See & Be Seen in 2007

"LIGHT THE BIKE. SEE THE BIKE" Portland, Oregon.

I walked by this sign while another bike rider was putting his bike on the bus. This is an ad campaign for this public awareness campaign on getting bike riders to use lights on their bikes. They kicked off the educational festivities with an awareness parade(a night ride) for riders. Riders without lights quickly improvised lights; taping flashlights to their bikes.


This message is simple.

All you stealth night riders who see but are not seen.
All you invisible riders who blink-but-don't-look-out for other motorists!
All you "Lost my light. It got stolen" riders.


Get a light on your bike! (so we can see you)

Suggestions:

The new LED lights are the best option. They run on little batteries, packable and sometimes even rechargeable. Back red light and headlight for a minimum.



****These hyperlinks can be linked from this page:Trimet Portland, See and Be Seen Campaign, MetroTransit Twin Cities, LED project

Oregon & Happy New Years

This is Willie the puppy
Van Reflections!
Spent the Holidays in Oregon. I snapped one of my reflection on the tinted van widows. The lens is my mouth in this photo. The sky here is gorgeous; this photo does it no justice.

So now you see how most of my photos posted here in this blog all start.

Happy New Year
Please visit all my links!
2007 will be a great year .

Ginger Bread Boi

__________Dooooooh!

Worlds biggest Ginger Bread house as the MOA.

The elfs were life like and busy in mechanical silence. I could just smell candy. The shingles on this 3 story home are impresive; baked ginger bread wafers with a curved edge. The snow around the dormers did not fool me. I had my down jacket in my hands.

Stencils are Islands

__Ferry: La Pointe - Bayfield, Wisconson

Connected Islands

Madeleine Island is connected by a Ferry. In the winter it is often connected by ice. Cars are allowed to cross the miles that seperate it from the mainland. I have seen photos of this. I would be a bit scared crossing in my car. I would like to see it frozen over. I guess this last year it did not freeze entirely

USE HAND RAIL

A good stencil design will hold each letter to the page without the need to drop in parts.

A great example is cutting the letter "O" for a stencil where the inside oval must stay connected to the page. No one likes hunting for the floating piece to hand place upon painting. A good stencil connects the center circle of the "O" to the page which makes it appear, from a distance, like it floats alone at the center.

A good island understands that it could be the loneliest place on earth and be OK ; I know many islanders that might prefer that. Only islands can have certain things others cannot; like lemurs and Do0do0 birds. Like that stencil with the floating parts that you have to hand place the inside to paint. They often get lost.

A few islands where I would like to get lost:
1. Galapagos
2. Azores
3. Hawaii
4. Fiji
5. Iceland