Beaver Bend State Park Deer

Texture and Color

On February 6, 2012, in Life in General, by Bob Borson

I took a weekend trip to Southeast Oklahoma to Broken Bow Lake and Beaver Bend State Park to recharge my batteries a bit and change my surroundings just a bit. I am a city boy and didn’t grow up hiking and and fishing -

The sounds

The textures

The colors

The … well, everything.

Coming to a place like this is sooooo different for me that I can’t describe it very well so I thought I would let some photos I took do my talking for me:

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rainbow

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woods and stream at Beaver Dam

Beaver Bend State Park

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I hope you have a great week, thanks.

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  • http://SLS-Construction.com SLS Construction

    Very nice shots, but the real question is did your daughter enjoy it & are you looking forward to doing it again. I hope you all had a blast & here’s to a great week

  • http://twitter.com/Splintergirl Amy Good

    You can almost smell the forest!  I love these and they made my heart at peace this morning…thank you.  This country bumpkin needed that.

  • Eric Vandenberg

    very interesting stuff we actually teach a CEU on color in design currently.

  • Rachel

    thanks…that recharged my batteries too!

  • http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com Bob Borson

    Hi Sean,

    She did enjoy herself but since we didn’t actually catch any fish, she didn’t particularly care for that part! The exploring was great – we all loved that.

    Cheers,
    Bob

  • http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com Bob Borson

    I mentioned to my wife that there are people all over this country that get to see this sort of thing every day – but they don’t live in Dallas!

    Thanks Amy

  • http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com Bob Borson

    I’m sure you find a lot of people interested in color theory and design. It’s a challenging topic that eludes most people – particularly so for architects :)

  • http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com Bob Borson

    Thanks for taking time to say so!

  • Anonymous

    I lived in the country for years and it’s cool to take a walk in the forest. And not a brisk walk either. It may even include a half hour of just sitting on a log……..listening. And it’s really cool to do this when it’s snowing, the kind with big flakes just drifting down through the trees.

    Doug

  • http://twitter.com/adeleyoung Adele Young

    I often use photographs for colour inspiration. These are great! Nothing like a getaway to recharge the batteries. Can’t wait for my own vacation next month!

  • http://finishingtouchesnwinc.com/ Jeff Whitmore

    That is some nice talking you did. If a picture is worth a thousand words…you really  outdid yourself.  Such different colors and textures we find here in the Northwest. You can see so deep into the woods there. literally.

  • Marie

    I really love the contrast of textures and colors in the 7th to last photo.  Did you take these with your iPhone camera?

  • http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com Bob Borson

    Marie-

    Thanks, it’s about half and half iPhone and regular camera. Photos 2, 3, 8, and 12 were taken with my iPhone.

    Cheers,
    Bob

  • Bob

    Hey! this is like every day for me!

  • http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com Bob Borson

    I am well aware of that … (sigh)