One of the reasons I enjoy teaching in Copenhagen in the summer is the weather is better than Ashland (to me anyway, I prefer 70s to 90s). The air is crisp and clean in Copenhagen, and Ashland can frequently be smoky in the summer. This year I missed Ashland’s clean air summer season and returned just in time for the smoke.

Today’s photo comes from my return flight to Portland (PDX) from Iceland (KEF). This wasn’t anywhere near Ashland, and probably not that close to Portland. It could have been Idaho or Washington. However, visibility out of PDX was horrible so the smoke was very much in Portland.

In the three + days I’ve been home Ashland has been hot and smoky (although not as bad as it can become).

Posted on August 7th, 2017 under outside of ashland. Tags: aerial, mountains, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750. Comments: None

Near Yachats, Oregon

First of all, apologies to those of you who check in daily for a photo. Obviously the blog has not been living up to its name over the past few weeks. I’ve been traveling, and hopefully I’ll have more regular entries going forward.

Today’s photo is from Thanksgiving a couple years ago. I’m not sure if this is Cooks Chasm or another one of the many other sheer-sided inlets on Cape Perpetua.

More photos from that trip can be found here.

Posted on June 27th, 2017 under outside of ashland. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Cooks Chasm?

@OregonState @BeaverBaseball

Even older than Fenway Park (1912) and Wrigley Field (1914), baseball has been played at the site of Goss Stadium (which has seen many improvements over the years) since 1907. It only took me 110 years to see my first game there this past weekend. The game (against Washington State) was sold out so we had to procure tickets from a scalper outside the stadium (for about half of what tickets were going for on Stubhub but still more than double the face value).

The #1-ranked Beavers won, as usual. OSU will be hosting the Regionals next weekend. If all goes well, they will be hosting the Super Regionals the following weekend and heading to Omaha for the College World Series later in June.

Posted on May 25th, 2017 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: baseball, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, oregon state university, photoshop photomerge. Comments Off on Oldest continuous ballpark in the nation

With temperatures expected to reach the 90s by the end of the weekend, it’s a little hard to believe that today’s photo is from less than two weeks ago. Such is springtime in Ashland.

Posted on May 18th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: hobart bluff, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, snow, spring. Comments Off on Throwback Thursday

Hobart Bluff (May 6, 2017)

Last week was a wild week of weather in Ashland. It felt like summer early in the week, followed by one of the best rainbow/thunder/lightning storms I’ve ever encountered, and then Friday night it snowed in the mountains. We headed up to Hobart Bluff yesterday. We had to forge our own trail as no one else ventured out to Hobart on Saturday. With the wind-chill factor it was about 10-15 degrees when I took this photo. Only five more weeks until summer!

Posted on May 7th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland, photography, places. Tags: hobart bluff, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, snow, spring. Comments Off on From 90 degrees to 30 degrees in 3 days

@ashlandfilm #AIFF2017 @AshlandAnimals

Tomorrow begins the big weekend. Are you ready? My neighbor’s flamingos are.

Posted on April 5th, 2017 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland independent film festival aiff, deer, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, pink flamingos lawn ornaments, wildlife. Comments Off on AIFF pink flamingo lawn ornaments and a deer friend

10-photo photomerge of SOU softball on University Field

@SOURaiders @SOU_Softball

Details here.

Posted on March 27th, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, panorama, photoshop photomerge, Raider Athletics, softball, sports photography. Comments Off on Southern Oregon Softball = CCC Team of the Week

Lower Table Rock from Upper Table Rock

Posted on March 24th, 2017 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: Lower Table Rock, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, Upper Table Rock. Comments Off on Three years ago…

We took a little road trip down south this past weekend. We spent most of our time in Napa but headed out one morning for a walk in Yountville.

Posted on March 8th, 2017 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: california, flowers, napa, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Yountville