While I was at the park looking for the barred owl, I stopped by the "duck pond" to check on the ducks. I call it the duck pond because it seems all the ducks on the river congregate there. While there, I saw a couple of wood ducks, which I had never seen before. In …
Barred Owl
Photographing an owl in the wild has always been one of my goals. So when I heard that a barred owl had been frequenting a local park recently, I packed up my gear and went to search for the little fellow. It didn't take long to find him. A dead give-away was the number of …
Drake Park
One of my favorite places in Bend is Drake Park. It is situated in the center of town. Maybe one of the reasons I like it so much is that it was one of the first places I visited when I first came to Bend and the beauty just took my breath away. The park …
This Old House
I've always been fascinated by old buildings. Old houses, old barns, old outhouses . . . I always try to imagine the people who once lived in those houses and what their lives must have been like. This old house is on the highway between Bend and Portland if you go over Mount Hood. This …
Weekly Challenge . . . Beyond #2
I got up very early this morning to photograph dawn on the horizon. We've had very clear, cold mornings and the sun rising has been beautiful. I had hoped to have a little more red in the horizon but the sun didn't cooperate. However, it was beautiful being out in the quiet of the morning, …
Through My Lens 