Pics from here and there

A few creative-ish and nature-ish photos from life...

I was out walking with some co-workers yesterday and came a cross a women throwing food to seagulls. The birds just snatch the food right out of the air!
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Portland is a nice little city but kinda hard for me to capture on camera. When we passed these benches I asked my co-workers Matt and Lance to sit for a photo. They chose to sit as far away from each other as they could... which I kinda liked for the photo.
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It's sad that back in the 50's or whenever they first built freeways they decided to build them on the waterfront? (Seattle comes to mind). In Portland they've built a floating pedestrian walk along part of the waterfront so we can enjoy the views.  Hooray!
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New Years day in Washington state was beautiful and COLD. The fam and I went for a nice little nature walk. I love the scraggly trees in this photo.
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Ooo~ mountains! The Olympic mountain range in Washington always ends up reminding me of Lord of the Rings. I wonder when Gandalf is going to come riding up on his horse?
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Ryan and Nelle having a personal moment... ignoring me with my camera. I think this photo of them is so cute!
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And speaking of cute, my little nephew Ezra is adorable with his chubby little cheeks. He's hanging out with Punk the Bear and having himself a grand old time.
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Twas the night before Christmas.....