Summer has begun in 2024 here in Portland. So I took the day off work and headed downtown with my Leica T (L-mount) rangefinder to grab some snapshots…

Frolicking with tulips on a perfect spring morning. This is post two of two, and it features the 85mm photographs.

Frolicking with tulips on a perfect spring morning. This is post one of two, and it features the 50mm photographs.

Taken with my Canon AE-1, still hanging on from the late 1970s. A great little camera and a ton of fun to shoot with, even on a dark and rainy Portland day.

On a cool drizzly early spring morning, there were plenty of beautiful sights in the garden, from honking geese to blooming flowers of various varieties (including, yes, rhododendrons). Oh, and one huge nutria.

In Sellwood, Oregon, is a one-room insectarium, i.e. a little museum/zoo dedicated to insects and spiders.

An award-winning farm that ships irises all over world, with custom hybrid varieties that you cannot find anywhere else. If you are like me and love the smell of irises, this farm is a heavenly place to visit. Bring your nose!

If you like peonies, this is the place for you, not just to look at but to buy and take home.

Always a fun Portland destination, especially this time of year when many of the plants are in bloom.

A few months ago I took my beloved Canon AE-1 and some expired film around downtown Portland, Oregon.