In last year's competition, one postcard on Oregon was chosen. This year, there is once again a finalist depicting Oregon. Oregon must be a beautiful state. Oregon reminds me of the Moody Minstrel. MM is from Oregon but is now living in Tokyo.
Check out last year's photos.
Oregon is most definitely a beautiful state...which is why Californian real estate developers are buying it up at a breakneck speed. That particular photo shows Crater Lake, one of the deepest lakes in the world, which was formed when a giant volcano collapsed thousands of years ago. It's Oregon's only National Park (though there are several National Forests in the state), and there are a lot of good places to visit, hike, or camp in the area.
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More homesickness...but that's okay. T'is the season.
I don't actually live in Tokyo but about 90km northeast of it. Close enough in global terms, though! :-)
I really like picture #2. That's an eerie effect!
Quaint how my home is often here on view,
Yonder the home that I have left behind.
Even a postcard wakens thoughts so true;
Quite powerful the yearnings in my mind.
Sentiment, the winter curse,
Makes me oft write this kind of verse.
They're all four beautiful photographs. I was in Oregon once, mainly at Portland, and we drove around to some mountain, and it was snowing heavily at that time. It was so amazing. I had never seen so much soft soft white fluffy snow before, and have never seen since. It's true. It's a beautiful state. Missed that Crater Lake though.
ReplyDeleteMM, oops! Noted - about 90km northeast of Tokyo.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the additional info on Oregon. I saw a documentary on it and saw how beautiful the place is, especially the stretch along the coast.
How ignorant of me of Japan
Jolly well I didn't mistake Tokyo for Saipan.
Tis Oregon, you also call home
I'm sure it's beautiful land you used to roam.
Great places featured on those postcards
Uh-huh, they'd probably look just as great on leotards .
LB, yeah, all four beautiful postcards. They'd make any collector happy.
ReplyDeleteThere is something beautiful about snow, isn't it? Even romantic. **Sigh**
Yeah, I had a very romantic white snow new year once with a girl I loved the most... *sigh* *sigh* *sigh* *SIGH*
ReplyDeleteLB, wow! sounds so romantic. Memories are made of these.
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