2018 in retrospect, Part I

by | 24 Dec 2018 | Musing, Roads Taken

Each year I put together a dozen or so photos that describe the year past. This year I have an extra year’s worth of photos from Svalbard so I am presenting them in two parts. I hope you enjoy them.

Part I

The year stateside.

Oregon, flowers, wildflower
Arrowleaf balsamroot
Oregon, Rattlesnake Canyon, Owyhee, eastern Oregon, Oregon desert trail, ONDA
Rattlesnake Canyon
Owyhee, storm,Oregon, Rattlesnake Canyon, Owyhee, eastern Oregon, Oregon desert trail, ONDA
Owyhee storm
Painted Hills, Owyhee, storm,Oregon, Rattlesnake Canyon, Owyhee, eastern Oregon, Oregon desert trail, ONDA, central Oregon, paleontology
Painted Hills
Painted Hills, Owyhee, storm,Oregon, Rattlesnake Canyon, Owyhee, eastern Oregon, Oregon desert trail, ONDA, central Oregon, paleontology
Painted Hills 2
Painted Hills, Owyhee, storm,Oregon, Rattlesnake Canyon, Owyhee, eastern Oregon, Oregon desert trail, ONDA, central Oregon, paleontology, bobcat
Bob
Painted Hills, Owyhee, storm,Oregon, Rattlesnake Canyon, Owyhee, eastern Oregon, Oregon desert trail, ONDA, central Oregon, paleontology
Cat
Painted Hills, Owyhee, storm,Oregon, Rattlesnake Canyon, Owyhee, eastern Oregon, Oregon desert trail, ONDA, central Oregon, paleontology, Crater Lake
Crater Lake and Wizard Island
Crater Lake and Wizard Island, Ashland, smoke, smoke season, sunset
Smoke Sunset

The new color of fall in the West

by | 18 Oct 2017 | Musing

fire

Fire-killed standing forest on the flanks of Mt. Adams, Washington.

Another record year of heat. Another record year of wildfire.

The new colors of fall in the West: black, silver, and white.

Reds, yellows, and oranges are now the province of summer – in the form of fire.

The Road not Taken Enough