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!
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.
We visited the fabulous tulip fields during one of the all-time coolest and wettest Aprils on record…
The main focus of the collection is Cold War, but there are pieces from throughout aviation history…
Springtime flowers are made for this wild weather, and do not even seem to notice…
My favorite season at the Leach is springtime, when the first flowers appear and everything is deep, bright green…
Let’s explore around Tacoma, Mount Rainier, Sumner, Puyallup, and University Place in Washington’s Pierce County…
With a blast of autumnal colors…
Quite surreal, and judging from the many other photographers there, quite photogenic…
A tree-lover’s heaven! Good thing I am a tree lover…
One of — if not the very —best waterfalls in Mount Rainier National Park…
Is there anything more beautiful than a mountain waterfall?
A great urban park with ball fields and picnic areas, plus a gorgeous little lake to sit beside and let the pressures of the workaday world evaporate…
Even on a windy day you are guaranteed a lovely spectacle…
It’s incredible what a tree-lined path can do for the mind, to make you feel a million miles away from the city around you…
An oasis at the base of the mountain…
Who doesn’t like nice museums, shops, bookstores, restaurants…
A park with a breathtaking view of the beauty that is Mount Rainier…
An easy walk past tall trees and beaver ponds in the shadow of Mount Rainier…
Nestled among the forest-covered foothills of the great mountain, with the picturesque but strangely angled buildings of its small main street…
Few things are more exciting, and yet relaxing, than driving around Mount Rainier National Park…