 Sunday 27 July 2025
2025 Puppet Park, At The Oregon Country Fair, Veneta, Oregon
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Several mushrooms waited in a group for fair attendies to occupy them. A tall woman costume waited for the sun to illumnate her face. A tall blue woman was backlit by the sun. She stared into the distance while waiting to be occupied. A green sign was leaned against the base of a tree. It read, "Puppet Park." A large dragon puppet stood under the shade of a tree in the puppet gargen.
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Saturday 26 July 2025
Wildflower Meadow, A Form Of A Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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A few orange crocus have already bloomed, inside what in summer will become a wildflower meadow. Blue, Pink, and Lavender plants have begun to bloom in the Wildflower Meadow across from our patio. Blooms decorated the wildflower garden among grass leaves. We also had a wildflower garden growing in one of vegetable raised beds beside the house. A closer view of one of the flowers in our wildflower meadow. One of the flowers in our wildflower garden had nine blooms on a single stem. The bright sun of a cloudless afternoon brightened the wildflower meadow. More plants have begun to bloom in the Wildflower Meadow across from our patio.
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Wednesday 23 July 2025
2025 Creatures, At The Oregon Country Fair, Veneta, Oregon
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A huge, but fake, snake was wrapped around the roof of the luggage check stand just outside the entrance. A fake dragon breathed cloth fire. Two eyes were placed in a bush alongside a trail to create the suggestion of a creature. Metal wings and wood antlers were attached to a bare tree to create a tree creature. Metal eyes were placed onto a tree behind a fence. The suggestion was that of a tree-creature's face. A winged creature was erected beyond blue flames, or perhaps water. Designs were placed higher on the bush to create the suggestion of the face of a creature.
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Saturday 19 July 2025
2025 Golden Abelia (Abelioa grandiflora), As A Flowering Plant, On A Back Yard Low Hill, Eugene, Oregon
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Our Golden Abelia plant, growing beside the path and on a low hill in the backyard, was just beginning to bloom small lavender bells. Our Golden Abelia bush, when viewed from behind, looked unattractive. The leaves of the Golden Abelia bush were green in the spring, but would become golden in the autumn. The blooms on the Golden Abelia bush hung down, resembling real bells.
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Friday 18 July 2025
2025 Yellow Gladiolus, As A Flowering Plant, Monster Raised Garden Bed, Eugene, Oregon
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The first blooms had appeared on our yellow gladiolus plant near the back of the Monster Raised Garden Bed in the front yard. Three yellow Gladiolus plants viewed from the side atop our Monster raised garden bed. Later that month, more blooms appeared on our yellow Gladiolus plant growing in our Monster raised garden bed. A few days later, both of our yellow Gladiolus plants were blooming. Two yellow Gladiolus plants grew side by side in the upper level of our Monster raised garden bed in the front yard. Only one of them was in full bloom.
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Wednesday 16 July 2025
2025 4th Of July Fireworks, On A Neighborhood Street, Eugene, Oregon
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Then the firework became so small that the smoke dominated the scene. Then the firework dimmed and released a small cloud of smoke. Next, the firework dimmed again as it used up its energy. Then the firework threw sparks everywhere and created more smoke. The firework display grew briefly bright. One of our neighbors on our court had set off a small firework in the middle of the street.
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Sunday 13 July 2025
2025 Yelow Gladiolus, As A Found Flowering Plant, Monster Frontyard Raised Bed Garden, Eugene, Oregon
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Three yellow Gladiolus plants viewed from the side atop our Monster raised garden bed. Two yellow Gladiolus plants grew side by side in the upper level of our Monster raised garden bed in the front yard. Only one of them was in full bloom. Later that month, more blooms appeared on our yellow Gladiolus plant growing in our Monster raised garden bed. A few days later, both of our yellow Gladiolus plants were blooming. The first blooms had appeared on our yellow gladiolus plant near the back of the Monster Raised Garden Bed in the front yard.
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Saturday 12 July 2025
2025 Filipendula Ruba, Aka Queen Of The Prairie, As A Found Flowering Plant, Monster Frontyard Raised Bed Garden, Eugene, Oregon
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A view of the leaves of the Filipendula Ruba plant in the front-yard Monster raised garden bed. A closer view of one of the cotton candy colored blooms atop the tall stems of this Filipendula Ruba plant in the front-yard Monster raised garden bed. Not all of the the cotton candy colored blooms were fully developed yet, atop the tall stems of this Filipendula Ruba plant in the front-yard Monster raised garden bed. Many more cotton candy colored blooms grew than last year, atop the tall stems of this Filipendula Ruba plant in the front-yard Monster raised garden bed. Cotton candy colored blooms atop the tall stems of this Filipendula Ruba plant in the front-yard Monster raised garden bed.
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