It's challenging to compose with a very wide field of view.  This is at 16mm on a full-frame, and very close. Clatskanie, Oregon, ...

The primary image associated with the Portland Japanese Garden is a spectacular maple .  Our visit was in winter, and without any decidu...

This 1800ft gain led to a lovely view over a bend in the Columbia River.  Lighting was especially dramatic, as the top of the hike was r...

There seems to be no shortage of friends and neighbors having babies, and our household likes to present a baby hat to the new arrivals....

This house has undergone a lengthy remodel, starting with being jacked up on stilts and having a new foundation poured.  Since this phot...

This trumpeter pitcher is native to North America, and traps and digests insects for food.  They're usually located in bogs where t...

The St. Louis Children's Museum has a fantastic model of the room in Good Night Moon. One can change the time of day and position of...

One of many pieces in  Isa Genzken 's installation at the Dallas Museum of Art. Not really my thing.

The Fraser Canyon offers low-elevation access to the British Columbia interior, and was the favored route successively for the Cariboo W...

Kamloops BC was founded as a trading post in the valley where two branches of the Thompson river join.  The confluence is just beyond th...

The purpose of the trip up the Mountain Loop Highway was to harvest a Christmas tree from the National Forest.  This one came from not f...

Our clothes dryer is heated by gas.  There are very few parts to the mechanism, and when the dryer stopped heating, I did a bit of resea...

The clouds arrived soon after Granite Falls.  It was still a pleasure to get into the snow this early in the season, but the magic of th...

On the way to Granite Falls, I stopped in Lake Stevens to enjoy the fresh snowfall on this brisk and cold morning.  The Mountain Loop Hi...

Part of the cornucopia seen last month is now in the freezer!  The big squash was cubed and frozen, and now makes its way into soups fr...