Window Seat: wildfire in Oregon
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Window Seat: Seattle to Albuquerque
Volcanoes of the Cascades, southeast of Seattle... These shots were possible in exchange for Mt Rainier, on the other side of the plane. Mt Saint Helens with Spirit Lake in the foreground Mount Adams Here are Mt Adams, Mt Hood, and one I don't know on the far horizon... Mount Hood, over the border... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Let's see if this video plays...
Nope, can't seem to link it in... maybe if you go here... http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v280/CLRedding/VIDEOS/?action=view¤t=DSCF2472.flv This clip is from last fall's trip through Yellowstone National Park. It used to be bears stopping the traffic. Now its these guys. I see the link takes... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
A little time travel...
Looking through my photobucket, I came across two charming portraits that I did not take, but treasure: my mother's parents when they were young... Ailene was around 20 when this was taken: She was frail in those days, and her family did not have high hopes that she would live long enough to have... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Davy and I went for a walk near North Bend, Washington
It was a lovely afternoon last Sunday, warm but not hot, and the woods were full of sunlight and spicy green scents of ferns and evergreen resins. Davy was free to roam about, leash hanging as a safety measure. Only once was it useful, when a guy on a bike came whirring down the trail, his own dog... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Mt St Helens: Getting it in perspective
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Mount St Helens and a contest: Your opinions requested!
Charlie and his friend and I drove up to Mt St Helens for the first time in many months for me, years for Charlie, ever for Tony. In the morning, while the lads slept through the likelihood of an early start, I got on the mountain-cam, and saw nothing but high-def fog. So I went back to bed, too.... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, July 10, 2009
It's the Oregon Country Faire this weekend!
My plans to go are infringed upon by the weekend of LARPing for Charlie and Charlie's dad being out of town until Sunday night, and no dogs-allowed at the Faire. So we have some friends of Charlie's coming in tonight and tomorrow morning and evening: I will drop him at his game and go on down the... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Troosha says it sounds magical...
New Zealand has, among its most special qualities, the relationship of the early British arrivals with the original Maori population. Unlike many other European-colonized countries where the defacto policy towards the native inhabitants was genocide and cultural devastation, the British in the early... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Summing up in a poem
Aotearoa Silver The ferns, of course but too the sky the clouds and air between Sun on misty rains: Silver graced with rainbows... silver-bright the sun, the sharp-cut shades edges of trees against the blue, grey, white... Silver the stars Southern Cross and Milky Way on deepest night... Silver the... Sign in to see full entry.