Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
This refuge, located just west of Ridgefield, Washington, is home to a wide variety of plants and animals.
Tigard Festival of Balloons
There is not much more visually fun out there than a whole bunch of balloons firing up their burner engines and floating up into the clear blue Oregon skies!
The Oregon Garden, July 2024
Even though it was in the heat of summertime, we still saw many animals in this botanical garden, including a few very happy and loud frogs.
Westmoreland Park, Portland
A quick visit to Westmoreland Park, a lovely community park in SE Portland, Oregon…
Downtown Portland on the first day of summer
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…
Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm (Set 2 of 2), April 2024
Frolicking with tulips on a perfect spring morning. This is post two of two, and it features the 85mm photographs.
Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm (Set 1 of 2), April 2024
Frolicking with tulips on a perfect spring morning. This is post one of two, and it features the 50mm photographs.
Film Follow-up: Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, Mar '24
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.
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, March '24
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.
Portland Insectarium, August 2023
In Sellwood, Oregon, is a one-room insectarium, i.e. a little museum/zoo dedicated to insects and spiders.