Leaves

A walk through the neighborhood.  Maple leaves starting to turn color and a lamp post next to a driveway.

Autumn

A touch of autumn in the air with cooler nights and some leaves are starting to turn yellow.  First day of fall on Saturday morning.

Splash and Dash

 Playing in the fountain during the Saturday market is a must for kids. 

stayweirdboise

A croqueted bicycle sweater seen at Boise's Art in the Park on Saturday.

Bike Parking

Trying to find a place to park a bicycle at the annual Art in the Park event was harder this year.  In this photo you can see lamp post and trees used to lock up a bike.

Parking Problems

Art in the Park this weekend the annual fund raiser for the Boise Art Museum with arts and crafts from local and regional artist.   Last year they had a place to park your bicycle but not this year.  Every tree, lamp post and fence that a bike could be locked to had a bike or two or maybe three locked to it.  

Wet and Dry

The contrast of the well watered grass of Quarry View Park and the dry hillside.   The quarry that is viewed from here is on the side and top ridge of the hill.  Sandstone was quarried for the old penitentiary which is used as museum now and just on the other side of the trees in the back of the park.

Idaho City Lodge

Building in Idaho City, Idaho. 

Mores Creek

Mores Creek and highway 21

Red Stairs

Fire escape at the local school.

Skywatch

The sky today was full of smoke from wild fires in the area and with the clouds it made for a interesting looking sky.  
Springs- Boise County, ID (5 MILES WEST OF GARDEN VALLEY, ID), Trinity Ridge - Elmore County, ID (7 MILES NW OF FEATHERVILLE, ID), East Rock, Owyhee County, ID (30 MILES SOUTH MOUNTAIN HOME), and four other wild fires in the area.

Columbia River

From a 2009 trip.  The Columbia River as seen from Hood River, Oregon

Sunrise

Morning rays of sun coming through the clouds at Mores Mountain, ID.  In the distance are the Sawtooth Mountains in central Idaho.  This is about 18 miles (29km) form downtown Boise.

Boise River

Boise River between Broadway Ave. and Capitol Blvd. looking north.   

BSU Admin

Boise State University Administration Building was built in 1940 by Works Projects Administration (WPA).

Theme Day: Numbers

Aug. Theme Day is numbers.   Things with numbers:  remotes, timers, clocks, watches, camera flash, volt meters, electric meter, cards, thermometers, and on and on.  

Feeding the Birds

Filling the bird feeder

Bike Path

This is a section of the greenbelt or bike path in east Boise on the north side of the river. 

Sunset

Took this picture from the Stueckle Sky Center of the sunset and crescent moon over Boise.

Idaho State Flower

The Syringa (Philadelphus lewisii)