Pagoda Slope

Rooftop from the Chinese Classical Garden in Portland's China Town. Celebrated the Chinese New Year there today complete with traditional lion dancing.

History Lamp

Lamp outside the Gresham History Museum.

Rivet Riff

More rivets from the Steel Bridge across the Willamette River in Portland.

Sinister Arch

A spooky view of the "Arch Grid" building near Holgate and Foster. Click for larger view.

Juvenile Cupola

Pointy bit from the Multnomah County Juvenile Services Division building.

Other bits here and here.

Arch Grid

Criss-cross gridwork on an old building near Foster and Holgate in Portland. Click for a larger view.

Orange Warnings

Signs of construction in progress. Wouldn't the world be more interesting if lavender had been voted the color for warnings?

Validator

Validating machine (notorious for never working when you need them) for the MAX train lines.

Dental Motif

Toothy architectural detail of the Multnomah County Juvenile Services Division building. Another view here.

Beef Jerky

Around the corner of the International Meat and Sausage Grocery on Foster, Holgate and 64th in SE Portland.

What Up?

Graffiti at the NE 7th Avenue MAX train stop.

Juvenile Column

Looking up a column at the Multnomah County Juvenile Services Division building.

FREE STUFF - Flower Carving

Freebie week! I've taken Crossmark photos and made backgrounds out of them. Use them as your desktop wallpaper or a Power Point background. Click the image for the full 1024 x 768 version.

First freebie this week here.
Second freebie this week here.
Third freebie this week here.
Fourth freebie this week here.
Fifth freebie this week here.

FREE STUFF - Leaves on Green

Freebie week! I've taken Crossmark photos and made backgrounds out of them. Use them as your desktop wallpaper or a Power Point background. Click the image for the full 1024 x 768 version.

See the original photo here.

First freebie this week here.
Second freebie this week here.
Third freebie this week here.
Fourth freebie this week here.

FREE STUFF - Ankeny Motif

Freebie week! I've taken Crossmark photos and made backgrounds out of them. Use them as your desktop wallpaper or a Power Point background. Click the image for the full 1024 x 768 version.

The first image is the Power Point background I created for our church. The second image is a blank for your downloading pleasure.

See the original photo here.

First freebie this week here.
Second freebie this week here.
Third freebie this week here.

FREE STUFF - Lone Tree

Freebie week! I've taken Crossmark photos and made backgrounds out of them. Use them as your desktop wallpaper or a Power Point background. Click the image for the full 1024 x 768 version.

The first image is the Power Point background I created for our church. The second image is a blank for your downloading pleasure.

See the original photo here.

First freebie this week here.
Second freebie this week here.

FREE STUFF - Stained

Freebie week! I've taken Crossmark photos and made backgrounds out of them. Use them as your desktop wallpaper or a Power Point background. Click the image for the full 1024 x 768 version.

The original window is white, not stained glass.

Yesterday's freebie can be downloaded here.

FREE STUFF - Cross Background

Freebie week! I've taken Crossmark photos and made backgrounds out of them. Use them as your desktop wallpaper or a Power Point background. Click the image for the full 1024 x 768 version.

Original image is here.

Enjoy!

Pluggy

Electrical outlets from an old building.

Carved Ceiling

Ornate ceiling detail from the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall in Portland.

Push for Coin

Cell phones have killed all my fun. As a kid, I used to check all the pay phones for people's forgotten change -- what a thrill to find a quarter or dime. Felt like a millionaire. But no one uses pay phones anymore.

Crisp Veins

Sharp lines and texture of a leaf. Click for a larger view.

Wet Bolt

Bottom of a sign post on a rainy day.

It's been nearly a week since I posted -- and the world kept turning. Nice to have a holiday, but also good to be back in the swing of things. Hope 2009 is filled with good things for you.