Tuesday, January 3, 2012

2011 I'm not done with you just yet!

Here's a recap! I liked the recap Sarah from Petite Cabbage Press did on her blog so much I'm going to use her idea. This is a picture heavy post! My year by month in photos:

January
Temporary Art
North Pearl District, Portland, OR

February 
Ross Island
Ross Island, Portland, OR

March
Squirrel Graffiti
Squirrel Graffiti in Ladd's Addition, Portland, OR

April
Pink & Green
Cherry Blossoms on the Waterfront, Portland, OR

May
Mississippi Pizza Pub's Atlantis Lounge w/Boy & Bean
Boy & Bean (that link plays music) at Atlantis Lounge/Mississippi Pizza Pub in Portland, OR

June
Ferris Wheel
Rose Festival CityFair on the Waterfront, Portland, OR

July
Starfish
Starfish at Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, OR

August
Pickathon
Pickathon Music Festival, Pendarvis Farm near Portland, OR

September
Bird Watching Crowd
Crowd waiting for Vaux's Swifts at Chapman Elementary School, Portland, OR

October
Crane Migration
Migrating Cranes fly over as we walk up to the Pittock Mansion, Portland, OR

November
English Entrance Hall, 1775
Miniature Room at the Art Institute, decorated for Christmas, Chicago, IL

December
Owl sequence
Snowy Owl in Montrose Harbor, Chicago, IL (more on this in a future post!)

I can't complain too much about the last year. It's been filled with nature, live music, lots of great walks and a couple of great visits with my family in Chicago at the end end of the year. Last year one of my resolutions (though I try not to make those typically) was to walk 500 miles. I stopped counting several months into the year when we reached something like 300 miles, and we kept on walking a lot so I'm sure I accomplished my goal. This year we climbed up to Washington Park without much effort, which I'm sure was not the case when we first moved here. The only similar goal we have for this year is to keep it up and to finally make it over to Forest Park (somehow we haven't been yet) and spend lots of time hiking through it.

More pictures from my year are in the 2011 Highlights set on flickr, which I'm still working on wrapping up...once I get the last pictures uploaded from my Chicago visit, I should be close. Then it's on to filling up a new 2012 set! I have a feeling it's going to be a very good year.

4 comments:

Page Clothier/A Velvet Leaf said...

Your amazing photographs remind us all why we love Portland (and Oregon) so much- love the squirrel graffiti! thanks- Page from velvetonthepage.blogspot.com

Leslie said...

Those are really terrific photos.

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