ONLY IN PORTLAND

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

On the streets of Portland 

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

Only in Portland…

Only In Portland ~°•○☆~

Anticipation…

What’s waiting on the other side…

From, “Behind The Scenes” 

Just another drive by shooting…

Broken But Not Defeated 

Amber Skies~°•○~

Simplicity ~°•

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~°•○●☆\~

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…

When only half of me is enough…

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July 26, 2016

Donna Bowles

AKA Dee Biggins

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Looking At The World In Faith~

A safety net encircles a tinted bottle, created in a moment of faith.

A restoration of vision in a world that is blind.

Believe, just believe, and you too will find…

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On The Inside Looking Out~°•☆

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

Turquoise ~°•~

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The Other Side of The Tracks ~•°☆

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Is unusual…

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She Waits…

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By the window…

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Forever…

THOSE WERE THE DAYS…

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Then….

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Now….

Nothing changes if nothing changes…

Reminiscing ~°•○•°☆~…

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Where did all the time go?

It was stolen while we were sleeping…

I miss you…💜

Another Drive by shooting ~°•○☆~

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Believe ~°•○●~

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Yesterday ~°•○●~

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Is a million ddreams away….

Yesterday…

THE BARBARA SHOP ~°•○●~

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

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Dreams lost at sea~°○●☆~

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Reminiscent of your tranquillity without  promise of reciprocity~

Azure canvas sets a silhouette for your unchallenged spell~

Your faultless essence restores my desire~

You are a calm in the eye of the storm~

An untamed echo in my dreams~

As your temper billows upon the sea awaiting your unchalanged command~

To break the silence of the calm~

And deliver birth to the raging storm ~

I bewail you…~

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Regarding The Railroad

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I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes.  I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.”

Mary Harris Jones

~Infrared~

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The Color of Winter~°•○●☆~

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A piece of yesterday

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A piece of yesterday lingers in my mind.

Serenity for a moment in time…

~ It’s a wonderful world ~

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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…

~ KEEP OUT ~

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It’s A Wonderful Life~°•○☆~

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Merry Christmas from my dog to yours…

~My Limited Perception~

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Redundancy of landscape limits my perception of truth.

A misleading impression of reality.

A semblance of peace confined within my terrain…

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~Last Kiss~

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The last kiss of autumn,

Lingers long after you’re gone…

I miss you… 

Hi There…

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Will you be my friend..?

When gray becomes redundant

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Memories fall down my cheeks…

~Silence~

This is my cameras definition of this evenings skys.

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

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Protected by its silence…

~This Evening Felt Unusual ~

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Something in the air…

And unfamiliar tone…

Present yet invisibility clear…

I wasn’t home…

~ November ~°•○●☆~°•○●☆~ Eighteen ~

Gloomy November Eighteen

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Believe ~°•○●☆~°•○●☆~

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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? ~

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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 all things.

Yes, the end is coming for them without vision.

The beginning for the rest…

By Donna Jones Bowles

AKA Dee Biggins

November 16, 2015

My Journey

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Passing through Colorado July 2015.

~HOSANNA~

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Our God is an Awesome God…

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

~ Autumn ~

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Crimson,

Amber,

Brass,

Copper,

Bronze,

And,

Gold,

Autumn,

Sets

The

Stage

For

Winters

Bitter

Cold…

Embrace The Moment

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~ The Watchman ~

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~A Moment~

Window of colors possessive of time…

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Captures minds of the willing…

And those who are not….

Dream in monochrome…

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Absent of tone…

~A Hollowed Night~

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There’s a storm a brewen…

Can you feel it…

It is time to choose…

Colors…

~The World Through My Lens~

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Yesterday is gone

Today it’s clear

I should have never left

Tomorrow is a thousand miles away

~Alone but not lonely ~

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~His Journey~

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~Follow Your Dreams~

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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.

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~Family Reunion~

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“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~

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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.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/my-turf-dawna-bowles.html

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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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~Union Pacific Railroad~

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~The dock in the bay~

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Coos Bay on the Oregon Coast.

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~California Sunset~

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~Imagine ~

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~Oregon Coast~

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~I left my heart in Portland Oregon~

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Just returned from a month visit from Portland Oregon where my kids and grandkids reside.  It was a good reminder of what I love and miss the most.  Family and Portland. We are moving back soon.  Home is where the heart is and my heart lives in Portland.

The breweries, the art, and the atmosphere of freedom. What a beautiful place it is…

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~Southern Pacific~

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~Illusion~

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~Another day~

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~The Desert through my eyes~

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~Another beautiful day~

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~The railroad~

“This is our history – from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges – our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation’s infrastructure.”
~Cory Booker~

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~Dreams~

“Poetry is a dream which gives us  vision; photography is a reflection of our dreams that give us hope.”

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~Train Art~

“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
~Dwight D. Eisenhower~

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~B&W VS Color~

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~Abandoned~

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~wild flowers~

On my way home yesterday I noticed the landscape was filled with the warmth and colors of spring. The entire desert seemed to be decorated over night by the hand of God. What a lovely sight.
I was compelled to pull off the highway to snap some shots.

As Louis Armstrong suggested in his song…
“it’s a wonderful world,” and, that it is…

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~B&W~

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~St. Patrick’s day hike~

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~Texas Hill Quarry~

Just another rock hound day at the Texas Hill Quarry in Arizona.  Tinker loved it. She’s such a good hiking friend.

My dog creates a soft rhythm in my heart


~Dawna Bowles~

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~The beauty in the midst of the storm~

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After the desert storm…



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~Desert landscape~

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~This evening skies~

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Wild memories

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How they linger…

~There’s no place like home~

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~I’ve been hiding in the wilderness~

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~Desert rocks~

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~Railroad Reflections~

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~Drive by shootings~

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~B&W Things~

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~Cacti perspectives~

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Arizona winter cacti

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~Reality 2015~

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The last day of the year

The last hour is here

What will come is to come

I’m tired of all this reality

I would run again but

I have run out of road

I must embrace and believe that

Everything

Is

Exactly

The

Way

It’s

Supposed

To

Be

A

New

Year

A

Rude

Awakening

For

Some

May

Be

A

Promise

To

Others

Prophecy

2015

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Rejoice, for He that is within thee, is greater than he that is in the world.

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~Regarding the railroad~

“This is our history – from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges – our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation’s infrastructure.”
~Cory Booker~

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I just couldn’t let this year end without posting one last train photograph.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

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~home~

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I am going home because that’s where my heart lives..

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