Codi and I recently visited the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in SE Portland. It’s 9 acres of rhododendrons and other flowers, but the most obvious attraction is the small lake and the hundreds of ducks and geese.

Betwen the two of us, we took about 300 photos. Here are a few samples – flowers to come soon.

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I wanted to test uploading video clips to the website, so I thought I’d start with a slideshow. It’s a quick run-through of about 1/3 of the polar bear photos I took this last weekend. The images will probably go by pretty quickly like a flip-book. Enjoy.

(Now that I’ve seen the video clip, I think the 1 second transition is a little sloppy, but hey – it’s just a test.)

Codi and I took a break Sunday morning and went to the Oregon Zoo. We like going there because we’re 99% guaranteed some good photos. Here are a few that I took. Codi will have some good pics to share soon.

Cougars asleep in their den. How frikin cute is that?!

This polar bear went swimming under water to find some fish pieces.

The polar bears had a wee little argument over who would get to chew on the fish-filled ice blocks. The big guy in the water won – several times.

Awesome bald eagle!

Here’s a funny video clip captured at the Oregon Zoo. Enjoy the goofy behavior. =)

I’ve been doing a massive reorganization of my photos and videos recently. I found a funny clip taken at the Oregon Zoo and thought it was worth sharing again.

Codi and I went to the Oregon Zoo this morning, but it was such a quick visit that we hardly got any photos. We had lots of fun, but it’s a different experience when you bring two kids! Ha ha! =)

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There was a bit of a storm heading in last night and Codi took this cool photo in black & white.