Til the Cows Come Home

The area where I was photographing the moon on Tuesday evening has a lot of small farms. While I was there, one of the farmers was herding the cows back home. Maralee

Moonrise, Sunset

I went out to take photos of the full moon rise and wound up with a gorgeous sunset at the same time. I really didn't expect to have such a wonderful sunset - there didn't seem to be enough of the clouds that are usually needed to make a gorgeous sunset. I ended up turning …

Weekly Challenge: Carefree

On a hot summer day, one of the most popular places to be here in Bend is floating on the Deschutes River. Whether it be by kayak, paddle board, canoe or raft, hundreds of people get out to relax and enjoy floating on the river. Maralee

Red Sunrise

We have had a layer of smoke hanging over the city for several days due to several fires in the state.  Each morning this week, the sun rose as a huge, red ball but I didn't time it right to take photos until this morning. This is actually 2 photos combined.  I had to take …

Painted Hills

Per Wikepedia, Painted Hills is a part of the John Day Fossil Beds, located in Central Oregon.  It is about 75 miles northeast of Bend. They are named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain. The black layer is lignite that was vegetative matter …