Photo of the Day: An estuary that flows into Hood Canal near Puget Sound in Washington state. March 23, 2005. (As with all the photos on the page, you can click on it to see the full-sized version)

Photo of the Day: Thunderheads over the high desert. Madras, OR, May 28, 2005.

Photo of the Day: A woman ascends a cliff face at Smith Rock State Park. She didn't make it up to where her climbing partner was waiting. She descended and another woman used her equipment, and she did make it up to the man above. February, 2005.

Photo of the Day: The elegant old Empress Hotel and inner harber in Victoria, BC. March 24, 2005.

Photo of the Day: The poppies in my back yard have exploded into bloom. It is a riot of orange back there. Taken May 25, 2005.

Photo of the Day: The winter sun bathes a gazebo in the Chinese Gardens located in downtown Portland, OR, December 19, 2004.

Photo of the Day: High desert moon. Lake Simtustus, near Madras, OR, June, 2004.

Photo of the Day: A Native American dancer prepares to take the stage at the Collage of Culture, Madras, OR, May 21, 2005.

Photo of the Day: I didn't know they had Deadheads back in the Ming dynasty of China. I took this photo at the British Royal Museum, London, England, July 1997.

Photo of the Day: Succulents under a mesquite tree at the Phoenix Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ, Sept. 2004.

Photo of the Day: The park lake, taken from the top of Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain Park, GA. October, 2004.

Photo of the Day: Pacific sunset over Boiler Bay, Oregon, April, 2004. (As with any of the photos on this page, you can just click on it to get the full-sized version)

Photo of the Day: A study in lines: horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR, April, 2002.

Photo of the Day: Above Mill Creek on the Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon. Jan. 12, 2005.

Photo of the Day: I took this while staying in the manor house you see in the background. This is located in The Burren area of Ireland. August, 1997.

Photo of the Day: American Gothic. I took this self portrait in Sept. of 2003, before I lost all the weight. This was my date to a show by The Dead. She's a little anorexic, but we're trying to get her into treatment.

Photo of the Day: The sun breaks through the clouds for a moment at Smith Rock State Park near Terrebonne, OR. Feb. 27, 2005

Photo of the Day: The Peace Arch on the Canadian/US border. The cars on the right are attempting to enter the US, while the car on the left is on its way into Canada. You can see the customs building behind the arch. I took this photo from the front seat of my car and it took me over an hour to get the customs officer in this line. It wasn't because there was such strict security. I only spent 3 minutes with the customs officer. Rather, it was because there weren't enough employees to handle the volume. April 16, 2005.

Photo of the Day: A vine maple turning color in the McKenzie Pass area of the Oregon Cascades. October, 2003.

Photo of the Day: One of Hollyhock's many gates. Cortes Island, BC, March 25, 2005.

Photo of the Day: This is an interesting photo. The store at the bottom of the pic is located in an old elevator shaft of a building in downtown Portland. I was standing at a rail when I took this, looking across the shaft to where the old elevator door used to be, and into stores on the other side. Honest, it has nothing to do with the Grateful Dead throw rug hanging there! Dec. 15, 2004.

Photo of the Day: A water fountain outside the downtown mall in Victoria, BC that houses the Bay Company. March 24, 2005. (As with any photo on this blog, you can click on it to see it normal size.)

Photo of the Day: Mushrooms grow out of a decaying log at Smelt Bay, Cortes Island, BC; March 26, 2005.

Photo of the Day: I am always reminded of the Wizard of Oz when I see the playhouse and accompanying trees each year. Don't let those trees fool you. The one on the right will reach right out and grab you without warning. April 4, 2005.