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Have you ever been in a museum of human cultures and wanted to get a better look at the objects in the exhibits and perhaps touch them? If so, then the Cathlapotle Plankhouse at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is the place for you.
In this photo, Portland State University students pause to take in the wealth of information that members of the Chinook Indian Nation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and others have laid out for the public in a replica of a house the Chinook people lived in before contact Europeans, and for too short an interval thereafter.
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On a pleasant October day, Portland State University's anthropology department held a field trip to the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge to see the Cathlapotle plankhouse and the site of Cathlapotle village.
Long abandoned, the actual village, which is a long way from the plankhouse and hard to get to, was once a bustling riverside community. Lewis and Clark visited the village and recorded their experiences.
In the 1990s, the late Ken Ames, the dean of Oregon archaeologists, conducted excavations at the site together with other archaeologists and field students. Today, it is off limits and protected by fearsome stinging nettles. In any case, it's nothing much to look at. The thrill comes from listening to archaeologists' descriptions of the Chinook nation's way of life.
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ɬax̣awyam (welcome)
Since time immemorial Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia River have tended to the oak woodlands, camas fields, and wapato patches of what we now call the Refuge, maintaining habitat for wildlife while supporting the lives of the people who called this place home.
Based on the Chinookan village of Cathlapotle, the Plankhouse and the objects inside of it offer a tangible link to these original stewards and provides a unique site for the interpretation of our region's natural and cultural heritage.
Built in partnership with the Chinook Indian Nation, Portland State University, The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and numerous other community partners and volunteers.
This House serves as an education and interpretive center and is used by the Chinook Indian Nation for cultural events throughout the year. Visit the Cathlapotle Plankhouse and connect with local indigenous culture.
Visit The Plankhouse
Open Hours
Weekends May 4th – October 13th, 2019: 12pm – 4pm.
Self-Led tours of the Plank- house are NOT available.
Second Sunday Series
[In 2019], the Plankhouse hosts a series of presentations on Chinookan culture, archaeology, and natural history the Second Sunday of every month during the season. These events include lectures, hikes, and hands-on family activities. To view upcoming special events, please visit our events calendar.
ridgefieldfriends.org/plankhouse/
Photos by Permission of the Chinook Indian Nation and the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge.
Nature Color Studies.
Yet again „the walk“, I guess you know every single tree as well as I do right now ... BUT: I tried few things with the rendering, both while taking the shots and when processing them. When shooting I used a Kenko Nostaltone Orange, which is basically a diffusor and warming filter combined. That's where the color and softness comes from. I used a zoom lens all the way open, which gives vignette and fall off and a bit of additional softness. when proscessing them in LR and PS I payed attention to „fill the highlights with color“ and control the highlights in general. There was a beautiful „soft sunshine“ today (partially cloudy), and the light was so nice I hope I could capture that a little bit at least.
So I've been a photography slump of late. I haven't felt very creative, nor have I really had the time to get out and shoot. I've decided to "get back into it". Instead of blindly shooting, I've started to focus on observation and technique. Lately I have been doing a lot of reading on the topic of light: the color of light, the brightness of the light, how light interacts with the camera, etc. Frankly, it's all things I know, but I've never purposefully set out just to experiment with it. This evening I decided to go outside while the sun was setting and just observe the color of the light and how the light played off the trees and fell onto the ground.
Continued on the blog here...
Found this one when l was looking through shots, from last summer, in order to make some promotional material for this years live racing season at Fort Erie.
The checkered pattern is what caught my eye and is caused by shooting through a wire fence.
I haven't posted in quite awhile due to a lack of interest and maybe other priorities.
One of my main priorities these days is getting rid of accumulated junk! This includes old clothing, like this satin gown. I realized that I acquired WAY too much clothing and accessories over time, and it was taking up lots of space. Some of my clothing was improperly stored, so it isn't worth wearing anymore. Other items, like this gown, I decided to donate to the thrift store community. That's where I found it to begin with, and that's where it's headed to once again.
One thing that was sobering was dealing with the sheer volume of clothing I acquired and making decisions about what to keep. Believe it or not, I threw away about 45 large bags of clothing -- the kinds of contractor bags that landscapers use to haul away leaves.
My process of shedding goes on and I make more secondary choices about what clothing I have left. I still have far too much.
Another sobering thing was realizing how much money I had spent over time at thrift stores. It never felt like a lot on any given day or week, but over time it does add up. Part of me would like to have that money back so I can go on a few fun trips or get something else really special. But I realize that buying clothing a bit at a time over the years somehow relaxed me and gave me something to look forward to.
Enough self-therapy. Here's to shedding my excesses!!
Here's a wideshot of the Malfoy study. I quite like the combination of earth tones here, and the Pirates of the Caribbean's globe adds a lot of character to the set. And as some of you might have noticed, I placed the heart from the Pirates' Mill set on the shelf, too. Seems like the sort of thing Lucius would love to have on display. :D
The original is here, in case you haven't seen it. Those of you with sharp eyes may notice two key differences between what you see here in the set and the final picture. :D
So there we were minding our business enjoying our picnic, when I felt a penetrating presence from behind. These three were studying us for about 5 minutes until eventually they became uninterested. It felt funny, though, being the one under the scope for once. Too bad they didn't have a camera!
Source: Digital image.
Image: P...
Date: 22/6/2016.
Copyright: © 2016 SBC.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Icicles formed by the sprinkler in the tree, Foley, Al. 1/10/10
Hi everyone! It's hard to believe these additions to the ice tree series were taken only two days ago...the high was around 60 here today, under a sunny sky...all that remains of the ice display is a pile of ice on the shaded ground...after I finish this series, I PROMISE I'll fill your viewing with flowers, sunshine and anything unwinterlike!!! Have a wonderful evening...and stay warm! : )
OG Sour Diesel, kinda like a New York egg cream, or a Baltimore lake trout, if you know what I mean. So mild, it may improve certain studies!
Over a year ago my class visited the house of a Montreal architect after a site visit for a nearby project on the Plateau.
I didn't expect to ever post these images but looking through my library in what I hope will be a big clean up / paring down, I thought a series of images might be worth posting as a group - a study of a staircase in the house that remains particularly memorable.
In school we seemed to place an inordinate emphasis on stairs but I think there's good reason since it is one part of architecture with which we are forced into physical contact.
Studio time and a sketchbook pomegranate study. These actual dried pomegranates were snipped from a bush right outside the studio...and included a small bulbous grey spider which crawled out of the pod painted in the lower right corner. I am NOT a fan of spiders..so he was wisked from the scene immediately! I went with paint straight in...and added some ink flourishes as decorative highlights. Another day in paradise? Ahh...You betcha! .:)
"Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside.” ~Hermann Hesse
Copyright Susan Ogden
Coastal Studies Institute, Wanchese, NC.
This beautiful sunset silhouettes the pines along the sound, back in the month of May.
Our sunsets here on the islands are most beautiful, often with strikingly pouffy clouds that turn amazing colors and other times just streaky ethereal clouds that cause incredible striations of color in the sky.
Coastal Studies has a great vantage point for sunsets in early summer, as well as beautiful flowers that are native to the area mixed in with plantings to accent them.
Tonight we are having some rollicking thunderstorms and I am winding down after working today on art for Muse OBX Gallery and then weed killing in my yard where I was attacked by a nest of Fire Ants as I was pulling out the “devils weed"...Sand Spurs along my side fencing. It is time for another slathering of lime juice to kill the itch and burn on my hand, so I can go to sleep! (the mound was met with a liberal, retaliatory application of Fire Ant Killer. They are the OTHER devil item here on the island...I can do without both of those....and snakes! Where is St Patrick when you need him!!!?)