nice mix of old and new buildings. I found lots of interesting things to photograph in only a 6 square block walk.