I love to travel but flying is not one of my favorite things to do. The word gravity comes to mind. The physics of getting a plane the size of a football field (at least it seems that big) into the air and keeping it there for several hours boggles my mind. I had an …
Day 239 and 240 – Portland
I've been away from my post for a couple of days due to an overnight trip to Portland on Sunday. I thought I would have ample opportunity to take photos both days we were there, but that wasn't the case. But I did take my daily photo each day. I'm cheating a little bit and …
Day 235
We had a layer of smoke hovering over Bend all evening. Even though the closest wildfire to us now is about 60 miles away, when the wind is in the right direction, it blows the smoke right into town. But again, it made for a beautiful, orange sunset. Maralee
Day 228 – Silhouettes
We have several wildfires burning both south and north of us. They are far enough away to be out of danger for us, but close enough to give us smokey, hazy skies. The smoke makes for some beautiful sunrise and sunset shots. On our walk this evening I decided to try take some silhouette shots …
Day 214 – Full Sturgeon Moon
I almost missed the full moon tonight. The two moon charts I refer to said the moon would rise at 8:28 or 8:30. So as I'm driving up Pilot Butte at 8:20, I see the moon has already risen and is above the horizon. I drove as quickly as I could on the narrow, busy …
