Today I went out to the St. Johns area, I wanted to look at the water level in the Willamette river, since we've had so much rain and flooding lately, and I thought I'd take some photos with the Fuji X10. The photo above was my favorite of the day.
While I was at Cathedral Park under the St. Johns bridge, I noticed quite a few other photographers there taking photos of the bridge. I guess it is a pretty common subject, in fact, I've seen a lot of photos that look like sort of like the one above. This spot kind of jumps out as an obvious place to stop and take a picture, because it is right on the main path through the park.
I also saw a bright purple fire hydrant. I wonder who picked this color.
Down at the river, the water level was high, and the water was very muddy. It rained most of the time while I was walking around. While I was right here I met two women who were out for a walk, and they asked me if I remember the flood back in 1996. I did, and we talked about that for a while.
Then I went to the Chinese Garden. They had decorated it with lanterns to get ready for their celebration of the Chinese New Year.
I also encountered some fish and some dragons.
Even though it was rainy, it was fun to get out of the house and have some quiet time.
