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.
A quick visit to Westmoreland Park, a lovely community park in SE Portland, Oregon…
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!
Always a fun Portland destination, especially this time of year when many of the plants are in bloom.
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…
An oasis at the base of the mountain…
Who doesn’t like nice museums, shops, bookstores, restaurants…
