portland classical chinese garden delights!

if you live in portland or have ever visited portland before i hope you have had the chance to experience the lovely portland classical chinese garden! these are just some of the delights that you can see there this month... these were taken 2 years ago around this time.
although the garden is only one city block, plan some time to take it all in and sip tea in the calming teahouse :)

i've had this idea for a longtime...

...to dedicate a section on my website to showcase my friends photography works! i thought i could just post one new persons work per month, but how do i choose who goes first? well i decided to start now, with my long time friend ahna! whos birthday happens to be today! and so i will start with my dear pisces friends and go on to aries after this month... janda and zeyneb im going to be contacting you soon! eventually i hope this will transpire to my website... but for now this will do!

So here's to ahna, my friend since 7th grade, and college roommate of 4 plus years! she went on 2 more years to be a marine biologist, and fulfilled my once childhood dream! she currently lives with a beautiful view of the ocean in newport, or. and i see her occasionally as her and matt stop in town before heading out to some snowy cold mountain to do fast dangerous sports:)
she sent me some beautiful photos of her various travels from around the greater north west. true to her pisces nature she loves to be around water, and you'll see these pics reflect that- even if it is frozen :)
enjoy!

some snowy river in oregon..


water hole on the oregon coast


trail to glacier in alsaka!


whale making baitball in alaska.. click to enlarge


ahna gazing over beautiful crater lake a few weekends ago...


i call this moonset over crater lake :)
i love this image!


igloo! ok, so i have to give matt some props here since he really took the pic, but ahna was there! isnt that amazing!


ok, so i had to dig for this pic, i have tons of pics of ahna and i- but most of those were before my digital camera came and therefor stored away in some book, jeff took this one probably 5 years ago? in shasta- obviously we were still into wearing out u of o gear :)



i have another wonderful pisces friend... cori! cori is an amazing painter who i met in eugene, some 5 years ago or so.. she taught me and ahna how to make and bind our own books and she has continued to inspire me as she makes and sells her art for a living in san pancho, mexico... since she paints the most amazing paintings, im going to posta few of my favorites, which is really just the tip of the iceberg of my list of favorites. you must check out her website to see all!
www.corijacobs.com

llevo el mar conmigo


love


inside the sea we transform into mermaids


me and cori at her dad's retirement party last summer...

looking forward to seeing you soon cori!