Stacey Youdin's Open Salon Blog

"March 30, 1942
This wall marks the path...
where, on March 30, 1942, Bainbridge Islanders of Japanese ancestry (Nikkei) walked, suitcases in hand, to be carried by ferry away from their homes, to an uncertain future, some never to return.

"Mary Hayashi was a nursing student. Isosaboru Katayama operated a greenhouse and nursery. Kimiye Shibayama was a housewife and mother of five. Tora Ohtaki was a teacher. They are among the two hundred and seventy-six individuals honored here and listed in family groups. Of the two hundred and seventy-six exiled islanders, two hundred and twenty-seven were forcibly removed at this site, simply because they were of Japanese ancestry, following Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II. With only six days notice, most were incarcerated for the remainder of the war as a result of Executive Order 9066 signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

"This wall marks the path...
where on March 30, 1942, two hundred and twenty-seven friends, neighbors, classmates and coworkers left their homes, jobs, farms, businesses, and community - their lives disrupted, their hopes and dreams torn apart."

Some birds we don't see back home.

Unless they're seriously lost.

If you're into skylines, check out this stitched shot..

And if you're into panoramas, check out Mt. Rainier.

Tri-fecta, thy name is Olympics.

Pritchard Park is a work in progress. It has the shoreline features a person expects for a city park fronting Eagle Harbor and from where, at low tide, I caught the above Seattle and Rainier panoramas.

And it has leaking creosote features which cause temporary closures. For now, it's one of only a few dog-friendly parks. Arff!
("Siri: find me a creosote sniffin' hound.")

The public is kept from the Superfund parts of the park, obviously, while free to enjoy the access at low tide.

For us, this Island of Bainbridge, this Isla Bonita, this

is a place to catch up with old friends.

We over-ate. We over-drank. We came to regret our appointment to claim our Southwest boarding pass.

This, perhaps, might explain it. Our guest room had some of Martha's stuff.

How cool is that?

NOTE ON VIEWING:
If you would like to view any images in a larger format, click on them and you will be taken to Flickr, where under the "actions" menu you may select "view all sizes."

1. Batter Up!

100mm
F 5.0
1/160 sec.
ISO 250

2. Nikkei Scene

70mm
F 22.0
1/4000 sec.
ISO 1600

3. Passage Gull

75mm
F 5.0
1/4000 sec.
ISO 500

4. In-Flight

210mm
F 5.6
1/4000 sec.
ISO 500

5. Seattle Skyline

70mm
F 22.0
1/125 sec.
ISO 250

6. Rainier Panorama

210mm
F 22.0
1/320 sec.
ISO 500

7. Spring Olympics

210mm
F 29.0
1/320 sec.
ISO 1600

8. Pritchard Beach

70mm
F 22.0
1/25 sec.
ISO 1600

9. Iconographical Seattle

210mm
F 22.0
1/320 sec.
ISO 800

10. Sla Bonta!

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11. Sumos

55mm
F 5.6
1/50 sec.
ISO 1600

Oso Remote Gallery - 4th Level - "Oregon Coast"

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:05:42 -0400

The whole time out on Southwest, we'd refer to our mantra: "we're on a mission from God" to see the ocean.

Of course that's the famous Blues Brothers line.

We got there and found South Beach, Newport and watched dinner come wrastle with the breakwater.

We picked Newport, OR for the scenic beauty down south and the rainy-day opportunities of May at the coast. This overlook was south of Yachats.

At a wayside in Yachats, an unchoreographed bit of ballet.

Gov. Patterson, you've got a lovely beach.

Behind the motel there was some major art going on at Oregon Coast Glassworks. Meet Bill Murphy.

Look up OCG on YouTube or Google for more..

Bill is following the design which made the above.

And he gets to see the colors in the clear glass along the way.

The perfect pursuit for a chilly climate. Wouldn't want their utility bills though.

When the glass is 'just so,' you can make carapace.

By you I mean if you're Bill.

South Beach in Newport offers an hands-on science experience: the Mark Hatfield Science Center.

Honeycomb Rockfish et. al.

On the north side of the Newport passage where you saw the fishing boat enter, there is a lighthouse which was decommissioned only years after its commissioning. One may see the structure, its period furnishings and chamber pots.

Forgive my enormous guffaw, but we employ this quaintness at our house. In this here modern era.

In some overly modern burbs, I hear you can be penalized for capturing the water. Now that's crazy.

Our vacation sucked so bad that even Cape Foulweather wouldn't cooperate.

The better to shoot the flora.

We took the slow road to Tillamook. Around Gammon Launch, which proved to be the classic stumbled-upon, I caught this.

At Oceanside, you see the 3 Arch Rocks that it takes Photoshop stitching to show.

Please go to the Flickr link in the image and slow scroll the largest available.

In Rockaway Town.They have a, well, rock

Arcadia Beach. One could not make it up.And it has clams

You're heading back to your cheesy rental (another great band name) and cherish each footstep away from this. Goodbye, ocean.

Hello, mouth of the ColumbiaHello and goodbye.

NOTE ON VIEWING

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1. Newport Breakwater

210mm
F 13.0
1/500 sec.
ISO 200

2. Yachats View South

120mm
F 25.0
1/200 sec.
ISO 500

3. In Formation

210mm
F 5.6
1/4000 sec.
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4. Patterson Beach Sentinel

210mm
F 5.6
1/2000 sec.
ISO 200

5. Oregon Coast Glassworks

100mm
F 5.0
1/160 sec.
ISO 1000

6. Gallery Turle

75mm
F 4.5
1/125 sec.
ISO 640

7. The Blower's Art

70mm
F 4.5
1/125 sec.
ISO 500

8. Making Carapace

210mm
F 5.6
1/250 sec.
ISO 1000

9. Honeycomb Rockfish

50mm
F 1.7
1/80 sec.
ISO 800

10. Cistern Sign

210mm
F 22.0
1/320 sec.
ISO 1000

11. Cape Foulweather

140mm
F 29.0
1/160 sec.
ISO 1600

12. Foulweather Flora

135mm
F 5.6
1/500 sec.
ISO 200

13. Curves

90mm
F 5.0
1/4000 sec.
ISO 250

14. Stiched Panorama 3 Arches

70mm
F 16.0
1/320 sec.
ISO 200

15. Rockaway

210mm
F 16.0
1/4000 sec.
ISO 640

16. Arcadia Beach

70mm
F 22.0
1/125 sec.
ISO 400

17. Cannon Beach

70mm
F 10.0
1/500 sec.
ISO 200

18. 101 Astoria

70mm
F 22.0
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ISO 800

Oso Remote Gallery - 3rd Level - "Port-Land-Ear"

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:05:33 -0400

The greatest fun in travel is discovering the unexpected. We lucked out with museums, galleries, restaurants, and sights. Rain and clouds that didn't break except for our two hours in the Japanese Garden never seemed to get in the way.

There's that show we've never seen. Yet we found ourselves in Portland all the same.

We'll have to see what all the "Portlandia" fuss is about.

In the annex bldg. of the art museum, you look down a long hall and see this.

We love the smell of Chihuly in the morning.

Alongside an exhibit of ancient Chinese art, the permanent collection has great contemporary Asian works.

Matsuo Jun's salt-glazed stoneware resembles glass. Amazing.

William Morris's construction, "Artifacts," took up two stories of wall space.

This is but a small detail shot. Portland's is a great museum.

There was an exhibit of John Frame, and though photography wasn't allowed, I did buy the catalog, the seal of which remains unbroken. There were no labels on the walls, in fact the room was blackened save for the works, and only this grand collection of what, for lack of a better word, were 'action figures.'

That will be some future stand-alone post.

You may think this Cezanne's.

It's actually a Rothko. He's from Portland and we caught the exhibit.

Say it with me like Seinfeld said "Newman."

"Rothko!"

The lift at the Pioneer Sq. courthouse has been modernized only for safety.

Few do detail work like this courthouse staircase.

Few do seafood this well.

Downtown has its river features.

I'm guessing the hotel hoped we'd keep this to ourselves.

"Thank you; I'd love to take your survey."

NOTE ON VIEWING:
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1. Oregon Postcard
Scanned receipts, maps, tickets, etc.

2. Burnside Bridge and Towers

f 5.6
1/800 sec.
180 mm
ISO 200

3. Dale Chihuly "Papé l'arbre, 2001" Glass

f 3.5
1/80 sec.
50 mm
ISO 500

4. Matsuo Jun "Salt-glazed Vase, 2000-2003"

f 1.7
1/80 sec.
50 mm
ISO 1600

5. William Morris "Artifact Panel" 2000 (detail)
Commissioned in commemoration of the Project for the Millenium

f 3.5
1/50 sec.
50 mm
ISO 1600

6. Mark Rothko "Untitled (Still life with pitcher)," c. 1926
Oil on canvas board - National Gallery, Washington

f 1.7
1/80 sec.
50 mm
ISO 800

7. Mark Rothko "Self-Portrait," 1936 - oil on canvas

f 1.7
1/80 sec.
50 mm
ISO 1000

8. 9th Circuit Elevator

f 1.7
1/80 sec.
50 mm
ISO 1000

9. Courthouse Staircase

f 1.7
1/250 sec.
50 mm
ISO 200

10. Jakes Famous Crawfish (b/w)

f 1.7
1/1000 sec.
50 mm
ISO 200

11. Port-Land-Ear "Russel No" (slight tint)

f 5.6
1/500 sec.
70 mm
ISO 200

12. Embarrassy Suites w/ View of Mechanicals

f 3.5
1/30 sec.
18 mm
ISO 640

Oso Remote Gallery - 2nd Level - "In the Japanese Garden"

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:05:13 -0400

Mountain erodes close to the Earth.
An image of decaying and Falling Away

In correspondence with this,
That which is above becomes benevolent to those below

As if building houses on solid foundations.

Falling away is decaying.
The yielding want to change the firm.

Unfavorable to have somewhere to go
Little fellows are growing and extending.

Act in accordance with the situation and keep still.

Contemplating the image,

The superior person comprehends

The alternation of increase and decrease,

Also the alternation of fullness and emptiness.

It is the Tao of Heaven.