View from Ashland Loop Road
Long before the Ashland Loop Road becomes deserted and looks like this, you can look back over your right shoulder for this view, one of your last glimpses of civilization.

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Long before the Ashland Loop Road becomes deserted and looks like this, you can look back over your right shoulder for this view, one of your last glimpses of civilization.
The Chateaulin French Restaurant isn’t much to look at from the outside in winter or early spring, but it can be nice to look at once the ivy covering its exterior turns green. And the place can be really spectacular when the ivy changes color in fall. Next door is Martino’s and Macaroni’s, previously mentioned here.
Ashland Creek, which runs through Lithia Park, is nice in all seasons but fall has to be my favorite.
As promised, above is another photo of Built To Spill playing at the Historic Ashland Armory a couple nights ago.
Here is a video from that live performance of “Stop The Show” off “Perfect From Now On,” not the most accessible Built to Spill, but it’s the only one I had the camera running for.
A week ago I had never even heard of “Built to Spill”. A friend said they may be worth checking out at the Ashland Armory last night so I listened to them constantly for the past few days and became a quick fan.
The show was really good, and I’m paying the price for that goodness today. 😉 Tomorrow I’ll post another picture and a video. If you like Neil Young and/or The Flaming Lips then I highly recommend picking up Built to Spill’s latest CD, There Is No Enemy. I can’t get enough of it.
I was sitting in the grass in Lithia Park the other day, enjoying rather warm temperatures for November. Instead of pulling the camera up to see what I was taking a picture of, I just took it from the position of the leaves I was sitting in.
At the corner of Terrace Street and Ashland Loop Road I noticed some unusual, swirly clouds blending nicely with the curves in this person’s driveway. The fall foliage looked nice too but didn’t come out so much in this photo.
A closeup taken soon after yesterday’s photo… I didn’t realize squirrels ate maple leaves.
My Japanese Maple tree has changed colors causing its usual occupant to stick out a bit more than normal.
We had a really nice sunrise earlier this week. This one was colorless before taking my shower (photo coming someday). When I got out of the shower and looked out the window 20 minutes later it seemed someone had painted it orange. I should have known by the color that the San Francisco Giants would win the World Series later in the day.