Today is National Lighthouse Day. Â I love lighthouses. Â I grew up a block away from the harbor in Grand Marais, Minnesota and often times went to sleep with the sound of the foghorn. Â Back in those days, it was an actual fog horn - a deep, bellowing sound that could be heard for miles. Â For …
Day 219 – Berries
The start of another work week and more time crunch. I only had a brief amount of spare time today to get to photograph. I saw this tree with fresh berries and liked the contrast of colors. Â It was such a gorgeous day and the sky was so blue. Maralee
Day 218 – Wildflowers
I went off in search of wildflowers again today. Â It was too hot to be out too long so I went as far as the local shopping center where they have a small field filled with daisies, black-eyed Susan, and indian paintbrush flowers. Â It's the same area where the lupines were blooming a couple of …
Day 217 – Classic Cars
This weekend was the Flashback Cruz classic car show at Drake Park here in Bend. Â I'm really not into cars, but I can appreciate all the work that people go through to restore some of these old relics. Â And by the appearance of most of the cars at the show, everyone took great pride in …
Day 216 – Macro Lupines
I have one lupine plant that is blooming right now. Â It had the perfect shades of lavender and purple - my favorite colors. Â I've done lupines previously but this time I thought I would get up very close and use different apertures. Â I was going for a narrow depth of field and throwing the background …
