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Web (and WordPress) developer, graphic designer, singer, cook, photographer. Formerly: B&B owner, research scientist, teacher. Interested in everything....
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Things are starting to bloom in the Portland area: plums and tulips.... #flowers #tulips #plum
Plum blossom Interior of yellow tulip Rows of brightly-colored tulips Big orange tulips
March 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
My local Great Blue Heron even visited my back yard several times.... Quite a bird.
#heron
Great Blue Heron perches overlooking a lake. Great Blue Heron perched in a tree. Great Blue Heron has just caught his lunch.
February 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
More pretty pix from my archives....
Callanish Calla lilies in Mendocino Snowy woods Cathedral in England
January 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Starting out the year with some beauty....
January 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Happy New Year!

#NewYear
January 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
One of my favorite Christmas Eve pix ever, taken in Mendocino CA back when I owned a B&B.... #Mendocino #sunset
December 25, 2024 at 5:40 AM
We've now got 2 regulars coming by the feeder, so I snapped off a couple of shots today. I love the way the colored glass gives interesting hues to the already-gorgeous hummingbird!

#hummingbird #Oregon
Hummingbird on brightly-colored glass feeder. Hummingbird on brightly-colored glass feeder. Hummingbird on brightly-colored glass feeder.
December 16, 2024 at 12:22 AM
I spent the week on the Oregon coast, and the sunsets were gorgeous!
#Oregon #sunset
Sunset at Beverly Beach on the Oregon Coast. Sunset at Beverly Beach on the Oregon Coast. Not-quite sunset at Newport, OR. Yaquina Head Lighthouse at sunset, as seen from Beverly Beach.
December 13, 2024 at 8:09 AM
We now have a smoke tree, which I'd never seen before. In summer, it is covered with 6-inch pink balls that later dry out like tumbleweeds and blow around the neighborhood. Turns out the fall colors are lovely, too! #Fall #Flowers
Smoke tree in summer. Fall color on smoke tree. Fall color on smoke tree.
December 1, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Evidently, all airplanes flying in and out of Portland are required to fly by Mt Hood.... You can see the Columbia River off in the distance in the first image.
Aerial view of Mt Hood, with the Columbia River in the distance. Aerial view of Mt Hood.
November 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Yeah, this whole atmospheric river / bomb cyclone thing makes me see water everywhere! My backyard is so soggy I have waterfalls! Oh, wait, these are in the Columbia Gorge.
Columbia Gorge waterfall Columbia Gorge waterfall Columbia Gorge waterfall Columbia Gorge waterfall
November 21, 2024 at 9:29 PM
In celebration of Fall and my first Blue Sky post, here are some favorite fall pix of mine.... i lost the Twitter habit as it deteriorated, but hoping to get it back here....
My mother's pond in Texas in the Fall. Fall grapes at Goldeneye Winery in Mendocino County. Fall at Goldeneye Winery in Mendocino County. A favorite cow in western Massachusetts.
November 15, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Latest #Portland snow was pretty, and it melted quickly -- unlikely to kill the buds. Perfect! #pdx
November 17, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Architectural details and other interesting things seen while walking around downtown #Portland, an eminently walkable city. #PDX #Oregon
November 17, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Fun from the Rose City Classic Dog Show in #Portland. Seeing is overrated! And don't mess up your hair, whatever you do! #PDX
November 17, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Pleased to report that my #SETI team has reached 5 million computation points! We are Team AstroScum (747680): Overall rank is 8924 out of 118,442, with only 3 members. Join us to help find them first! #BOINC
November 17, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers, by Light Opera of Portland, runs tonight thru Oct 1: #music #pdx
November 17, 2024 at 12:03 AM
My plum tree became an array of pinhole cameras during the eclipse! #eclipse #BestViewWasDown #PDX
November 17, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Visited Portland’s International Rose Test Garden, and here’s my photo essay: 10,200 roses on 5 acres! #PDX #roses
November 17, 2024 at 12:02 AM
New findings show Avebury (my favorite!) much older than Stonehenge: Avebury is amazing and very accessible! #stones
November 17, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Even before moving to #PDX City of Roses, I've always felt roses were the perfect harbinger of summer! #roses
November 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Day trip from #PDX to Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, and here's what I saw: SR-71, rockets, Spruce Goose!
November 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM
My #SETI team just passed 4 million credits! Join team 747680 and help us find them before they find us! #BOINC
November 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Great profile of #SETI effort: More CPUs needed: my little team #747680 is at 93rd percentile -- help us do more! 👽
November 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM
If you're visiting Mendocino Coast, you need my guidebook Mendocino Outdoors: iTunes Kindle
November 16, 2024 at 11:59 PM