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New life next door: Wordless Wednesday

New life next door. Mule deer doe & fawn. Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments…

1 day ago

Plateau Flat Bags

This collection of Plateau flat bags with a heart theme was created by Native Americans of the Columbia River Plateau…

5 days ago

Before the fires poem: Three Things Challenge

Before the fireseveryone isaloneseparated byimpassable fences Wildfires charge inhomes tornaparttrees aflamebarriers disintegrate In the aftermathhelping handstogethergive hopecommunities reborn Three Things…

1 week ago

A tale of two breakfasts: Foodie Friday

If you're looking for an early morning breakfast restaurant in Central Oregon, your choices are limited. Do you want a…

2 weeks ago

More signs from former times: Wordless Wednesday

More signs from former times at the National Neon Sign Museum in The Dalles, Oregon Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always…

2 weeks ago

Road to Frenchglen: Monochrome Monday

Here is an infrared photograph of the road to Frenchglen, Oregon. This road travels around the south end of Steens…

2 weeks ago

PDX—An architectural wonder: LAPC & WPWC

At Portland International Airport, PDX, there have been some big changes. The years-long main terminal redevelopment is currently in its…

3 weeks ago

Hampton Station: Foodie Friday

If you're traveling east of Bend in Oregon along Highway 20, there aren't many places to stop to get a…

3 weeks ago

Where buffalo roam: Wordless Wednesday

Where buffalo roam, Custer State Park, South Dakota Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments may…

3 weeks ago

Northern scorpion: Monochrome and Macro Monday

I saw this northern scorpion, Paruroctonus boreus, in my laundry room a couple of days ago. I was barefoot and…

3 weeks ago

Point in time: LAPC

Yesterday, I took an arrowhead representative of a point in time to an Archaeological Roadshow event in Bend, Oregon for…

4 weeks ago

Tipi at HDM: Wordless Wednesday

Tipi at High Desert Museum (HDM) in Bend, Oregon Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments…

4 weeks ago

waterfalls: Water Water Everywhere

waterfalls may be heavily veiled or as light as lace they may end in a rainbow or split in indecision…

1 month ago

3 Birds in art and life: LAPC

Today I'm sharing photos of sculptures by artist Bue Kee at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon. When I saw…

1 month ago

Pretty rocks and fossils: Wordless Wednesday

Pretty rocks and fossils in Bend, Oregon Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments may not…

1 month ago

A visit to Post – The center of Oregon: LAPC

Yesterday, I made a visit to Post, Oregon, one hour east of my house in Bend. Why drive there? Because…

1 month ago

Basket tray: Wordless Wednesday

Basket tray, Klamath, Late 19th Century Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments may not appear…

1 month ago

green leaves nonet poem: LAPC

green leaves unfold in dawn’s early lightreaching for the warmth of summerheart-shaped, oval, linear,thick, slender, featherybending and swayingcrooning ancientmelodiesuntildusk Lens-Artist…

2 months ago

Catch a wave cloud: Weekend Sky

Earlier this week, I saw this catch a wave cloud over my house. The curving shapes on the upper surface…

2 months ago

Galley Bend: Foodie Friday

Galley Bend is an Asian fusion restaurant that opened recently in Bend, Oregon. Two former flight attendants, Krid Sathirawongwan (Kris)…

2 months ago

Old Hay Cart: Monochrome Monday

This old hay cart is inside the P Ranch Long Barn at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. It's over…

2 months ago

In our journey through life: LAPC

In our journey through life, layers of wisdom accumulate in us over the years and become a thing of beauty.…

2 months ago

Bend Foodie Crawl 2026

On April 26, we participated in the Bend Foodie Crawl 2026. At this event, you walk around to different locations…

2 months ago

Northern Paiute shelter & saying: Wordless Wednesday

Northern Paiute shelter & saying at the Oregon Trail History and Education Center, Glenns Ferry, Idaho "In the beginning, the…

2 months ago

Star Catcher mural: Monday Murals

The Star Catcher mural in downtown Portland, Oregon, was painted by Rustam Qbic in 2015. This mural depicts a person…

2 months ago

Clouds and quotes: LAPC & WS

For this post, I'm showing several pictures with clouds as a major element. The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge this week is…

2 months ago

Wood Duck painting & photos: FFA & LAPC

Today, I'm sharing a Wood Duck painting I created. I used acrylic paints on mixed media paper that is slightly…

2 months ago

Two white sturgeon: Wordless Wednesday

Two white sturgeon at the Oregon Zoo, Portland, Oregon Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments…

2 months ago

Salt ponds viewed from above: WWE

These salt ponds viewed from above are in San Francisco Bay, California. When I flew into San Francisco, I wondered…

2 months ago

Windsurfing the Columbia: LAPC

Windsurfing the Columbia River is a popular activity. On one of our visits to Hood River, Oregon, we happened to…

2 months ago

Orchids as Art: Friday Flowers

Orchids as Art at the Exquisite Creatures Revealed exhibition at OMSI, Portland, Oregon in 2024 Friday Flowers Bend Branches always…

2 months ago

P Ranch Long Barn, Inside and Out: LAPC

The P Ranch Long Barn is at the south end of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon. This historic…

2 months ago

Bighorn sheep near and far: Mammal Monday

I saw this taxidermy mount of a bighorn sheep at the Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center in California. It…

2 months ago

Tacos El Machin: Foodie Friday

Last week we ate Mexican food at Tacos El Machin in Bend, Oregon. We were pleasantly surprised by the flavor…

3 months ago

Otters at High Desert Museum: Wordless Wednesday

Northern River Otters at High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon https://vimeo.com/1183443552?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and…

3 months ago

Two Triceratops in black & white: MM

Two Triceratops in black and white at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. Monochrome Monday (MM) Bend Branches…

3 months ago

As luck would have it: LAPC

As luck would have it, sometimes I see skies painted with bold strokes of orange Or blue skies full of…

3 months ago

Origami Wall sculptures: Pull Up a Seat & Weekend Coffee Share

These Origami Wall sculptures are on display at the International District/Chinatown light rail station in Seattle, Washington. The nine 14…

3 months ago

Ear-full of waxwings: Birds of the Week

Last spring, I saw this ear-full of waxwings in my yard. A group of Cedar Waxwings, Bombycilla cedrorum, is referred…

3 months ago

A well-designed garden: LAPC

A well-designed garden considers hardscapes and softscapesin the foreground, middle ground, and background Hardscape waterfalls and pergolas anchor scenes in…

3 months ago