Portland

Again, a walk in Portland. Since I rarely leave the city anymore, it seems I take pictures within walking distance more than anything.

This always catches my eye. I don't know why, but I seem to like rust a lot.

I also like taking random shots of graffiti. I guess I'm just a little jealous..I have always enjoyed being up on roofs. My bedroom, when I was growing up, had a window to a roof, and I'd sit out on it often. It's one of my favorite places to go..



I'm also fascinated by fire escapes. Going up along the side of a building, or being on a roof seem like lots of fun.



They're redoing the wall on the back of the Asylum. I'm quite disappointed that parts of it seem like an advertisement for cereal? It was pretty cool to catch them "in the act" though. Still, I'm glad I took pictures of it before it was redone. A few pictures of the old wall. I look forward to seeing the end result and will go back a few more times to continue photographing the progress.



Now for some random shots.

Congress Street - Portland

Every time I walk in Portland, I seem to find new things to take pictures of. Here are some I took with my new "wide" angle lens. It's not super wide, but I like it.

Monument Square Alive at Five Free Concert (Pete Kilpatrick & As Fast As) and Deering Oaks Park

I'm glad I checked my email before I left work today or I would've forgotten about the Alive at Five Free Concert at Monument Square. And of course, it started right when I got out of work, so I thought I'd bike up the street and check it out. Pete Kilpatrick started it off.



I met up with a friend who wanted to bike the back cove area, so we didn't stay long.
Inevitably, since I was in the area, and I wanted to snap a few pictures of Deering Oaks Park still, we went over there before doing another lap around the Back Cove.




Yes, I took a lot of very similar pictures, but I don't feel like choosing the best at the moment. I was just very happy with the lighting there.



And then we went back to Monument Square to catch the rest of the show before heading to sushi. These pictures are of As Fast As, as well as the surrounding area.

Walk around Portland, Maine

A friend and I walked a good amount of Portland yesterday, and here is the partial trail. The weather was good, then bad, then good again. Interesting day. :)

Free Street.

Around Congress Street

Really low clouds. Overlooking the city in the east end.

A mural in the east end

Marginal Way. To the left was sun, to the right was rain.

Wow..

The sky was getting pretty nasty at that point, and it started to rain. We took refuge, and then when the rain stopped, we went to Deering Oaks Park to take some pictures of flowers.


A lot of flowers.