Irvington is a historic neighborhood in northeast Portland and is, not so coincidentally, where we live. These pictures were all taken around Irvington during the days when we got the heaviest snows.
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I’m Dreaming of a White 3 Days Before Christmas
We got snow over the course of a week which is highly unusual and required me to get out the snow shovel on repeated days. I took this picture shortly before shoveling the steps and sidewalk yet again and, for the first time, the shoveled parts were still clear by the end of the day.
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Irvington Graffiti
It snowed pretty hard so I went out to re-photograph my favorite stop sign with its subtle political slogan. I’ll let you guess whether our neighborhood leans to the left or the right.
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Stop! In The Name of Snow!
One last picture of my favorite stop sign, an environmental portrait if you can consider a picture of a stop sign an environmental portrait. I think it shows nicely how much it was snowing that day, as well as how most people (and dogs) were choosing to get around our snowy neighborhood. The second most popular way seemed to be cross-country skis …
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Change
Our neighborhood leans to the left, which you might have noticed from the stop sign pictures. So I wasn’t surprised to see a number of Obama signs in the run up to the Presidential election, but a number people have kept the signs up almost two months later.
Mother nature added her own change this winter, dumping unusual amounts of snow in the run up to Christmas. |
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Now That’s a Winning Smile!
While walking through our neighborhood I caught this sea creature frolicking in the snow.
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These pictures were taken by my friend Eric (who owns Porter), check out his Flickr stream for more of his pictures.
