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Mountains! November, 2023
On a crisp, clear day, we headed for elevation on the westside, and found four mountains visible from Council Crest.
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Fall Colors at the Japanese Garden, 2023
Three visits to the Japanese Garden to watch the changing fall colors.
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Silver Falls, October 2023
A day trip to Silver Falls, for 7 waterfalls and fall colors.
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Hoyt Arboretum, Fall 2023
Fall colors at the Arboretum, and trying out different settings for landscape photos.
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Elk Rock Garden, Fall 2023
Fall berries and flashes of color among the greenery.
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Smith & Bybee Lakes, and Vanport Wetlands, October 2023
A foggy morning visit to two nearby urban wetlands.
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Jackson Bottom Wetlands, October 2023
A return visit to this wetland in the Tualatin River Watershed near the city of Hillsboro.
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Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, September 2023
I took advantage of some in-between time on the calendar and a clear morning with fall in the air to visit the nearby Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge.
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Nehalem Bay, September 2023
A birthday morning outing along the Nehalem River Dike Trail.
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Backyard Bird Breakfast Buffet, Summer 2023
Two summer mornings of backyard birds.
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Birds Watching
Birds watching me.
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Whitaker Ponds and Vanport Wetlands, Summer 2023
A summer morning visit to two urban wetlands.
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Tualatin River Watershed
Exploring the local watershed, Part 1
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A Trip to Washington: Seaquest State Park and Ridgefield NWR, Summer 2023
A Trip to Washington: Seaquest State Park and Ridgefield NWR, Summer 2023
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Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
Spring visits to the Japanese Garden, 2023
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Spring Outings, 2023
Spring outings in 2023: Powell Butte, Leach Garden, Lacamas Park, and Beaverton Creek Wetlands.
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Cherry Blossoms On The Waterfront, 2023
Cherry Blossoms at Waterfront Park, 2023
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Fernhill Wetlands, Winter 2022-23
A winter visit to Fernhill Wetlands, in January 2023.
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Locations List
Check out the Locations page, which lists many of the places mentioned in posts and captions, with brief descriptions and links to relevant web sites.
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Wildflowers: Memaloose, Spring 2023
A wildflower walk on the Memaloose Overlook Trail.
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Camassia Natural Area, Spring 2023
Our first wildflower outing of the season, to Camassia Nature Preserve, to see the Camas Lillies, and other wildflowers and birds.
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Ridgefield and Steigerwald NWR, Spring 2023
I spent a beautiful early Spring day revisiting two nearby National Wildlife Refuges in southwest Washington: Ridgefield, and Steigerwald Lake. Although the driving route is circuitous, Ridgefield is just 5 miles as the crane flies from Frenchman’s Bar (site of my recent Sandhill Crane visit). The seasonal trails had not yet opened, so I drove…
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Ram Dass on Trees
One of my favorite Ram Dass teachings, and some illustrative trees.
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Welcome!
Here it is: my new website with photo galleries and blog posts.
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Sandhill Cranes, January 2023
A trip to the Vancouver Lake Lowlands in January, 2023 to see the Sandhill Cranes
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From the Archive: Japanese Garden Fall Colors 2022
Highlights from the 2022 changing Fall Colors at the Portland Japanese Garden.
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From the Archive: Tualatin River NWR, September 2022
A visit to Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge, September 2022.
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From the Archive: Fernhill Wetlands, August 2022
A summer visit to Fernhill Wetlands (August 2022).
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From the Archive: Ridgefield NWR, June 2022
It was great to get back to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge on a sunny and dry day with the seasonal trails open.
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From the Archive: Backyard Fledgling Crow, 6/4/22
A young crow in our backyard, working its way up to the top of the kids’ climbing structure, before taking a long inelegant glide to a distant raised bed.
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From the Archive: Steigerwald Lake, May 2022
Some highlights from a great visit to Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge.
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From the Archive: Another Spring Visit to the Japanese Garden, April 2022
Catching my eye this time: the bonsai collection, fresh looks at some of the design features, and the continuing spring color show.
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From the Archive: Cooper Mountain Nature Park, April 2022
Plenty of views and critters at a nearby park.
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From the Archive: Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, April 2022
The first signs of spring at Tualatin NWR.
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From the Archive: Japanese Garden Bonus: Netsuke Carvings
Some photos of an exhibition of netsuke carvings at the Japanese Garden.
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From the Archive: Spring 2022 at the Japanese Garden and Tryon Creek State Natural Area
For the last day of March, a two-fer: an early morning visit to the Japanese Garden, and an afternoon walk at Tryon Creek State Natural Area.
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From the Archive: Cherry Blossoms, March 23, 2022
Our schedules, the weather, the kids, and the bloom all aligned on a Spring day.
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From the Archive: Powell Butte, March 2022
A beautiful walk on a crisp Spring day.
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From the Archive: Home From Nisqually: Silver Lake and Ridgefield, February 2022
After our day at Nisqually, we left Centralia the next morning and raced the rain back to Portland, with two stops along the way: Seaquest (WA) State Park at Silver Lake, and Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
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From the Archive: Nisqually NWR
At the end of February (2022) we finally made it to Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, outside of Olympia, Washington.
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