Early Autumn Morning
This was the scene from my daughter’s flute lesson at 8:30 a.m. this morning. The sun was a little too bright already. An hour earlier and this shot would have been far more spectacular I think.
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White Rabbit
My first time down White Rabbit was New Year’s Day in 2001. The weather was warm, and I was a rather unexperienced mountain biker at the time. This trail is not for the beginner. There are some serious drops in a few places that aren’t even easy when you walk the trail. The names of the side trails are all Alice in Wonderland themed. For a map and directions see my prior post.
Sunflowers
Today’s photo is another I took from my friend’s deck a couple weekend’s ago.
Back to school at SOU
Today I went back to school to teach my first face-to-face course at Southern Oregon University in over a year. There is nothing like that first-day-of-school feeling.
Grizzly Peak
The view of Grizzly Peak in September from Waterline Road… Not bad…
Election time
It’s that time of year again. Last weekend all of the election signs went up around town. There must be a law that says you can’t put them up more than 45 days before the election.
My friend and colleague, Dennis Slattery, is running for Ashland City Council. Voting in Oregon is easy as you get your ballot in the mail, fill it in, and drop it in a box from your car window. No waiting in line at a booth on election day.
The Siskiyous
I went to a party at a friend’s house last weekend. The rain stopped an hour or two before, and things were looking really pretty from his deck.
This is basically the reverse view of yesterday’s photo which showed the Cascades from the Siskiyous. This is the Siskiyou Mountain Range from the base of the Cascades.
A seat with a view
I took today’s photo last week on White Rabbit Trail, less than half a mile from Park Street.
Ashland soccer
Today’s photo is from the archives. I took this pic of Ellie back in 2007. However, I didn’t like it because it had too much noise. With Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 I easily removed most of the noise so now I’m more happy with the picture.
With Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended I then took the other girl’s foot out of the picture and came up with a slightly better result. To remove an object from an image, after outlining the thing you want removed, select Edit from the menu, and then Fill and Content Aware.
City of Ashland – Creek to Crest Trail Route (map)
There are many paths to pick from when you get outside of Ashland’s main streets. I like to try a different one each time. It can get a little crazy if you are pressed for time or don’t want to get lost so take this along if that is your situation. Click on the image for a much larger and detailed version (which you can print) of this free map of places to hike, bike, and run in the mountains around Ashland. Keep heading south (from Four Corners) if you want to go to the top of Mt. Ashland.