Today I'm posting a few up close pictures of tree bark and more distant shots of trees. Can you tell…
I wrote a 9-sentence short piece about a tree's birth as part of a recent writing workshop. Author Pam Houston…
The eyes of March on aspen trees at Pine Nursery Park, Bend, Oregon. Thursday Tree Love Bend Branches always appreciates…
These Garry oak trees near the Columbia River caught my eye. The oaks were growing east of Mosier, Oregon along…
So, when you think of trees on the westside of Oregon you probably think of evergreens, right? However, trees associated…
These photographs show a winter tree near Bend, Oregon shown from 3 perspectives . Western juniper trees are great to…
We saw this large Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis, tree at Fort Clatsop, Oregon. This is where the Lewis and Clark…
"Monkey tree can't pinch me!" I remember saying that as a kid every time we drove past one of these…
A fall Japanese maple surrounded by green trees at the Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon. The red leaves of the…
I saw this dressed up tree in downtown Bend a few days ago. I learned that this form of street…
This paperbark maple, Acer griseum, was growing in the Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon. This tree grows to a height…
This whimsical weeping hemlock sculpture is in the Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon. The weeping growth pattern of this hemlock…
Surrounded by pines in the forests near Bend, Oregon. Though it was a hot summer day, the forest canopy provided…
There's a winter wonderland in my yard near Bend, Oregon. My favorite western juniper is dressed up for the season…
I saw this fence of gold near Mitchell, Oregon last week. Aspen trees, decked out in golden leaves, looked like…
On a recent trip to the Oregon coast, I was impressed by the contorted shapes of shore pines along the…
When I'm out walking among the aspen eyes early in the morning, I always feel like somebody's watching me. While…
Today I'm sharing a photograph of a Lost Forest pine tree processed three ways. The Lost Forest is a geographically…
A winter aspen silhouette with a dramatic sunrise in the background photographed in Bend, Oregon. Spring is making an early…
I saw this "it's a boy" pine tree along the trail to Big Tree, the largest ponderosa pine of its…
These bonsai trees in the Portland Japanese Garden were living works of art. We visited the garden in mid-October, when…
These streets lined with gold are along the highway east of Mount Hood in Oregon. I was there a week…
I saw these lodgepole pines on pilings next to a bridge crossing the Deschutes River. I was hiking the trail…
These western juniper trees near the shore of Prineville Reservoir were rooted in the past. After many years of fluctuating…
This gigantic pine is Big Tree, AKA Big Red, the biggest Ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa, ever recorded. It's…
I saw this loop-de-loop lodgepole pine growing alongside Firehole Lake Drive in Yellowstone National Park. Everyone drove right past it…
Pine trees towering over an ancient lava flow at Lava Lands Visitor Center, in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Oregon.…
I watched the colors turning last fall on this fiery red oak tree in a local park in Bend, Oregon.…
Snow-capped mountain ash berries are a delicious dessert for our feathered friends. Thursday Tree Love
I saw this old oak tree at Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland last winter. I think they are one of my…
I saw this decorated tree near Sisters, Oregon. There was a nice contrast between the rough brown ponderosa pine bark…
Western juniper tree struck by lightning near Brothers, Oregon I'm representing my feelings towards 2020 by showing it being struck…
I saw this visitor in the cottonwoods in Fields, Oregon. Great horned owls like to hang out in this particular…
One of my favorite local trees is the western larch, Larix occidentalis. This conifer tree is unique because it drops…