Nothing Fancy . . .

Astoria, Oregon ~ February 7, 2010

. . . and yet I felt compelled to take its portrait long before I had serious thoughts of starting this blog.

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Compass Rose: Belém, western Lisbon, Portugal

Oeiras, Portugal ~ July 24, 2009

Photo by JM

Many thanks to JM of Oeiras and environs daily photo for the use of this magnificent piece of pavement! You MUST enlarge it. Those are actually people down there! For the full story and comments check out JM's original post of the rose.

I also learned from JM that this type of pavement pattern (the black and white wavy lines) originated in Portugal. Having not been to Portugal (yet), I first encountered similar patterns in Brazil. In fact, I posted one of the sidewalks from Sao Paulo during the first week of Tapirgal's Daily Image.

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Information

Portland, Oregon ~ August 7, 2010

Pioneer Square

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Keeping the Water Clean

Astoria, Oregon ~ April 28, 2010

"No Dumping, Drains to River"

I've been seeing a lot of similar signs on the streets in places such as Astoria, Portland, and Bend. Of course, I was first attracted by the image of a fish on the street, then I read the message.

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Slither

Los Angeles ~ 2003

From the series "Los Angeles Urban Art 2003"

by Francisca

Francisca wrote, "These were all taken on the Metro Train route from LA Airport to downtown . . . each stop has wonderful urban art."

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Variety and Veneer

Manaus, Brazil ~ April 14, 2007

In and around the central market can be seen a variety of paving styles and patterns, mainly in black and white. The yellow-bordered truck ramp blends right in, especially as the rain created a veneer of mud like an artist's wash over everything.

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Unintentional Art Along the River Walk

Astoria, Oregon ~ January 15, 2009

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