A ghostly cottonwood at Summer Lake, Oregon Monochrome Monday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments may not…
Today I'm posting a few up close pictures of tree bark and more distant shots of trees. Can you tell…
When I walked past this, I did a double take. It looked like a bonsai growing on this tree near…
I took this photo of the Sentinel standing watch in Sequoia National Park in California. This giant sequoia tree measures…
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…
The center of the universe in Bend, Oregon Wordless Wednesday
So, when you think of trees on the westside of Oregon you probably think of evergreens, right? However, trees associated…
Maple leaves in the rain at Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, Portland, Oregon Wordless Wednesday
These photographs show a winter tree near Bend, Oregon shown from 3 perspectives . Western juniper trees are great to…
Today I'm showing a few pen-and-ink vine maple drawings I created. Years ago, I took a Scientific Illustration course during…
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…
This black cottonwood up close picture was taken at Malheur NWR headquarters in Oregon. I kinda have a thing for…
This paperbark maple, Acer griseum, was growing in the Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon. This tree grows to a height…
Surrounded by pines in the forests near Bend, Oregon. Though it was a hot summer day, the forest canopy provided…
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…
Western juniper at Fischer Canyon, Oregon This western juniper looks like it had too much fun on Earth Day. I…
For more than 25 years our family camped in a place we called "The Meadow" in northeastern Washington state. Though…
I saw this "it's a boy" pine tree along the trail to Big Tree, the largest ponderosa pine of its…
Seeing red vine maples near Mt Jefferson in Oregon Fall foliage in Oregon's Cascade Mountains Wordless Wednesday
Turning into fall near Mt Hood, Oregon Wordless Wednesday
This larch in waiting photo shows one of their tiny cones up close. The western larch needles turn gold in…
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…
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…
Whirlybirds up close on a maple tree in my High Desert yard. I have fond childhood memories of collecting whirlybirds…
This morning I was out taking pictures of the sunrise and noticed this baby bird among the berries. It was…
I saw this loop-de-loop lodgepole pine growing alongside Firehole Lake Drive in Yellowstone National Park. Everyone drove right past it…
Ponderosa pine bark up close. This bark is made even more interesting with drips of amber pitch. Macro Monday
Close up view of rough & rippling bark of a western juniper tree near Bend, Oregon. Macro Monday
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…