Today was the annual Polar Plunge here, which is a fundraiser for Special Olympics. I thought it might be kind of fun to go down and watch these people run into the freezing cold Deschutes River, many of them in costumes. The skies were clear but it was just 28 degrees F. with a wind …
Day 47 – A Blustery Day
Today was one of those cool, blustery days where the wind blows right though you. I took a walk up the butte hoping to get some photos of grasses and other plants but it was blowing so hard everything was moving too much to get very many decent shots. On the backside of the butte, …
Day 45 – “I Moose?? Have a Kiss”
Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun, like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. …
Day 44 – Nature
Never lose an opportunity to see anything that is beautiful. It is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower. …
Day 43 – Mountains, Part II
Another gorgeous day!!! A friend at work told me about a place where the mountain range was in full view without any obstructions, so I went to check it out. It was gorgeous. The mountains were literally "in your face" close. I couldn't get the entire mountain range in one photo, so I had to …
