We’ve always had hummingbirds coming around our house because we try to keep feeders available to them year round. This year, however, there seems to be a greater number of the little guys hitting our feeders and the flowers in the yard. Our hot poker plant did exceptionally well this year and therefore has attracted…
October 4, 2016 I got a new camera a couple weeks ago, but I seem to be having a hard time getting out to give it a workout. So yesterday I made the drive to Tacoma to Point Defiance Park to explore the gardens there. They have a duck pond, a dahlia garden, a rose…
On July 1, I took a drive up to Mt St Helens, Johnston Ridge to photograph wildflowers. I found the easiest place to go for flowers was Loowit Point which is just before you get to the Johnston Ridge visitor center. From there I then hiked 3/4 mile up to the Johnston Ridge Observatory. It’s…
April 30 and May 1, 2016 We’ve spent time in the past photographing the waterfalls of the Columbia Gorge, but this trip we spent more time on the Washington side of the Gorge with the intent of photographing the wildflowers at both Dalles Mountain and Rowena Crest. In the past, the end of April was…
April 14, 2015 This past weekend Dale and I did a little exploring in the Columbia Hills Natural Area Preserve just off Hwy 14 on the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge. We drove up Dalles Mt. Road looking for wildflowers and were not disappointed. The weather was a mixed bag of sunshine and rain…
This year I had the opportunity to visit two tulip farms. One in Oregon – the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn, Or, and the Roosengaard Tulip Farm in Mt. Vernon, Wa. Both had excellent displays. The flowers seemed to be out about 2 weeks earlier than usual due to our very mild winter/spring and…
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