Fabulous Fall!

October 25, 2009 at 8:36 pm , by Bryan

Harvest time along the Fruit Loop

Harvest time along the Fruit Loop

I don’t like to say that any one season is my favorite, but I have to say that this particular fall has been especially beautiful.  I’ve been taking advantage of the fall colors to go out and practice my photography.   So recently I spent a wet weekend day driving the Fruit Loop with a new photography buddy, Brian. (Check out some of his stellar work here.)   For the uninitiated, the Fruit Loop is a 35 mile circuit through orchards, wineries, farms and fabulous fall colors starting in Hood River, Oregon.   (Read on after the break…) Read more

A visit to Cannon Beach

September 23, 2009 at 8:37 pm , by Bryan

Cannon Beach, for those who have not visited, is a lovely little town, full of galleries, restaurants, and amazing scenery in nearly every direction.  For photographers, it’s a veritable playground just asking you to get busy.    As I was in town for a few days, staying with friends, I did just that.  Here are a few of my snaps…

Probably the most photographed sea stack in Cannon Beach - Haystack Rock.

Likely the most photographed landscape in Cannon Beach - the iconic Haystack Rock.

Sacajawea statue facing the setting sun

Sacajawea statue facing the setting sun

This little sculpture commemorating Sacajawea was in a turn around at the center of what I assume are a bunch of vacation homes.  Each block was posted with No Parking signs – very unwelcoming, I thought.  Anyhow, I walked up here from my friends’ house (a lovely 3 bedroom home that they are trying to sell, by the way,  if you know anyone interested).   The sunsets were pretty amazing the few nights I was there.  Check them out – after the break… Read more

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Sneak Preview…

September 15, 2009 at 8:10 am , by Bryan

There’s all kinds of travel and all kinds of places to travel to. For me, one of the more fun ways to travel is to just head down a side road and see where it takes me. I’m also really fond of places with cliffs and birds.

When I took off on a trip to Ireland last spring, what I was most looking forward to doing was finding cliffs to go hang out on and take photos. I stayed in B&Bs mostly, which were really more like B&B&Ls as they fed me so much I was able to pack a small lunch of toast and jam for myself to eat while sitting on the bluffs somewhere.

Anyhow, I’m working on a special project that I’m really excited about (beyond this blog, which I’m also very excited about.)

Here’s a sneak peek at a part of my project.

Stay tuned…

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Fun with Flowers!

September 12, 2009 at 11:30 pm , by Bryan

I’m not really a gardener, as any of my friends could tell you.  But I do love flowers.  Years ago, during my Park Ranger days, I would lead folks on guided walks looking at wildflowers in the the meadows of the sub-alpine (at Olympic National Park) and the tundra (at Denali National Park), which I loved.  But gardening – not my thing.  That was until recently when I went to the Dahlia Festival in Canby recently.  WOW!

I always thought of dahlias as looking like this:

My image of what a dahlia is

My image of what a dahlia looks like

Something with firm flower heads made up of tight little coiled tunnels that catch the rain.   Beautiful, but I thought that was pretty much it, in a variety of colors.  Well, not being a gardener I was delighted to discover that they range from delicate and graceful to huge and gaudy, and everything in between.

Who knew a dahlia could look like this?

Who knew a dahlia could look like this?

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