You can pardon me for thinking it was a spring day above the 45th Parallel. There was plenty of sunshine, […]
Of Men and Mountains: A View of Paradise
U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas wrote Of Men and Mountains while recovering from injuries suffered from falling off a […]
A Storey Burn on New Years Eve
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
