The state of Oregon is known in the US as a VERY rainy place. However, most of the rain falls along the Oregon coast and in the Willamette Valley. It's in this valley where the state's population centers are, so most visitors see only that part of the state. The majority of the state's land is actually east of the Cascade Mountains range and is high desert. As you can see from this photo, the mountains keep most of the low, wet clouds off the desert. You can sse this effecgt better by clicking on the photo to see the fullsized version. By the way, the mountain on the right is the same one that's in the Oct. 27, 2006 photo in the archives. Nov. 15, 2006. Jefferson County, OR, south of Madras.

The other house across the street. Nov. 27, 2006. Madras, OR

The house across the street. Taken last night, Nov. 27,2006. Madras, OR.

I was talking a walk in the forest and found this moss growing up the side of a tree. I'd never seen any moss like it before. It looks like something Dr. Suess would create, doesn't it? Click on the photo to see more detail. Cortes Island, BC, April, 2006.

Mount Theilsen, in south central Oregon just a few miles from Crater Lake. October, 2006.

Dusk is a really good time to get nighttime shots. There's still enough light out to assist the camera and the lights of most places have come on to give the nighttime look. This shot was taken outside of a motel lobby in Ashland, OR. October, 2006.

This seems pretty typical late 19th Century Americana. Jacksonville, OR, Octgober, 2006.

Another of those that looks better if you click on it to see the full sized version. Taken at the Japanese Gardent in Portland, OR, and then I softened it to give it more of a watercolor look. February, 2006.

Thiss is an interesting piece of work. It's a bench located on Division Street in Portland, Oregon. It's made of out straw and then covered over with a mud-like substance. It's been painted and it a nice bench to just sit on. If you noitice, the arm on the right is higher than the arm on the left, making suitable to use as a pillow for laying on (if you like rocks for a pillow, of course). July 2006.

Dusk in Sedona, Arizona. Sept. 2005.

This lawn chair needs only the butt of someone who wants to sit, listen to the waves lap against the shore and hear the cawing of the eagles. Cortes Island, BC, April, 2006.

This is another one of those photos you need to click on to see the full sized version to get the best view. I took the photo and then manipulated it with Core Fun House to get the watercolor look. Ashland, OR. October, 2006.

An ineresting stoop down an alley in Eugene, OR. October, 2006

Jacksonville, Oregon, is an interesting town. In many ways being in Jacksonville is like stepping back to the 1890s. The entire town has been designated a National Historic District. This house is interesting in that it was ordered out of a catalogue in the 1800s, shipped from the East Coast of the US to the West Coast and assembled here in the Jacksonville. You can click on the photo to get a better view. October, 2006.

Not every photo turns out the way one wants it to. I was attempting to get a good shot of the symmetry of this irrigation line standing in a grass seed field, with the circles and water line fading off into the distance. I failed miserably. Madras, OR, October, 2006.

Mt. Shasta in a sideview mirror. Sometimes we forget mountains can have two peaks. Shasta's second cone is visible here. Northern California; October, 2006.

The late afternoon sun casts a glow across a small creek in downtown Ashland, OR. October, 2006.

Autumn's paintbrush is evident in this capture in a park just off the theater housing the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Ashland, OR. October, 2006.

Fall's fashion. I think those are Quaking Aspens, but not sure. Black Butte Ranch, Oregon, October, 2006.