Flowers work magic on long, long days
(Click on each photograph to see a larger picture on a separate picture page.) I have not had a proper vacation in more than two years now. I have had some weekends off, and I did have five days off in...
View ArticleSites and impressions from the Oregon road
(Click on each photograph to see a larger picture on a separate picture page.) Oregon, geographically and geologically, is an assemblage of parts that don’t truly make for a whole. Like its northern...
View ArticleWild thing
Spring in Portland is now winding down its cycle of magnificent blossoms from the many ornamental flowers that adorn lawns and parks. Because of a cooler and wetter than expected spring, like we used...
View ArticleLloyd Center before the fall
(Click on each photo to see a larger picture on a separate page.) There is an entire genre of photography devoted to the collapse of the United States’ consumerist structures, notably the shopping...
View ArticleSeaside on a calm October day
Oregon has seen freakishly warm October weather. On some of those warm days, when there is no rain, we will also see fog blanket the coast. That is what I found last weekend when I headed to Seaside,...
View ArticleAn almost white Christmas
As the nation navigates from extreme winter weather that cancelled thousands of flights, lead to fatal crashes by dangerous truck drivers, and imperiled many living on the margins, Christmas Day...
View ArticleHistoric snowstorm slams into Portland, woot woot
(Click on each photo to see a larger picture on a separate picture page.) Around 3 p.m. on Feb. 22, 2023, big flakes began falling in my neighborhood in Portland, Ore. I did not think much of it,...
View ArticleTeacup Nordic ski area on a perfect winter day
(Click on each photo to see a larger picture on a separate picture page.) After weeks of planning to cross country ski, I finally did it. I am a bit tired, but feel alive. Though I now roller ski every...
View ArticleSo what makes you happy?
As my work day closed on the first day of spring, when those in the Northern Hemisphere recognize the vernal equinox, I also learned it was another important day. Since July 2012, the United Nations...
View ArticleSummer perfection with live Latin music at Sellwood Park
(Click on each photo to see a larger picture on a separate picture page.) Portland does get its summer concerts in the parks right, even if so many other things are not going well. We have a lot of...
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