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I know it is particularly American of me to love the working of time on man-made things but I do. This is a defunct fountain pool in front of a mansion we walked by in Salem last weekend. Except...

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The flower clock is a few weeks behind us down in Salem and the dahlias are at their prime there now. Not a doubt with the cooler longer nights and the rain that our three-month idyll with warm ...

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After heavy overcast and marine air we had some clearing yesterday afternoon and it was a mild almost clear fall day out today. Kes and I took a trail in their park by the river we had never bee...

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I just passed by this tree about 15 minutes ago on the way back from getting my flu shot and even though I took this picture last weekend it looks the same, crabapples, wild tart apples. Not a l...

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This park, which is across the big street from where I live, (and part of the track complex over there) is named after the first woman to register to vote in Oregon in 1912 when we were granted ...

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Happy Equinox! It was a beautiful (if hazy) day here. The whole darn weekend was beautiful. I was out in it a lot. Probably not wearing as much sunblock as I should. I forget sometimes to put it...

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My energy is still a little on the punky side but I navigated a full and active day yesterday for the first time this week and it was a joy. I had a training to give up on the hill and that is o...

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I am always on the lookout for interesting tree textures and colors and I enjoy taking pictures in the neighborhood to pinpoint the season and the light. This was Sunday. There was an underlying...

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“If you pay attention to which weeds proliferate, the soil will tell you what it needs. The presence of chicory or wild carrot or the lovely Queen Anne’s lace means the soil is low in fertility,...

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Autumn crocuses are popping up around town. What I like about this particular shot of them is the dirt. There is potential there. That is what I feel right now about my life, if I can stay healt...

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I took this whimsical picture in 2009 just this time of year wandering around the old neighborhood with an old camera. For some reason it spoke to me in terms of those times we find ourselves un...

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Other than the dramatic monsoon we had last Saturday afternoon it has been dry here for weeks. I thought this picture captured that but also the late light. My own birdbath has been filled every...

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I want to address the line in my previous post about being a real poet that my have brought you up short. I didn’t say this to her, the woman I am working with. I just thought it. I would like t...

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This is a hybridized crape myrtle in my neighborhood. They have been introduced here in Oregon relatively recently and add such a wonderful stroke of color to our late summer landscape. I didn’t...

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I am writing this on my laptop. Remember my laptop? I am slowly moving everything back on it where all my pictures have been restored. This gorgeous faded hollyhock is from this time last year. ...

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I am sad to say that none of the pictures I took on our hike in the gorge last week were standouts but this gives you a feel for part of the trail and the footing. The air in there was just wond...

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I took this last Monday morning and it is all about the light on this somewhat past its prime hydrangea. I had taken the morning off from work to go across town to sub a yoga class and I had a l...

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Earlier this year, when things were so troubling with my oldest sister’s health and all of our available emotional and financial resources focused towards her the idea was presented to me that m...

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See the big moss covered tree to the left in this shot I took last April? Well over 100 years old and huge. It was a big part of the landscape of the block I live on. They took it down yester...

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We are at high fire risk right now. Heat lightning and dry hot air. Yesterday it was almost 100 F (37C) and like a blast furnace midday. It could be worse, there could be wind. We’ve had that r...

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It is melting hot out there and so hazy with particulate matter from the fires you would never know we have a couple of pretty gorgeous mountains nearby. Even though one of them is missing her ...

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This is the meadow we walked through last Sunday. The Osprey nest is out of the frame but out in the open on a platform built on a pole. The river is on the left behind the trees. The first t...

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It is true, I do, on occasion, take pictures of things other than flowers. :) This is the view yesterday from the train leaving downtown Portland just coming off our Steel Bridge. I love all ...

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This pear tree is behind my place and I snapped this with my phone yesterday morning on my way back from training a scientist (I have been working with him for years) how to use my new forms. ...

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I keep listening for the orange guy. I was doing it in my sleep last night and had a restless time of it. I had absolutely no idea how much time and energy and focus was going into this 12-pou...

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