Lent Day 37… There Is No Beauty Without Some Strangeness
There is no beauty without some strangeness. —Edgar Allen Poe
We’ve been in Portland for Spring break… It’s quirky, strange, beautiful, and 100% Northwest. There are bridges everywhere because, of course, there is water everywhere. We’re surrounded by green growing things and concrete and bricks and graffiti. It’s like a study in contrasts.
Today we visited Multnomah Falls. It’s 30 minutes or so outside the city, and it has that nature-is-in-charge-here kind of feel. Mist and moss, cliffs with water spilling over…
It’s just beautiful.
I took plenty of pictures. And I looked for new angles, perspectives—hoping to capture something less typical.
Later in the afternoon, we went back into the city. Somehow we ended up wandering around at the Hippo Hardware & Trading Company. It’s mostly a salvage warehouse of lights and knobs and bathroom fixtures. Some wild-haired older guy with a loud voice and stories to tell was working there.
Anyway, as I was wandering through the store, I saw… Read More
