Felt like the Stampers, I did. Hiking in the Coastal Mountains always reminds me of Ken Kesey’s ode to the old-time […]
A Pair to Draw to: Bald Eagles and Dead Salmon
Elk are large animals with good-sized whitish rumps or “wapiti”, which is also the Indian name for elk. Clear-cuts and forest fires […]
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Summer images to delight the imagination during the Holidays
During the holidays following the winter solstice, I enjoy looking back at photos from the previous summer. Their images bring back […]
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A glorious Christmas visit to Silver Star
Silver Star Mountain is easily visible from much of the Portland and Vancouver area, and is located about 28 crow-flying miles […]
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Waterfall photos published in the Christmas edition of The Oregonian newspaper
My photos have been published many times in The Oregonian newspaper, most of the time accompanying outdoors articles that I have […]
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The Deep Black Eyes of My Favorite Owl
Mid-December. A cold and partly cloudy day. Time to return to Sauvie Island a few miles northwest of home. I […]
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Imagine Oregonians speaking with a British accent
Champoeg Park is on the Willamette River about 20 miles south of home. By a vote of 52-50 in 1843 by […]
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Getting lucky with the last lunar eclipse for the next three years
6:31 a.m. of the second Saturday of December. It was to be the exact time of a full lunar eclipse […]
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Bald Eagles Galore
I have caught (and mostly released) steelhead in 15 different rivers and streams in Washington and Oregon. My modus operandi is always the […]
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Walks like an angel, but she’s a devil in disguise
Early in December I drove to the Angels Rest Trailhead, about 25 air-miles from home in the Columbia River Gorge. It felt like […]