Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC). and this is my entry for Week #19. Please post your entry to this blog post.
Public art is encompasses any form of art you see in a public place, large or small, statues, murals, graffiti, gardens, parks, etc. The art should be visible from streets, sidewalks or outdoor public places.

Featured Bloggers
4I had a marvelous response from all of you on last week’s PPAC #18. I want to say thank you to each of you for joining along in our challenge. Here are the featured bloggers for this week. Their posts really grabbed my attention. They are all worthy of a second or third look.
Please check out my PPAC (Photographing Public Art Challenge) to check out more of what this challenge is about.
- Seasonal Displays
- Graffiti or Murals, Wall Art
- Statues and Sculptures
- Store Windows
- Car Shows
- Artistic Construction (Bridge, benches and buildings)
Marsha will be hosting next week’s challenge.

Tips from Cee
I have recently started a Tips from Cee’s page, you many want to check it out every once in awhile. You may pick up an idea or two for your own photography.
My entry for this week
The Astoria Column is a tower overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River on Coxcomb Hill in the city of Astoria in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built in 1926, the concrete and steel structure is part of a 30-acre (12-hectare) city park. The 125-foot (38 m)-tall column has a 164-step spiral staircase ascending to an observation deck at the top and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1974.




I’ve put together a list of challenges and their hosts. So if you know a challenge host, please direct them to my blog. Feel free to contact me anytime. I hope everyone will be able to use my lists.
Qi (energy) hugs
Cee

That’s a really impressive tower, Cee!
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Thanks Elke. It was fun to visit 😀
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Thanks so much Cee. And look what great company I’m keeping!
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You are in good company 😀 😀
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Fantastic shots, Cee 👏 Love the perspective looking almost straight up & the view in the last is spectacular (is that the scary bridge?) 😃 Thank you so much for featuring my last post 😊
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Yes, that’s the scary bridge. 😀 😀 You are so very welcome Jez 😀
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Gorgeous shots, Cee! You make us feel as if we were there.
pax,
dora
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Thanks Dora 😀
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🧡❤️💜🧡❤️
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Amazing column. I’m pretty sure that I have already seen it on the blog of my friend Crystal who was just here on a visit. (Her post is here: https://crystaltrulove.com/2016/01/11/cannery-pier-hotel-and-the-astoria-column/)
I continue my stroll through the fairy-tale town of Sant’Angelo. This is part 4 with some interesting characters:
https://manjameximexcessive6.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/ppac-santangelo-4/
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I’ve stayed at the Cannery Hotel. It is a fun place to get some great shots of the ships and a little pampering 😀 😀
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Excellent!
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Thanks for sharing Crystal’s post, Manja. It brought back memories. 🙂
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Ah, in this case I’m really glad you saw this, Marsha! 🙂
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Yes, and she responded. I didn’t tell her but I wanted to steal her turquoise car!
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That is a magnificent column.
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Beautiful artwork! I’ve never seen anything like it. What a great center for the park! And what a great view from the top — for those of us who can still climb.
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I’ve never climbed to the top 😀
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Standing so majestically. The clouds, lighting.
Here’s my first entry for PPAC! https://makingroomforus.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/built-strong/
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Sorry this is an updated link. I thought once you update a story the link would load the new version. Seems I’m wrong.
https://makingroomforus.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/built-strong/
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oh Wow Cee…..I love this post…you photographed the tower really well and that sky…lucky you for picking such a grand day. Thanks for featuring me btw!
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You are welcome Cath. It was a gorgeous day when we went 😀
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The sky and clouds add up to the beauty of the scene. Nice capture!
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It was a fun day when I went there 😀
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That is an amazing tower, Cee. It’s been so long since I was in Astoria, I don’t remember ever seeing it. But it’s huge. How could I have missed it! The top part reminds me a little of the lookout over the Columbia near Multnomah Falls. I forget the name of it. 🙂
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Are you thinking of Vista house?
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Yes, it’s been years since I’ve been there. 🙂
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Sacramento hosts a street art festival each summer they call Wide Open Walls 916. I’ve posted a lot of murals from this festival. It’s been a great way to keep active during COVID lockdown while safely keeping distance.
Enjoy!
https://bulldogtravels.com/2020/10/26/wide-open-walls-916-eye-of-the-tiger/
If you like the Tiger check out a lot of others here:
https://bulldogtravels.com/?s=Wide+open+walls+916&submit=Search
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Wow, that’s impressive. I like the autumnal colours
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Hi Karen, thanks for stopping by 😀
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Very unusual tower!
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I adored your colorful watering cans 😀
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Loved the tower Cee – really unique! Had a comment from Marsha about your challenge which matches so well to ours this week. It’s been great fun seeing everyone’s responses, many of which really brought me a smile. My response is here https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2021/10/16/lens-artists-challenge-170-street-art/
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I so adored the vibrancy in your post 😀 😀
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Thanks Cee!
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Awesome column Cee.
Here is my entry: https://boomercoupletraveljournal.wordpress.com/2021/10/24/versailles/
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Beautiful clicks!
Love the various angles-you took
Thank you Cee Neuner.
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Thanks so much for your comment 😀
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Thats amazing, and we had lunch in that town and I missed this. Oh well, I hope I get out there again soon, I miss my little Grandson, but it looks like it will be March weather providing
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Our weather is usually raining but the snow is gone. 😀 😀
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Here is my entry from my main blog. https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2021/10/25/weird-wonderful/
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Were those images painted onto the tower? It’s a really amazing piece of public art!
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I have a feeling they were carved, but I really can’t tell you. 😀 😀
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The tower looks like it was built from a single tree. It fooled me!
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With the brown, I can see that reasoning. 😀
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