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I just got back from two days in and around Brookings, Oregon. I have been to the Oregon coast many, many times, but this was by far the best experience I’ve ever had there. Usually it is windy and/or cold and/or raining and/or foggy. And usually it’s not just one of those; pick two or three and you’ll have a better picture.
Not this time. It was beautiful. No wind. No clouds. No fog. 70 degrees both days.
I’ll have some more pictures from the trip during the next week or so.
A couple weeks ago we had a few cold days which resulted in a bit of snow on the nearby peaks. If the trees on the top of Grizzly Peak, pictured above, look a bit strange to you it is because of a fire that charred them six years ago. The contrast of the black and white is kind of cool. In spring, with late snow dustings like the above you can see a nice mixture of black, white, green (from grass), yellow, and purple (from wild flowers).
I’ll have to post some pictures of the valley from up on Grizzly Peak from prior hikes I have taken one of these days. It’s a great hike, just not this time of year as the back road is in the shade and likely covered in snow even if the front side looks dry.
A couple of Saturdays ago we were having a most unusual cloud day that include much sunshine as well. I went up on the roof and took a few pictures. This is one of them. More to come from the roof in the future.
Photo taken in August of 2008.
Almost 10 years ago the Ashland Creek flooded downtown Ashland. The creek is pretty tame in August. I find it more exciting during a rainstorm or on a warm day in spring when the snow is melting quickly.
Photo taken in August 2008
Ashland’s unique location, between two mountain ranges, provides for some interesting shadows and cloud formations.
The last few days have been very sunny but very cold–Winter cold not Fall cold. The mountains even got a bit of snow (photos coming soon).
This is SOU’s Raider Stadium. SOU had a football game Friday or Saturday night, but it was far too cold to think about going.
This is the final installment from my daughter’s first photography class. She found some fallen apples in a forgotten garden. I like how she centered in on the one that wasn’t rotten but didn’t leave out the others. The colors are very rich. Organic produce gone crazy…
This is the second of three shots my daughter took that I will share with you. I like tomorrow’s the best so stay tuned.
My 10-year old daughter is in an after school photography class. For the next few days I’ll showcase some of her work. She took the above picture yesterday on her class field trip to Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the U.S.A. and ninth deepest in the world. Crater Lake is the third deepest lake in the world and deepest in the Western Hemisphere if the average depth is used as the measuring criteria.
I was hoping that there would be snow along the rim, but, as you can see, it hasn’t stuck yet. Later in the day it started snowing rather heavily, and they made their exit while they still could.
Crater Lake is northeast of Ashland in Southern Oregon. The island you see in the middle is known as Wizard Island.
