Another view of the Currin bridge, built in 1925
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There are over 50 covered bridges in Oregon, we had time to find just two of them but will definitely go back. They remind me of my dad's childhood in Indiana. They had these bridges too.
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This farm outside of Cottage Grove was so idyllic and beautiful. T. called these big hay rolls cow marshmallows when he was very small. A whole flock of turkey vultures was holding court in the field too. Recent mowings must have unearthed mouse nests which attracted them all.
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Spring brings blossoms and then berries in short order
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Bear Grass and as wild as it was up there, I'm pretty sure bears. I kept an ear out because I don't care for bears unless they are the stuffed kind that sits on a bed.
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Trees as far as the eye can see. You can understand how people get hopelessly lost her when all you can see is mountains and trees and no sign of habitation anywhere.
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I loved this pack of Kayaks on the green water. They were taking a river tour with a guide and looked happy to be on the water. Shooting some mild to wild rapids along the way, I wished I was with them.
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Steelhead fisherman using a lure in the churning Umpqua. I watched him snag one he said was little but it looked pretty sizable to me.
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Below deadline falls on the Umpqua river in Oregon, one of the best Steelhead streams in the world.
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Bohemia Mountain Mining District in Oregon up in the clouds, trees to the edge of forever.
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I thought I would post some of my favorites, I enjoy seeing these and even more I enjoy having them seen! Most of my work is composed through the lens and I try really hard not to edit on the computer unless I'm doing something really blatant like making cards that look like silkscreens--then all bets are off!
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Swan Valley Idaho, the most beautiful country I've ever seen.
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Guardsman Pass, park City Utah. I loved these leafless trees, like grey sentinels
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Las Vegas Nevada, the Paris hotel with it's miniature French fountains.
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the Zen Garden in Portland, I love the leaf shadow on the wall
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A park in Vancouver B.C. late on Thanksgiving day. Green, dark, cool, mysterious.
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The Shellville station in Carneros Creek wine country, abandoned, complete with train. Poignant, a note scratched in chalk on the door notes the last train through sometime in the 1990's.
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Palm springs Wind farm, I am in love with these things, they fascinate me endlessly, spinning to some silent music I cannot hear.
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Florence Arizona, the old shell of the hotel hosts a different sort of guest these days
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Florence Arizona, 4th generation well fed feral cats hanging out at the museum.
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I have found that if you click on the picture it will resize itself and be easier to see than the almost but not quite blurry small shots posted in the blog. Tonight I selected some of my favorite flowers to post. I love photographing flowers, they are like tapestry fabric in a lot of ways, rich and silky, textured--or maybe it is that tapestry is like flowers?
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State Capitol Campus tulips and pansies, blinding, they look like stripey candy.
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Blue penstemon's look electric up close and personal
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I absolutely love this little guy at the Moorton cactus garden in Palm Springs. It looks like a daisy gone bad.
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I love this cactus, it looks like it's made of silk and would last forever instead of being the ephemeral thing it is.
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Siberian dogwood on a wet green spring day in Olympia.
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Monterey California the Old Cannery had these wonderful poppies. This shot just seemed to be timeless, who knows when it was or is?
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Tulip from my garden worked over graphically.
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My secretary believes in exercise, she prefers frisbee.
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Ms. Kitten, Princess Trout to lesser mortals, reviewing the outdoor office desk and chair. Purple this year to go with the blue and purple theme underway for the Shayne/Heather wedding in the fall to be held in our gardens.
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My beautiful studio in the back as seen through the rabbit garden aka outdoor office. I love it here.
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The office staff, who loathe each other, having a little discussion on the path.
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My fountain in the outdoor office. One of two in the back, same size same sound, standing between them is like stereo as they are about forty feet apart.
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Nellie in the garden wondering what is going on and if there is food involved.
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