I've seen photos of rainbow clouds before but have never seen one in person until today. Â Â While driving, I had to pull over several times to take photos of them - it lasted for about 30 minutes. Â I looked it up what causes the rainbow clouds and apparently they are known in the weather …
Day 149 – A Copse of Aspen
A few years ago, on a drive to look at fall colors, we came across a copse of aspen trees nestled in a forest of pines. Â At the time, they were in full fall color - bright yellow against the green pines. We took a drive there today to see what it would look like …
Day 148 – Tumalo Falls
After a week of taking macro shots, I put my regular Tamron 18-250 lens on my camera and took a drive up to Tumalo Falls.  This falls in at the end  of a road that is closed in the winter months.  You can always walk, snowshoe or ski to the falls but the gate is …
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 …
Day 133 – Past their Prime
During the transition from Spring to Summer, all the spring flowers (and weeds) start dying off. They can leave some interesting remnants. Â The dandelion was in my yard (I had many samples to choose from). The other flowers were outside my doctor's office. Â I had seem them last week while I was there but didn't …
