What do you do when the weather gets hot? Â Here, you go to the river and float, kayak, paddle board - anything to get relief from the heat. Â We are in a red flag warning for hot weather, thunderstorms, and fire danger. Â We've been lucky so far this year with cooler temperatures and more moisture, …
Day 175 – A Summer’s Day
Today I woke to pouring rain. Â But as is typical for this part of Oregon, it can be raining one minute and the sun will be shining the next. Â Today was no exception. By mid afternoon the sun was shining and the big, black storm clouds were receding into the distance. Â I went down to …
Day 172 – Why I love living in Bend, Oregon
One of the things that I love about living where I do, is the nature and wildlife living among us in the city.  We are not a large city - population is about 85,000 - but we continuously have wild visitors right in the city.  At our house, we have regular visits from deer, skunks, raccoon, …
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Day 169 – Benham Falls and the Big Eddy
We took a drive to a couple different places today to take some photos. Â Our first stop was at Benham Falls. Â There is a lot of water flowing at this time of year and the falls was running strong. Â It was hard to photograph because of the severe contrast in lighting. Â It was a very …
Day 135 – A Walk Around Bend
I haven't spent much time in downtown Bend recently so today I took a walk through town on my lunch hour. It's a really cool town and had a lot of interesting photo opportunities. I captured just a few in the short time I had to spend. Â It was very hot and very bright out …
