Monday, October 28, 2019

Day One Hundred: The Queen in All Her Glory


When I first visited Bryan Texas to see Dean and Adrienne, I was immediately taken with this old movie palace, The Queen.  It was weathered, even decrepit.  It showed colors and details revealed by aging in the hot sun and heavy rainstorms.  Here are two photos from 2009 and one from just last week, ten years later in October 2019.




There is beauty and mystery here.  What has this building seen in it's 100+ years?





The Marquee was bare and nothing had been shown here since the mid-seventies.  Then in 2010 through 2018, renovation [link] renewed this icon of entertainment.


Just last week, the Queen in all her glory celebrated Fright Fest.  We went to a screening of The Birds, perfect for Bryan with its flocks of grackles.  


[Part of me fleetingly misses the old Queen with all her mysteries and links to the past.] 

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Day Ninety-Nine: Geology Walk Downtown North

Love the geology walks in down Portland, sponsored and led by folks from the Geology Society of the Oregon Country (GSOC). 

This green-grey slate building is my favorite skyscraper. 

These markings in the slate patio floor show how deep pressures forced a softer rock material to buckle, illustrating geologic forces.

Sandstone buildings show exfoliation from rainfall  and temperature changes.