Our Summer Visitors

  We have a fairly large population of deer that summer in our neighborhood.  Often times some of them will come and eat and siesta in our back yard during the day.  Yesterday was one of those days.  We had two fairly large female deer and two young deer - one a young buck. They …

The Sun Came Out

After two days of snow, wind and cold, the snow and wind disappeared and we were left with sunny skies, although it was still cold. On my lunch break, I decided to take an adventure and drive to a place I'd heard about but never been - Tumalo Reservoir.  It's only about 10 miles out-of-town …

Sunrise on the Mountains

As I was driving to work yesterday morning, I could see the sunrise starting to touch the tops of the mountains and a beautiful pink/lavender glow in the sky.  I took a small detour and went to the park to take photos at the river. Sometimes mornings like these take my breath away. Maralee

Pilot Butte with iPhone

Yesterday was one of those outstanding, summer-like days.  Clear skies, sunshine, warm air.  A perfect day for another walk up Pilot Butte - this time with my iPhone. Even thought it's about 130 miles away from Bend, on a clear day like this you can see Mt. Hood in the distance. Maralee