Friday we had a few hours to spare before our granddaughter's gymnastics competition was to begin. Â So we spent a few hours at the Japanese Garden in Washington Park in Portland. Â I'd heard a lot about the gardens and have wanted to see them. Â I wasn't disappointed. Â I loved it there. Portland gets a fair …
Day 137 – A Beautiful Evening
As I was driving up my driveway this evening, this quail in a tree caught my eye. Â I don't usually see them up in the trees - they're usually running across the yard. Â She stayed still long enough for me to grab my camera and take some shots. We have a ground cover that 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 134 – More Blossoms
Today was another gorgeous day. Â I had so much going on that I didn't get out to do photos until late in the day and I wasn't quite sure what I was going to photograph. Â As I was looking out our kitchen window, one of the trees in our back yard was in full bloom …
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 …
