Lake of the Woods, Southern Oregon

Another photo from the archives today… This one is from June of 2009. I took this picture (with my LX3) just before taking the one featured here.

Posted on August 8th, 2011 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: clouds, lake of the woods, lx3, water. Comments Off on Lake of the Woods

Mt. Hood from an airplane

On my way back to Ashland from Europe on Sunday the plane spent very little time over water. We went over Greenland, Canada, and didn’t enter U.S. airspace until the state of Washington. We came south from there to land in Portland. This was the view of Mt. Hood shortly before landing. I think the water you see in this photo is the Columbia River.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have a window seat on the flight from Portland to Medford.

Posted on August 3rd, 2011 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: aerial, mount hood, mountains. Comments: 1

Brandi Carlile at Britt 2011

Some more Brandi photos from last month in Jacksonville…

Brandi and her band at Britt

Brandi whispers in Josh Neumann's ear

This isn't the end. I have more. 😉

Posted on July 31st, 2011 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: brandi carlile, britt festivals, concert photography, jacksonville, music. Comments: 1

I spotted these containers in Butte Creek Mill along with a ton of other antiques. The swastika was actually a very popular symbol before Hitler and the Nazis made it infamous. I’m guessing that means these biscuit tins are pre-1935. Care for a swastika biscuit from Portland, Oregon?

Posted on July 29th, 2011 under outside of ashland. Tags: butte creek mill, eagle point, signs. Comments: 3

Placing half-mast Danish flags on Christiansborg Palace

I have been in Scandinavia the past month, spending most of my time in Copenhagen but also visiting Sweden and Norway. I was in Oslo just five days before Friday’s tragedy. Now I’m back in Copenhagen, where I witnessed the placing of these half-mast Denmark flags on the Christiansborg Palace tower yesterday to memorialize those lives lost in Norway the day before.

Posted on July 24th, 2011 under outside of ashland, places. Comments Off on Denmark’s tribute to Norway

Wrapping up this short series from Bigham’s Knoll in Jacksonville, here is the view of Mt. McLoughlin (the point covered in snow) from the top of the bell tower. Note that you normally can’t just walk up some stairs to the bell tower. I have connections. 😉

Posted on July 21st, 2011 under outside of ashland. Tags: jacksonville, mount mcloughlin, Mt. McLaughlin. Comments Off on Mt. McLoughlin from Jacksonville, Oregon

The interior of the aforementioned Frau Kemmling Schoolhaus in Jacksonville is nice, nicer still when it is full of people having a good time. The books on the wall are leftovers from when this was the Jacksonville School House on Bigham’s Knoll.

Posted on July 19th, 2011 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: food, jacksonville, video. Comments Off on Frau Kemmling Schoolhaus Brewhaus

My German skills are weak, to say the least, but I’m pretty sure the sign reads Schoolhouse Brewery. This is the fairly new home of a German restaurant in Jacksonville, Frau Kemmling Schoolhaus. The building was previously a school; now the upper two floor are an unrelated business with a brewery/restaurant on the bottom floor. I had lunch at Frau Kemmling Schoolhaus for the first time recently and the food and beer were both excellent.

Posted on July 15th, 2011 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: jacksonville. Comments Off on Schoolhaus Brewhaus

The Ellies again… this time heading into the capitol in their page attire.

Posted on July 13th, 2011 under outside of ashland, people, places. Tags: ellie, salem. Comments Off on Oregon Capitol Building