I’ll talk more about the wedding in the next post with all the photos, but the weekend in general begged to have it’s own post because of all the cool people, places and textures of the city. I wish I had another week just to walk around those eclectic streets! Luckily, I was introduced to the famous Farmer’s Market Saturday at Pier 1. It was everything I was told and more, with incredibly fresh food and drinks of all types all under temporary tents right on the waterway. There were great bands, like “The Easy Leaves”, who were rocking out songs that sounded (to my untuned ears) like something from “Oh Brother, Where Out Thou”, and plenty of neat boutique-style eateries on the way. Basically, for someone that is constantly hungry, it was hard to make it more than 100ft without buying more food, bread, drinks, or whatever! Anyway, enough talk, the pictures can tell the story from here.  v

Listening to this guy play made me feel like I was transported back in time. So melodic and relaxing in all the hustle-bustle of the Market!

So, after filling up a cart for the wedding the next day (and some more stuff for the rental house) we headed back to relax… and eat more

The house had an awesome view of San Fran, but also of some gorgeous gardens below. The whole crew basically took turns coming out and appreciating how the other half lives.

I have a ton more photos that I’d like to post, but I’ll end on two of my favorites from a quick walk around the neighborhood that Maya and I took. Have a great weekend, and leave a comment before you go.

So, I’ve been crazy busy lately and haven’t been able to update the blog, for which I’m sorry. Don’t worry though, because there are a TON of photos coming your way both in this post and from the wedding I shot this last weekend (congrats Michael & Sanya).

First, from my latest trip with Ms. Maya back to Oregon to hangout with her folks in Ashland, OR. It struck me halfway through editing that I hadn’t done any B&Ws, the pretty greens and blues were just to delicious to throw away. I didn’t bring my camera with me everywhere we went, but I’m really pumped that I got a chance to bring it to Crater Lake and to see the Natural Bridge waterfall.

The top picture was right after we landed in Medford. We quickly (well, after the 30min baggage claim) made our way to Ashland. Giant trees lining the interstate greeted us before our turn off to Ashland. The tree’s scale compared to the valley surrounding them made them feel like a barrier that you had to pass through in order to get the tiny town.

The view from their garden and deck was breathtaking. Mountains, valley, green trees… they had it all!

And, of course, Henny (closer) and Penny (further) the chickens! Who faithfully produced a brown egg each per day. Laying in the sideways washer that Gary fabricated as their den. Pretty nifty!

On our last day in Oregon, we trekked up to Crater Lake (Maya and her mom looking out at below).

Believe it or not… that is WATER, not sky. The water is that blue. It had a description near by that talked about how the red and yellow light waves are canceled out in the deep water, only allowing the bright blue wave to be reflected. Gotta love science.

I “distressed” the lodge picture, because of it’s classic look. It felt like it was begging for it…

The girls stopped often to check out a certain budding plant or flower. Most of the time being able to name it and figure out if it was going to bloom or already had this year… meanwhile, I took pictures, ha. 

I hope everyone is doing well – leave me a note if you’ve been to or around this area. I can’t wait to get a chance to go back!!

I took quite a few pics (of course), so check back soon as I’ll be updating the blog with those pictures. For now you’ll have to make do with the above picture just below the Natural Bridge over the Rogue River. You can see in the picture one of the many tunnels originally created by lava from the moutain above (which created Crater Lake). Hope everyone had a great weekend! Leave me a comment if you’ve been up to the North West lately and where you went!