It's that time of year when you share some of your favorite pictures. As usual, I have a hard time…
Snowy quilts now cover the gardens, but I remember summer's bounty Glossy purple eggplants, leafy green artichoke buds, and garlic…
The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge this week is Seeing Double. Sometimes two heads are better than one. With two you can…
Sometimes you get lucky when you're taking candids of critters. This little burrowing owl gave me a knowing wink right…
Near Diamond, Oregon In this land, Nature weaves colorful tapestries into the earth and sky Pronghorn buck, Hart Mountain And…
I dug through my archives to find pictures of this mellow fellow we once had as a pet. Calypso Blue…
I was visiting one of my favorite plant nurseries recently and saw a little sign on one of their grape…
I can be jubilant one moment and pensive the next, and a cloud could go by and make that happen.Bob…
Old wagon wheels of time at Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum, Oregon. Monochrome Monday
Ponderosa pine is a tree for the senses. These trees can grow as tall as 268 feet. Their bark turns…
These petroglyphs at Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument near Monticello, Utah look otherworldly in infrared. To see the whole amazing…
There are many wild Oregon places and this post highlights just a few of them. The ever changing skies can…
The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge this week is the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Here are pictures…
I don't see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn't need to…
When focusing on only parts of a scene, showing less can reveal more. This fox didn't pause to smile for…
Words into Art Imnaha River - Jackie Smith My friend asked me to go hear author Pamela Royes talk about…
Care to join me for a piece of snowy cake? Monochrome Monday
I've featured several outdoor photos taken in and around Fort Rock, but now you'll get glimpses indoors at the Fort…
Winter is a special time of the year here in Bend. Winter walks around the neighborhood are highlighted with landscapes…
When I last visited Yellowstone, I was searching for a new world to inspire me in my fiction writing. Here…
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. Frank Lloyd Wright Here are a few…
Solitary grazer Hiding in filtered light Antlers flocked in Downy velvet Oblivious to his Wonder Lens-Artists Photo Challenge - Shadows
Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum Wordless Wednesday
The water in some of the springs presents to the eye the colors of all the precious gems known to…
The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun…