Friday My Town Shoot-Out: Sounds

The idea of the Friday My Town Shoot-Out is to post photos of your local community every Friday. This week's assignment was chosen by NanU from Aubiere, France.

Photos taken in Corvallis, Oregon.

Well, it has been raining for days, pretty much what you would expect in January for a temperate rain forest in the Northwest. The streams and ditches are noisily carrying their full share of water.

It roars out of culverts.

And patters on your windshield. At night you fall asleep with the sound of rain.

But there are months when you won't hear a single drop of rain, and the noisiest place in town might be the Saturday farmer's market on the riverfront. Above is a high school band being directed by a formidable student leader.

There are always musicians of many kinds at the farmer's market.

There is a visible aura of sound surrounding the singers in this group, created accidentally by a drop of water on the camera lens (I was bummed when I realized it later, but forgot to delete the picture).

If you click on this picture, it is kind of weird how his feet rest on the top of the water, but put dents in it.

But when all is said and done, most of the time this is really a very quiet place.