YOU WERE ALWAYS WITH ME

Even when I was gone

I knew you were there

You loved me in absolute silence

Waiting for me to surrender

Watching in rose colored glasses as I willfully sank into the stormy seas

The life raft seemed so far away

Blinded by what I could not see

I LOVE PORTLAND OREGON

ONLY IN PORTLAND

Another Drive By Shooting ~°•○●☆~

Just Another Drive By Shooting ~°•○●☆~

On the streets of Portland 

Only In Portland ~°•○☆~

Anticipation…

What’s waiting on the other side…

From, “Behind The Scenes”

Just another drive by shooting…

Must Be The Clouds In My Eyes~°•.~

Amber Skies~°•○~

Simplicity ~°•

Awake My Brothers And Sisters…

Jesus is coming soon….

Infrared

Anticipation ~°•○●

One Nation under God chooses fear as opposed to morality… 

Tears fall on window panes…

Eyes absent of vision through a clouded window endures for but a moment in-between the storms and the rain..

Only a few can see and feel the heaviness in colors, black, blue, and melancholy… for you.

Some anticipate the sound of the trumpet…

Others refuse to believe…

Regardless, everything will soon change…

AWAKE; IT’S TIME…

ARIZONA FINDINGS~°•~

Adobe PhotoShop 

Watching~°•○●☆~

All night and in living color…

My Friend, I Miss You ~°•○☆`~

Oregon Coast 2015~°•○●☆\~

Japanese blown glass floats

From Alaska.. 

Allowing Others To Take My Serenity

When I allow others to take my Serenity the power to be who I am, is really in the hands of others. 
Thank You God for reminding me, in Jesus Name, amen

A New Dawn…

Under The Boardwalk

Adobe PhotoShop…

When only half of me is enough…

…………………………………………

When Everything You Feel is So Unreal

When Everything seems so Unreal and you can’t find your way home…

Remember that this world is only temporary and you’re only passing through…

Your home is where your heart lives and mine lives through HIM…

Just

Feel

The

Soft

Cool

Caress

Of

The

Breeze

And

Know

It

Is

He

And

Believe

Just

Believe…

And

His

Spirit

You

Will

Receive

Infinitely…

Barns Are Noble

Today ~°•○☆~

It’s an extraordinary day to be alive…

We must have faith which brings us hope…

We must continue look up, for HE is  coming soon…

My only desire is to be with you Father…

I don’t feel comfortable in this world anymore…

And I miss my mom…

Today~•°

Today, seems further away than yesterday.

Home is where your heart lives…

On The Inside Looking Out~°•☆

It’s a colorful world, and safe but only from the inside looking out…

Just Another Drive By Shooting

And a moment of time captured forever…

Turquoise ~°•~

The Other Side of The Tracks ~•°☆

Is unusual…

Abandoned ~

Windows to the  soul…

She Waits…

By the window…

Forever…

THOSE WERE THE DAYS…

This moment…~°•○•°~

Is silently still…

Yesterday ~°•○•°☆~

I miss you today…

He Lives~°•○☆~♡

Believe ~°•○•°`☆~•°~`♡

Another Drive by shooting ~°•○☆~

~Cross~Roads~

The hour is upon us…

Follow your heart ~

And you will find your way home…

Pondering ~°•○●~

What will tomorrow bring…

Believe ~°•○●~

Yesterday ~°•○●~

Is a million days away….

Yesterday…

THE BARBARA SHOP ~°•○●~

If you keep going to the barbra shop you’re going to get a haircut…

______________________________________

~°•○●☆~THE WALL ~°•○●☆~…

Broken ~°•○●☆~

Yet not defeated….

American made…

Never give up…

THE CHURCH IS DEAD~°•○●

BUT JESUS IS NOT….~°•○●

RELIGION IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID OF GOING TO HELL….

SPIRITUALITY IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE.

~°•○●☆~°•○●☆~°•○●☆~

If old barns could talk…?

~°•○●☆~

Layered history…

The Color of Winter~°•○●☆~

A Town Without Pity~°•○●☆~

~ It’s a wonderful world ~

It’s a wonderful world one day at a time.

One hour at a time.

One minute at a time.

Sometimes…

If you can only find a peaceful moment cling to it like it’s your last and cherish it forever…

~ REGARDING RAILROAD ~

I was the conductor of the Underground railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

~ Entropy ~

~ KEEP OUT ~

Railroad Switch Engine

It’s A Wonderful Life~°•○☆~

Merry Christmas from my dog to yours…

~Last Kiss~

The last kiss of autumn,

Lingers long after you’re gone…

I miss you… 

Hi There…

Will you be my friend..?

When gray becomes redundant

Memories fall down my cheeks…

~Silence~

This is my cameras definition of this evenings skys.

This is what my vision had shown me.
A spirit trapped in the eye of the storm…

Protected by its silence…

~This Evening Felt Unusual ~

Something in the air…

And unfamiliar tone…

Present yet invisibility clear…

I wasn’t home…

~ November ~°•○●☆~°•○●☆~ Eighteen ~

Gloomy November Eighteen

Believe ~°•○●☆~°•○●☆~

Capturing moments of serenity to remind us of truth when we need to be reassured that HE LIVES…

Thank you Father….
In JESUS NAME AMEN.

~ The end or the beginning? ~

Todays darkness to some may seem as a punishment…

But to others a moment of clarity…

A reminder of what we don’t want for our lives unless we are prepared…

An absolute that we are powerless over…

Yes,  the end is coming for them without vision…

The beginning for the rest…

If Only…

If only I could find a way to the other side….

I would know…

What lies ahead…

My Journey

Passing through Colorado July 2015.

Standing Strong

~He Lives~

~HOSANNA~

Our God is an Awesome God…

Thank you Father for everything that you have done and everything you are yet to do…

~ Autumn ~

Crimson,

Amber,

Brass,

Copper,

Bronze,

And,

Gold,

Autumn,

Sets

The

Stage

For

Winters

Bitter

Cold…

~The Storm Is Ascending ~

Can you feel it…

It’s hidden in our soil underneath us…

~Migration~

~Choose Sides~

~EVEN THE TREES PRAISE HIM~

Embrace The Moment

~ Forbidden ~

~ The Watchman ~

~A Moment~

Window of colors possessive of time…

Captures minds of the willing…

And those who are not….

Dream in monochrome…

Absent of tone…

~A Hollowed Night~

There’s a storm a brewen…

Can you feel it…

It is time to choose…

Colors…

~Alone but not lonely ~

~His Journey~

~Follow Your Dreams~

This photograph was talking on the Oregon Coast.  After a month visit with my children we headed home taking the scenic route hwy 101.

Our first stop was Newport Beach Oregon.  It was here that I stopped to reflect on what was truly important in my life. My dream of being with my family was all I could feel.
At this particular moment I decided to follow my dream and drift back home where my heart lives.
And my heart lives in Portland.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-drifters-dawna-bowles.html

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~Forever Young~

This set of photographs was shot on Mother’s Day this year in Portland Oregon.   My daughter, her pug and I were playing carelessly in the park, as I gazed over at the swing set and for just a moment, I could see my daughter swinging twenty-five years earlier. The reminiscent thought was and always will be cherished.
That’s why I named this set of photographs, “Forever Young.”

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~Beach Life~

A warm greeting from the seagulls on the trail leading to the shore at Newport Beach Oregon.

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~The Drifters~

A photograph of drifters surfing the shores and the skies of the lovely Oregon Coast.

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~Family Reunion~

“Why waste your time looking up your family history, just go into politics and they’ll do it for you. ”
~Mark Twain~

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~My Turf~

I spotted this little guy on the Oregon Coast.  I walked up about 3 feet from him and he looked at me as if to say, “hurry up and take the shot!”
He didn’t budge a bit. The lovely seagull, he was.
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~Oregon Coast~

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~Redwoods~

Traveling through the redwoods.

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~Train Art~

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~Forever Young~

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~Portland~

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~Oregon Coast~

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~Coos Bay~

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~The dock in the bay~

Coos Bay on the Oregon Coast.

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~California Sunset~

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~Imagine ~

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~Silenced~

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~Oregon Coast~

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