1.0Masonimage.com Bloghttps://masonimageblog.comSteve Masonhttps://masonimageblog.com/index.php/author/stevemason/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="a05S6h0wOl"><a href="https://masonimageblog.com/index.php/2017/11/27/waiting/">Waiting</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://masonimageblog.com/index.php/2017/11/27/waiting/embed/#?secret=a05S6h0wOl" width="600" height="338" title="“Waiting” — Masonimage.com Blog" data-secret="a05S6h0wOl" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://masonimageblog.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://i2.wp.com/masonimageblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/11_24_17_Game_-148-2.jpg?fit=960%2C930&ssl=1960930It was the holiday weekend. Black Friday plus one and crowds of shoppers were still packing the stores. Having never really participated in the post Thanksgiving rush to buy, being out today afforded a chance to be an observer rather than a consumer. Everywhere you looked the shops and sidewalks of downtown Portland,Oregon were busy. […]