Archive for the ‘Flowers, Plants, etc.’ Category
Saturday, November 24th, 2007
This is one of my favorite flora photos from 2007. It's simple, but the colors are intriguing to me. I took the photo in Dundee, Oregon around July 27th. Click on the image for a 1680x1050 version, good for desktop use. Canon Rebel XTi, 100mm, 1/200 ...
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Codi and I went to the lavender fields today with the GvL family. We picked an entire basket full of various types of fresh lavender, dodging hundreds of bees who were equally interested in the flowers. We'll dry the lavender and hang it around the house.
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Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Codi and I went to the Portland Rose Gardens to take some pictures. It's one of our favorite spots for photos, so we look forward to it all winter and spring. Of course, when we got there, I snapped my first shot and realized I'd left my memory ...
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Codi and I took a quick break from a nigh impossible work schedule to take some photos. Here's a neat one I got with a Canon 100mm macro lens. (It's a tulip, in case you didn't recognize it.)
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Friday, March 30th, 2007
I've been working my butt off so much recently that I very well may have to write today's post while standing. I've been working seven days a week, from early morning to late night, sometimes straight through till the next morning. After another long stint in front of the ...
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Codi and I were on our way home from Starbucks yesterday and we snapped a few pictures of the cherry blossoms that are bursting to life all over Lake Oswego. The colors were pretty amazing - bright vibrant pinks, greens and the bluest blue sky ever.
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
Temperatures dropped and winds picked up, causing this huge oak tree to snap in half before dawn. One of the most interesting after-effects was the raw honey dripping from many pieces of wood. It turns out that the tree was filled with bees and very large honey combs.
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
Here are a few more photos taken recently.Corn fields stretch for miles in North Dakota...Even mobile home signs get hit by hurricanes and tornadoes!A volcanic bubble made this butte.This is St. Helens at sunrise.Sun beams shining down through rain clouds...
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Sunday, August 28th, 2005
Codi and I went to the Portland Rose Gardens again yesterday. It was gorgeous there! The roses were huge and some of the bushes were over 7 feet tall!Some of the roses are single-colored, but this one was very vibrant with colors.Inside a rose...Of course, there were lots of ...
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
Codi's been planting flowers and herbs on our balcony. The flowers are looking bright and cheery!
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