Walking on the ranch through our woods on a fall day with a camera is an invitation to spend hours taking a series of photos of every little scene along the way: “Ooh, what a nice tree!” or “how sharp those thistles look in silhouette” or “those red leaves stand out so brightly against the […]
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Spring is here at last
Just a couple of weeks ago our grandkids were building little snowmen after what was probably the last snowfall of the season: It seems like Spring only arrived yesterday, in that we haven’t had to have a fire going in the woodstove the last couple of days. That’s a lovely break as it seems like […]
Dark photos of a white hailstorm.
We’ve been getting a lot of hail the last few days. The temperature here on the ranch has been flirting with freezing for the last couple of weeks. The snow is mostly gone from last week, but the hail is quite something. These are color photos, but there wasn’t a a lot of light and […]
Snowing today…
Ranch life has its perks and today was full of them. It snowed pretty steadily from about midnight last night to this afternoon, when the sun broke out and we bundled up to go out and look at the winter wonders. This is an oak tree up the hill from our house, burdened with about […]
Recent photos
I’ve been taking walks lately, usually in the afternoon, sometimes just before dark. The lighting on these walks varies from direct sunlight to light that is reflected off the clouds, to the gold of sunset and the “crepuscular” light of twilight. Always a challenge to know how to shoot photos of some of the views […]
Clearing of head
Every once in a while, when doing web design, it is necessary to get up from the computer and get out and take a walk to clear one’s head. I usually take my favorite walking stick, my dogs (Max & Xena), camera (Pentax K-10D), gun (holstered 9-mil Sig Sauer), hat and gloves, because I live […]
Impossibly blue sky
The sky here in Southern Oregon is so clear on some days that it seems impossibly blue. This photo I shot yesterday about 11:30 AM.
Beautiful day….
I couldn’t stand sitting at the computer through another beautiful afternoon, so Marie and I headed out for a walk. These were some of the photos I took as I hiked and she rode her horse (“Heavy”) up the hill behind our house to the lookout:Foxglove View Stonecrop-Covered Rock Face Stonecrop Flowers Sword Ferns All […]
Perfect Spring Day
Saturday was a perfect spring day here in Coastal Oregon. Sunny and crisp. I took my dog for a long walk; it felt good to get outside again and look around. When I first got to the ranch 8 years ago, I brought with me a Pentax ME Super camera, which I’ve had since about […]
Equine Search Engine
As an owner of three horses, they own a big chunk of my time every day. One of them is even rideable, when I get the urge. There’s a new equine search engine (a marketing client of mine) that focuses on the various disciplines within the equine world, such as dressage, western, trail riding, etc. […]