Caracal

While we were in Portland, we spent a few hours at the Portland Zoo. I had been inspired by Bob Mielke, who takes fantastic photos of the Portland Zoo animals.  You can check out his blog here.  The first two hours we were there it poured rain off and on and most of the animals …

Great Blue Heron

While in Portland this weekend, we stayed near the Columbia River. I took several walks along the river and spotted these Great Blue Herons.  I understand they are fairly common in this area, but I hadn't seen once since growing up in Minnesota a number of decades ago.  So I was thrilled to be able to photograph …

Marina

I took a walk along the Columbia River between rain showers. This is one of the marinas that I processes using a couple different apps.