Glory Pistole

Posted on May 3rd, 2026 under only in ashland, people. Tags: glory pistole, NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S lens, Nikon Z50II, Raider Athletics, softball. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Glory Pistole!

Kierstin Grotewiel

Posted on April 14th, 2026 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Kierstin Grotewiel, Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-180mm f/2.8, Nikon Z50II, Raider Athletics, softball. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Kierstin Grotewiel!

Blossoms in front of SOU’s Churchill Hall

Posted on April 13th, 2026 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: campus, flowers, NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50II, Southern Oregon University, spring. Comments Off on One year ago today…

Full moon on February 1, 2026

Just five more days until our next full moon. The one pictured above featured some pretty cool clouds that didn’t photograph well.

Posted on February 26th, 2026 under only in ashland, photography. Tags: moon, nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR lens, Nikon Z50II. Comments Off on No more than one full moon month

Lithia Park in the snow (February 17, 2026)

AI seemed quite certain when it informed me that this photo of Ashland Creek that I took in Ashland’s Lithia Park was in fact a scene from the “North Fork of the Middle Fork Willamette River in the Willamette National Forest”.

Posted on February 23rd, 2026 under lithia park, nature, only in ashland, photography, places. Tags: ashland creek, landscape, lithia park, NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50II, snow, winter. Comments Off on AI sucks

Rookie near Little Hyatt Lake (January 2026)

Posted on February 2nd, 2026 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: hike, NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50II, Rookie, trees. Comments Off on Rookie on the PCT

Ashland, Oregon (January 2026)

“The Lord said, ‘Peter, I can see your house from here’.”
— Roger Waters, Amused to Death

I’ve spent far more time looking at Grizzly Peak from my house than the opposite over the past 26 years. Today’s photo is the rare exception.

Posted on January 31st, 2026 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR lens, Nikon Z50II. Comments Off on Ashland from Grizzly Peak

Ashland, Oregon with less snow than is normal for January

Posted on January 30th, 2026 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland springs hotel, landscape, mt. ashland, NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50II, siskiyous. Comments Off on Just a Little Hamlet Hiding in the Big Woods

January 2026

Posted on January 27th, 2026 under only in ashland. Tags: campus, grizzly peak, landscape, NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50II, snow, Southern Oregon University, winter. Comments Off on SOU campus morning after a night of snowfall on Grizzly