Christmas Eve

A shot from Christmas Eve out at the farm. Was a white Christmas.

Gallon House Bridge

Took these on my way home Thursday afternoon. The Gallon House bridge is just outside of Silverton, and even though I drive by it, and even over it on occassion, it's not one of my favorite subjects to shoot. What actually made me stop was the tree and sun and the road-I'm a sucker for any shot I can work a road into. The other 2 pics were after thoughts.

Fall Colors

The colors have been really nice this year, but I haven't been very good about shooting much of it. On my way home from Eugene on Saturday I stopped along these tracks. Really wanted to get down on the tracks, but the black berries and a big ditch kept me out of it.

touch down

Outside

These are a couple of shots I took just outside of the window next to the computer desk I've been spending too much time at lately.

More Football

Every now and then I find myself in the right place at the right time.

Football in the Rain

Something about the rain and the bald head I thought was kind of funny.

On the way home

Dusk in the orchard

Was out to the farm last Saturday, went for a walk after dinner as the last of the light from the sunset was fading. Digital capture in these conditions makes for some interesting affects. I used photoshop to enhance the looks I got from the exposures. I was looking for something a little rough, a little edgy. Theo hanging out at the end of one of the orchard rows.
These trees had been severly pruned, and that allowed the available light to come thru canopy of leaves, a pool of soft light in the darkness.

HS Football

A few shots from the home opener. Was a good game for the Silver Foxes, the won by a large margin.

Back 2 School

First day of school 08. An 8th grader, a 5th grader and a first grader.

More from the Steens trip

Some black and white shots from "The Man Trip"

Tag I'm it.....

Thanks Don, http://bicyclelog.blogspot.com/ I've been tagged.

Four places I visit over and over:
My local homebrew supply store, Roth's Supermarket, Silverton Fitness, www.brew-wineforum.com

People who email me:
Nancy, Clark, Pookie-GO GRIZ, & E

Places I'd rather be:
Montana, my darkroom, my garage/brewery brewing my next brew

Movies I watch over and over:
Monsters Inc., Toy Story 1&2, Cars- I have kids , but I still really enjoy these movies.

Bands I listen to most:
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Mike Doughty, still have a lot of room in my MP3 player for some 80 hair metal& Van Halen& AC/DC& Led Zeppelin....etc...

Think I will tag Cat and Faye, since she hasn't been around for a while.

Day 2_Part 2

This is from the second halfof day 2. These are pics from the East Ridge, we stoppped here for lunch and a homebrew @ 9700 ft, tasted pretty durn good. We took a short hike to the summit and finished the day we a little drive to take in a nice SE Oregon sunset.

Kiger gorge

A couple more shots from Kiger, hopefully they give some perspective to how big this gorge is. Gotta love old guys busting the flex pose. And a pic of myself, just for the heck of it.

Man Trip-Day 2

The second day of our trip we drove from Frenchglen up to the summit of Steens Mnt. For now I will just post the drive to Kiger Gorge, the first OMG overlook of the day. The road up isn't too bad, you could probably drive a car up it. We stoppped at Fish Lake to check it out. We tried to put the sneak on a critter to get a shot up close, but had better luck sneaking up on the wild flowers, mostly lupine and indian paint brush. Kiger Gorge is an amazing sight, we sat there and scoped it out for a while. It is truly and impressive place.

Man Trip Day 1

On 7-12-08 Trent, Roger and myself embarked on "Man Journey 2008." Armed with Trent's new truck, a general idea of where we were headed; Steens Mnt, with Frenchglen, and the Frenchglen Inn/Drover Inn, serving as a base camp, and plenty of beer, we set out that Saturday morning. Our first night there we took a drive thru the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, one big swamp and mosquito haven. Lots of wildlife and scenery, but you have to excuse the lack pics from this portion of the trip, the mosquitoes were unbearable, but I did manage to get a few. The fire watch tower is covered in turkey vultures coming in to roost for the night. Saw a few mule deer, including one really nice buck. And did mannage a couple of scenery shots in the beautiful evening light

Wild Horse Canyon

From the summit of Steens Mountain, looking South down Wild Horse Canyon. Wild Horse Lake can be seen in the one pic, there is a trail down to it, but we opted not to take that hike this time, maybe next.

Happy 4th, afew days late