Astoria Riverwalk Inn

This picture was taken on December 20, 2012 at 2:04 p.m. I like the color of the clouds in this photo. The building in the picture is the Astoria  Riverwalk  Inn. Behind this building is also where boats can be stored at docks.  The bridge in the picture is the Astoria-Megler Bridge. Where I am standing, is on the riverwalk. The riverwalk goes on for about 2 miles or so where you walk along the coast. It is quite beautiful.
-Jessie

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My First Post

   
 Hi my name is Jessie Holdbrook and I will be a guest blogger for a week. I hope you enjoy my posts.  By the way this is my cat Chairmen Mow. This picture was taken in February 2012 in Astoria OR.
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Last Year on the Riverwalk

Astoria, Oregon ~ December 4, 2011

It was a cold day, but very beautiful along the river.

I have had a couple of nibbles, but have not resolved whether we will have a guest blogger, or who that will be. Still working on it. Thanks for your replies.

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Unromantic?

Astoria, Oregon ~ September 19, 2012

This photo is unusual because: 1) I took it during a (please excuse me if you come from a place where these actually occur) rare traffic jam, and 2) It's not a spot I would normally think of photographing. This is the traffic circle leading onto the Young's Bay Bridge. I posted a popular photo here, where you see the same buildings and hill from a more photogenic angle. If you were to look out the passenger side window, you would soon see a view like this one.

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Another Angle

Astoria, Oregon ~ June 20, 2012

. . . Just another angle on our interesting town.

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Rhodies in June

Astoria, Oregon ~ June 13, 2011 

All of today's photos by J. Schu

On June 10, 2011, I photographed rhododendrons in front of the KMUN Radio Station house on 14th and Exchange. New in town, "J." happened to be walking around with his camera and coincidentally took these striking photos of the same building with its gorgeous floral dressing at almost the same time. He e-mailed me with the photos, and they have (unconscionably) sat in my "to be posted" file much longer than I'd like to admit. 

So, today let's all enjoy some color and remember one of the reasons we love the buckets of rain we're getting this week. Maybe December rains really do bring June flowers.

This last pic was taken on June 20, 2011.

Thank you, J., for the ray of sunshine, and I hope you are seeing this post despite my deplorable delay :-)

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Theme Day: My Street

Astoria, Oregon ~ June 8, 2012

My "street," the Astoria Riverwalk, is so extraordinary that I've shown it many times on this blog. It runs along the river the whole length of town and beyond. Here you see a fraction of it in the foreground. It connects to Marine Drive (parallel, beyond the stop sign). Here it also intersects with 15th Street, which takes you up the hill to the college. The Riverwalk never looks much like a street, but like an alleyway, parking lot, paved walkway, boardwalk, or trolley trestle. I showed the view west from here in yesterday's post. Unaccountably, any building fronting the Riverwalk bears the address of some other street. For instance, the address just behind me is 1490 Marine Drive, and you can see how that would confuse someone  actually looking for it on Marine Drive.

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Foreshadowing

Astoria, Oregon ~ June 20, 2012

Sunset on the River Walk. The purpose of the title will become clear tomorrow. After all, foreshadowing is, by nature, a little vague.

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Compulsive Edit

Astoria, Oregon ~ November 26, 2012

This sign in the parking garage under the Park Building on Exchange Street always bugged me, but it looks like it bugged someone with a marking pen even more. However, it was (and is) pleasant to conjure up a tropical island on a drizzly, dark day in Astoria's only under-building parking area.

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Two Pilot Boats

Astoria, Oregon ~ November 26, 2012

Taken from upstairs, Doc's on 12th Street

The older pilot boat, Arrow 2 (left) doesn't get out as much as it used to. Although still plenty spry, its place has largely been taken over by the more modern and huskier Connor Foss on the right. When pulled up to a big ship, Connor looks capable enough, but she (she? Connor?) just does not have the romantic lines of the little Arrow. I suppose Arrow's era is passing. I don't know technically what Arrow lacks that Connor has, aside from youth, so if anyone can tell me, I'll be interested in finding out.

I love the look of the water. You can see how the rains have brought the mud down, and you can get a hint of some of the currents and turmoil beneath the Columbia's surface. 

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