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Flowers of Lewis & Clark

TravelMorgan Stone Gretherlewis & clark collegeLewis & Clark College, portland, oregon, flower, trees, pacific northwest, rhododendron, rose, iris, fountain, observatory, travel
Flowers of Lewis & Clark

I have the privilege of working every day in the lush, beautiful campus of Lewis & Clark College. (I am the director of new media there.) No campus is lovelier! Last week I took a few moments to wander with my camera between meetings and document some of the wonderful flowers that grow there. Roses and peonies and irises and more, oh my.

As I was shooting, I noticed my SD card had an issue causing some images to get corrupted. The results were pretty spectacular in their own right!

Nice person in Portland, Oregon, and beyond.

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Glorious Sunset, Portland

I was sitting on my balcony with my kids as the sky grew darker with the setting of the sun, and a ruffly smattering of clouds rolled over our heads like a blanket. I glanced up and thought the day was finished and night was upon us. Instead, the last rays of the sun from beyond the horizon suddenly began bouncing off the clouds (causing me to grab my camera) and what followed was my favorite sunset ever in Portland. Breathtaking, with all the colors of the rainbow dancing overhead like our own Oregon aurora... 

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Glorious Sunset, Portland
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Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, May 2017

It's a gorgeous little park adjacent to Reed College, and it is packed to the gills with a wide assortment of rhododendrons. And ducks and geese, for that matter...

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Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, May 2017