Ashland Creek
Another shot today of Ashland Creek in Lithia Park…
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A road to the top of Mt. Ashland
There is a saying that “many roads lead to the top of Mt. Fuji,” but the same is also true for Mt. Ashland. Here is one such road. This one begins by going down for a few dozen yards, but it is all uphill from there.
Pear Capital of the World?
There is a bit of controversy over where exactly the “Pear Capital of the World” is. Kelseyville, California call themselves the Pear Capital of the World, but they don’t grow nearly as many pears as the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon. Plus, Harry & David (famous for pears) is located in Medford, not Kelseyville.
I took today’s photo on the last day of April, when the pear blossoms were at their peak, in a field with thousands of pear trees located in Talent or Phoenix (or somewhere in between the two). For some, unknown reason the annual Pear Blossom Parade and Run takes place in early April, before the pear blossoms and usually before decent weather.
There aren’t many pear orchards right in Ashland, but we have a pear tree in our backyard that just finished blossoming. We are now past the cherry blossoms, pear blossoms, and daffodils. Now, in mid-May, we are getting the dogwood blossoms.
Ashland Creek
I headed down to Ashland Creek in Lithia Park this past weekend to try to find the scene I mentioned previously. I couldn’t really remember what it looked like by the time I got there, but I did find some good spots. The sky was overcast so I didn’t bring my tripod, thinking the conditions wouldn’t be ideal. I took several shots (including today’s photo) with longer shutter speeds to get the silky water effect, but without a tripod most of them didn’t come out great.
Yesterday I decided to try again with my tripod. The weather was better (sunny), but it turns out that for the longer shutter speeds sun is not your friend. I left the shutter open for 1/2 second (hand held) for today’s pic (with overcast skies), but that is far too long when the water is in the sun. I did find some shady spots, photographs of which I will show you in the future. Next time I want to try really poor lighting with a tripod and longer shutter speeds (like a full second) to see what kind of results can be achieved.
Lithia Park’s Ashland Creek
On tonight’s First Friday Art Walk I saw the most amazing photo of Ashland Creek. I need to find that spot in Lithia Park. Saturday’s weather forecast isn’t great, but maybe I’ll try then if things aren’t too bad.
I took this photo early last month near the part of Granite Street where the pavement turns into dirt. Now that May has arrived and many more leaves are on the trees I’ll have to go back for another look.
Crater Lake in May
Photos can’t capture the magnificence of Crater Lake. How can such an unnatural looking blue be so natural?
Crissey Field State Park
This was the view from the place we stayed in Brookings of the northern spit of Crissey Field State Park.
Outdoor lawn deer ornament
Some people purchase fake deer decorations to put in their yard for Christmas. In Ashland, you don’t have to pay for such decorations, and the deer are real.
Teletubbyland?
Ashland’s northeast side looks great this time of year with its greening hills and wildflowers. Today’s photo is the view from my daughter’s flute lesson last week. I thought it looked like Teletubbyland, but she pictured Frodo walking over the hill from his abode in The Shire.
The fisherman and the sea
Today’s photo is from our trip to Brookings last month…