As I have been posting lately, it has been very hot and dry here the past few weeks. We have a threat of thunderstorms for the next couple of days and the Governor has declared a State of Emergency for the state of Oregon because of the wildfire threat. When we went out for our …
Day 69 – Bessie Butte
The last two days, we have gone to an area off of China Hat Road, just a short distance from Bend, to photograph the moon and the sunset. We were photographing at the base of a butte called Bessie Butte and yesterday noticed a sign for a trailhead to hike to the top of the …
Day 68 – Sunset on a “Moonscape”
In 2003, a forest fire located on China Hat Road, about 3.5 miles southeast of Bend, burned approximately 3800 acres of the Deschutes National Forest. The area had once been covered in lodgepole pine, but the fire changed all of that. The area is slowly reforesting, but burned out trees still cover the area. Tonight …
Day 67 – The Worm Moon
I learned something new today. The full moon in March is called the "Worm Moon." I looked it up and this was the description: The 'Full Worm Moon' is the moon that occurs in March when the sunlight is getting stronger and the frozen ground begins to thaw. You can tell the worms have begun …
Through My Lens 