P Categories Photo Journals July 9, 2023 Photo Journal: 7/9/23 Another small hike today. We went to Ona Beach State Park to find a few more native plants and take inventory of the species available..
P Categories Photo Journals July 8, 2023 Photo Journal: 7/8/23 Went on a short hike today on the Crestline Park Woodland Trail here in Waldport. It is a gorgeous trail. Unfortunately, I had a mishap..
B Categories Bird Watching & Training July 4, 2023 Bird Training Station v1 Installed I was finally able to get my bird training station set up. This is a temporary version made out of scrap wood I had in..
P Categories Photo Journals June 29, 2023 Photo Journal: 6/29/23 I spent the last week in Chicago at the American Library Association Annual Conference 2023 with a few of our LibraryMarket crew. During the day..
P Categories Photo Journals June 13, 2023 Photo Journal: 6/13/23 A few shots from a walk on a trail here in town, as well as a few test shots with my new metal, macro tubes..
P Categories Photo Journals June 1, 2023 Photo Journal: 6/1/23 Happy Pride!! Today we decided to have a little slower day to recover from the adventures earlier in the week. We went to the Oregon..
P Categories Photo Journals May 31, 2023 Photo Journal: 5/31/23 This afternoon we went to Depoe Bay for our chartered whale-watching tour on a zodiac boat. We weren’t able to track down any wildlife outside..
P Categories Photo Journals May 30, 2023 Photo Journal: 5/30/23 We spent the entire day driving up the coast making frequent stops along the way at Depoe Bay (the smallest harbor in the world), Lincoln..
P Categories Photo Journals May 29, 2023 Photo Journal: 5/29/23 Day two of our visit with the kids! We spent the day rockhounding, beachcombing, and looking at tide pools at Quail Street Beach and Bob..
P Categories Photo Journals May 28, 2023 Photo Journal: 5/28/23 Day one of the kids’ first visit to the Oregon Coast. We drove up Alsea Highway 34 and then to Yachats for some fish &..
P Categories Photo Journals May 16, 2023 Photo Journal: 5/16/23 I went whale watching this afternoon and saw a few humpback whales. It’s always so uplifting to get a glance at them migrating along the..
M Categories Events Photo Journals May 13, 2023 Mother’s Day Festival 2023 After two weeks back-to-back with health issues, I finally got some relief today and felt like I could get out of the house for a..
S Categories Oregon Coast Guides Photo Journals Random Thoughts & Musings May 9, 2023 Spinning Sands – a profound journey of healing and a masterclass in the state of flow. Beautiful patterns in the sand. The first time I saw Karen’s work, I was driving along the coast coming home from running errands in Newport,..
P Categories Photo Journals May 5, 2023 Photo Journal: 5/5/23 I just can’t take enough photos of these dahlias. 😀 They make me happy.
P Categories Photo Journals May 3, 2023 Photo Journal: 5/3/23 Here are some more shots with my new vintage Pentax lens. I absolutely love the way these came out. I am thinking about ordering a..
R Categories Cameras & Accessories Reviews Reviews April 27, 2023 Review: SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.4 Vintage Camera Lens The SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.4 lens is a classic manual-focus lens that was produced by Pentax in the 1980s. Despite its age, it remains a..
P Categories Photo Journals April 23, 2023 Photo Journal: 4/23/23 For a few weeks, it’s been raining almost all day every day with sleet most days as well. There are few opportunities to take my..
F Categories Photography Tips & Tricks April 13, 2023 Full Frame vs APS-C Full frame digital cameras and APS-C cameras are two of the main types of digital cameras available on the market today. While both types of..
K Categories History & Culture March 30, 2023 Kulning: An Ancient Swedish Herding Call Kulning is a traditional form of singing originating from Sweden that was primarily used as a herding call. The word “kulning” comes from the Swedish..
C Categories Random Thoughts & Musings March 23, 2023 Congressional Hearing with the TikTok CEO I have been talking to many people recently that have never been active in politics and they don’t understand why things are the way they..
P Categories Photo Journals March 14, 2023 Photo Journal: 3/14/23 Lazy afternoon of rock hounding along the shore on the Central Coast of Oregon.
W Categories Random Thoughts & Musings February 18, 2023 We need to move to decentralized social media now more than ever. This was a recent post I saw on Facebook by one of my friends: Liberal dependency on capitalism has never been clearer than when liberals..
P Categories Photo Journals The Void February 14, 2023 Photo Journal: 2/14/23 Today photos are from the past few weeks. I’ve been super busy and didn’t have time to process photos. Included in this post are photos..
P Categories The Void January 21, 2023 Photo Journal: 1/21/23 Crystal and I drove up to Depoe Bay today to watch the King Tides spout over downtown. There were hundreds of people in town for..
P Categories Photo Journals January 19, 2023 Photo Journal: 1/19/23 Yesterday, I was hit with nausea and terrible back pain and it lingered over into today. I didn’t get much accomplished today, but I did..
P Categories Photo Journals January 18, 2023 Photo Journal: 1/18/23 I had to run into town this afternoon just before sunset for an appointment and the sun very briefly showed itself, so I ran down..
P Categories Photo Journals January 16, 2023 Photo Journal: 1/16/23 It’s been raining so much in the past week or so. The bomb cyclones that are hitting California so badly are sending tons of rain..