Oregon

Tumalo Dam Hike

A brief history It’s hard to imagine that the big flat area pictured above was once filled with water that…

9 years ago

Fall morning at Sunriver

Reflecting back on a cool October morning at Sunriver, Oregon Weekly Photo Challenge - Reflecting

9 years ago

Q-tip factory in Bend: Silent Sunday

Silent Sunday

9 years ago

Dangerous Beauties

The Three Sisters volcanoes in Oregon are beautiful but one of the three is dangerous. The photo above shows Middle…

9 years ago

The wonder of Sahalie Falls

"The key to a wonderful life is to never stop wandering into wonder." Suzy Kassem Weekly Photo Challenge - Wanderlust

9 years ago

Lava Rock Red

The soil in central Oregon likes to remind you of its origins by shouting it out to you in deep…

9 years ago

Hidden Fawn

While out hiking last June near Camp Sherman, Oregon, we were surprised to find a hidden fawn in a grassy…

9 years ago

Peter Skene Ogden Viewpoint

You might drive right past the Peter Skene Ogden Viewpoint but stop and check it out. Driving along U.S. Route…

9 years ago

Hiding in plain sight

Hiding in plain sight, safe and secure in its nest, this great horned owlet looks content while an adult keeps…

9 years ago

Dense Clouds

Dense clouds in the sky can be seen as an excuse to feel sorrowful and gloomy or an opportunity to…

9 years ago

Cooper’s Hawks – Common but cool

Apparently some hawks think our backyard water feature is their personal smorgasbord. I often see a swoosh of wings go…

9 years ago

Looking back to Fort Rock

A sky streaked with clouds frames Fort Rock, rising from the sagebrush sea in central Oregon. This is the view…

10 years ago

Bark – Tanka poem

Bark Protects hidden hearts With tough layers of texture Clinging and peeling And revealing small glimpses Of tenderness deep within

10 years ago

Art Afoot – First Fridays

Ready to celebrate a new month by looking at some impressive art? If so, you might want to go to…

10 years ago

The Sentinel

Warped and twisted in its quest for water, this lone tree keeps watch over the Lava Cast Forest. The sentinel…

10 years ago

Dissipating clouds: Remembering the pronghorn

Sometimes you can be trudging along with a little dark cloud hovering over your head and you almost walk by…

10 years ago

Finding grace

Rivers make their own way Flowing In a steady direction Turning When they find obstacles Rising And descending towards Finding…

10 years ago

Waiting out the storm

Robins feasted on juniper berries while waiting out the storm. Weekly Photo Challenge - Ambience

10 years ago

Snowfall makes

Snowfall makes Mountain ranges on branches Snowfall makes Stars burst forth below Snowfall makes Logs into letters Snowfall makes The…

10 years ago

Juniper Muse

I have a scraggly old western juniper tree in my yard that is one of my favorite photography subjects. It's…

10 years ago

Zigzag – Words of Wisdom

As you make your way along the path of your life, you may make sudden and abrupt turns. Stay steady…

10 years ago

Hosmer Lake Reflections

My yard is blanketed with fresh snow and temperatures are in the teens but I'm glad I can think back…

10 years ago

Rollin’ on the Metolius River

In the shadow of Black Butte, water flows out of a hole in the ground and turns into a fast-moving…

10 years ago

Wordless Wednesday: Then Lichen said, “2!”

Wordless Wednesday

10 years ago

Tales from an Oregon Wanderer: William L. Sullivan

On a warm night at the Sunriver Nature Center last summer, visitors packed the room and stood outside the door…

10 years ago

Eyes of Fall Watching You: LAPC

The eyes of fall are watching you... Weekly Photo Challenge - It's Not This Time of Year Without...

10 years ago

The Watcher: Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

10 years ago

September Moon: Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

10 years ago

Giving art wings: Calming through creating

Stress and chaos can take parts of you away; creating art helps to bring it back. I decided I needed…

10 years ago

Pioneer shelf in Central Oregon: WPC

What is chaos to some is orderliness to another. Weekly Photo Challenge - Chaos

10 years ago

Inside Fort Rock: Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

10 years ago

Paulina Lake hike in the fall

The day we hiked at Paulina Lake, 25 miles east of Bend, the weather forecast was a bit iffy. In…

10 years ago

Solitary Young Solitaire: Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

10 years ago

And then there was…a creek

Have they been “playing God” at Whychus Creek near Sisters, Oregon? I have witnessed the destruction of habitat before but…

10 years ago

Shine their own light: WPC

Even dark and dank places can shine their own light. Weekly Photo Challenge - Shine.

10 years ago