Simpsons, Bigfoot, Coffee & Other Joys Of The Great Northwest

 

Today's picture of the day of course comes with a story time. 

Today's picture of the day   is once again not a picture from today.

And comes to us all the way from Springfield Oregon.

First a little bit of background

I lived in Springfield Oregon for six years starting in 1999.

Sometime after I moved away----    The Matt Groening 

announced that Oregon was the Springfield from the Simpsons. 

It was long debated because every single state houses a town named Springfield. 

Many people always thought this   because Matt went to college in the basically connected city of Eugene. 

So now it is celebrated in Springfield!

The voice of Lisa Simpson came to the town    and put her hand and fingerprints in some concrete down town.    And there are murals all over town to find connected to the Simpsons.   

It is like a huge scavenger hunt!

Mmmmm Candy....!

This classic couch is in an art museum downtown.   

It actually took some time to track it down ---because apparently this couch has moved around A lot!

Outside the building housing this couch.  

Today I only am going to show a few of the MANY Simpsons murals. 

Of course the two towns offer an amazing amount of art in murals. 

On that note I have photographed similar across this great country.   

Just not any Simpsons art before. 

While I was in Oregon last winter I got lucky enough to see not one BUT two Simpsons couches!

I also saw a lot of Bigfoot. The one pictured here is kind of scary and life size in a pizza joint

I will soon picture ALL the many amazing Simpsons murals I got to see here and a bunch of Bigfoot sightings too

I soon learned about a second such couch!

This one is in the middle of no where ----inside a pizza shop.

There is a nearby fish hatchery  and Dam and such  so of course made a day trip out of going to picture the 2nd couch.  

And it sounds like the couch has moved a time or five also.  

The pizza joint used to be in town.

Go Oregon!

And of course Homer is holding a pizza box.

Back seating room behind the Great couch is full of Simpsons collectables

Also in the restaurant

And a bit disturbing actually.  

That is a fish he is holding by the way.

Again I spotted Big Foot all over while in Oregon. 

And hope to make a post     just of such sightings soon. 

Most all look better than this guy---that may need a good dusting.   

Back in Springfield

Another very rare sighting I found past the Pizza Place.

Especially one that still works.  

Only people my age and older can instantly spot what is wrong with this pay phone....

And now for just a few of the Simpsons murals    for today.

I love how the handicapped parking sign hovers over Homers head

This is actually the very first mural I found

On my across town mural hunt.     

And it actually took multiple trips to spot them all. 

This is actually on a coffee shop!

Outside a dive bar.  

Weeeeeeeee!

Maybe the one person harder to find than Big Foot

I pictured him at Comicon in Phoenix years ago.

Another favorite of mine    

In front of a coffee shop    in Eugene actually.   

Cheers!

As I said not everything in Springfield is Simpsons    

But it is all Beautiful.

Especially for someone that has zero art skills.   

I draw stick figures and things like this....

Also found in Springfield.   

             

Cheers    for today.