I haven’t been to Crater Lake yet this year, but it probably looks something like this and will for the next three or four months.

Posted on February 19th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: crater lake, snow, winter. Comments: 1

I have shown you this tree at least twice now, but it looks different every time I go for a walk on Ridge Road.

Posted on January 20th, 2012 under only in ashland. Tags: snow, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, trees, winter. Comments Off on Another pic of one of my favorite trees

After taking a few weeks off due to lack of snow, Mt. Ashland Ski Area opened up again this morning thanks to the snow that began on Saturday night and is continuing to fall.

Posted on January 19th, 2012 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: ellie, mt. ashland, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, snow, winter. Comments Off on Mt. Ashland Ski Area reopens

Ashland's Lithia Park in the snow

We finally have a bit of precipitation going on this week. Today’s photo is from my Sunday morning walk through Lithia Park while it was snowing a couple days ago.

Posted on January 17th, 2012 under lithia park, nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland creek, lithia park, snow, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, winter. Comments Off on Winter Scene in Lithia Park

Sledding on Mt. Ashland

We headed up to Mt. Ashland last weekend not to ski but to sled. Normally, January is the height of the ski season but not this year. With little snow, the ski resort closed a few weeks back and won’t reopen until next week at the earliest.

The ski runs sit empty–even on a weekend in January. The sledding isn’t even ideal as there are rocks, bare spots, and the ground has more ice than snow on it. These two had a blast though.

Posted on January 13th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: mt. ashland, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, snow, winter. Comments: 1

You may remember this Buddha, meditating with the grapes. The grapes in the vineyard are long gone, and the Buddha waits patiently for their return.

Posted on December 7th, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: buddha, snow, winter. Comments Off on Seasons change, the Buddha doesn’t

Today’s photo was my random desktop image of the day. I took this picture of Ashland’s most famous hotel back in February on a snowy day in town. I left the shutter on my LX3 open for 8 seconds.

Posted on May 29th, 2011 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland springs hotel, lx3, national register of historic places, night photography, snow, winter. Comments Off on Snowy Ashland Springs Hotel

Photos can’t capture the magnificence of Crater Lake. How can such an unnatural looking blue be so natural?

Posted on May 1st, 2011 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: crater lake, snow. Comments Off on Crater Lake in May

We got snowed on last night. You may remember how autumn and winter got confused back in November. Today’s photo demonstrates that spring and winter can get their signals crossed as well.

BTW, can anyone identify these blossoms? Are they cherry or plum? In Japan the plum blossoms appear in February and the cherry blossoms in April, but these look more like plum blossoms to me.

Posted on April 7th, 2011 under nature. Tags: flowers, snow. Comments Off on Spring (or is it Winter?)