Posted October 20, 2009.

Looking northward toward the BC mainland from Cortes Island, BC, Canada. Posed April 22, 2005.

This month, July, marks the 5-year anniversary of this blog. So for the month of July, I am going back through the archives and choosing some of my favorite photos that I have posted during that time. Also, rather than outlining when the photo was taken, I shall be outlining when it was posted on this blog. Sometimes, it could be that I have chosen a photo because of the composition, while others might be chosen because of the memories within me that the photo produced. To learn more about any particular photo, you'll have to visit the archives in the column to the right. This one was posted September 29, 2004. (Click on the thumbnail for more detail)

A raindrop hangs precariously to a colorful flower.(Click thumbnail for more detail) Clackamas, Oregon; June, 2009

It's suppose to be fairly hot here this week, so I thought I'd start the week out rather cooooooooooooool. Government Camp, Oregon; March, 2009.

A surfer loses it. Pacific City, California; April, 2009.

The no longer used smoke stacks of the Old Mill District are reflected in a placid portion of the Deschutes River at dusk. Bend, Oregon; June, 2009.

Why she's the best journalist on the planet

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What is this? Cauliflower? Broccoli? I donno. Do you? Taken at a Farmer's Market with my spanking new iPhone 3GS. Milwaukie, Oregon; June, 2009.

The entrance to Ft. Vancouver, the faithful replica of the original Ft. Vancouver built on the same exact spot. Vancouver, Washington; June, 2009.

A water droplet hangs from the lip of a calla lilly. (Click thumbnail for more detail) Clackamas, Oregon; June, 2009.

Obviously, this guy's got a question on his mind. I don't think it has anything to do with the dress he's wearing, the chiffon scarves on his arms, or the balloon around his waist, but one never knows. Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington; April, 2009.

Trees reflected in the pond of an inner harbor hotel make for interesting patterns. Victoria, BC, Canada; April, 2009.

An insect crawls across the face of one of the alliums currently blooming in my backyard. (Click the thumbnail for much more detail) Madras, Oregon; June, 2009.

I was coming out of an eatery after having breakfast early one morning and saw this interesting entry to a sushi restaurant, with its intricately carved wooden facade and bell, along with the fish embroidered in the curtain. (Click on the thumbnail for more detail) Half Moon Bay, California; May, 2009.