The world as I see it
After a week of rain, snow, and rain, the sun came out today. I took advantage of the beautiful day to take some photos of the mountains emerging from the clouds. While processing the photos, I noticed an inordinate amount of dust on the photos that had to be removed. It can be done in …
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There is a piece of wood across from where I live that looks like a piece of driftwood. However, since we are 180 miles from the nearest ocean and there isn't a lake within 10 miles of me, I believe it is actually a tree that was struck by lightning at one time. On closer …
The last two days, we have gone to an area off of China Hat Road, just a short distance from Bend, to photograph the moon and the sunset. We were photographing at the base of a butte called Bessie Butte and yesterday noticed a sign for a trailhead to hike to the top of the …
In 2003, a forest fire located on China Hat Road, about 3.5 miles southeast of Bend, burned approximately 3800 acres of the Deschutes National Forest. The area had once been covered in lodgepole pine, but the fire changed all of that. The area is slowly reforesting, but burned out trees still cover the area. Tonight …
Today was one of those late winter days that lets you know spring is right around the corner. It was gorgeous. Blue skies, warm temperatures. A prelude to what is to come. We went to a local park that we didn't know existed until a few days ago. The Deschutes River runs right through it …
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