Superior, Arizona
A funky little mining town along state highway 60, easy to ignore as you drive into the beautiful Superstition Mountains and Tonto National Forest. But it’s worth a stop, particularly for the Boyce Thompson Arboretum…
Tombstone and Saguaro National Park, Arizona
The town overall seems frozen in time, a freeze-frame from the 1880s; horses and mules walk the dusty streets; buildings remain as they were then; people dress in western clothing…
Moon and Sixpence Knits Shoot
Custom cowls from Kate Lonsdale’s Moon and Sixpence Knits shop…
Elk Rock Garden, Winter 2019
Even though it was a cold, wintery day, we found many flowers in bloom already…
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, Winter 2019
10 acres of lush beauty, filled with many Pacific Northwest plants, most notably of course rhododendrons…
Sunset at Cape Kiwanda, Oregon
Walking along the multicolored sandstone cliffs above crashing waves never gets old..
Oceanside, Oregon
Any trip to the Oregon coast should include a stop by the little village of Oceanside. Such beauty…
Opening Party for Canopy by Hilton, Portland
In July 2018 Elaine Schimek and I were invited to the opening of the new Canopy by Hilton hotel in Portland, Oregon…
Face Rock, Oregon
Bandon, Oregon, is one of my favorite beaches in the state, filled to bursting with huge rock features; the most impressive of which is the surreal, unreal beauty of Face Rock…
Shore Acres Cliffs, December 2018
The most interesting aspect of the sandstone cliffs is how the water and wind erode the rock into bizarre, alien shapes most succinctly described as “like Swiss cheese”…