September 2022

From down by Jim's pond

Added a bit of texture to get rid of background distractions

I enjoy shooting the full moon rising. We had a week of a lot of smoke from the fires East of us which made for more color in the moon

The morning after the moon rising shot

I just thought it was pretty

We went to a fabulous tide pool adventure led by the McKenzie River Trust. We learned how a starfish eats a mussel. First it squeezes it open, then inserts its stomach into the shell where digestive chemicals break down the mussel, and then withdraws the stomach back into its body

We went to a fabulous tide pool adventure led by the McKenzie River Trust. Apparently starfish can re grow their legs

We went to a fabulous tide pool adventure led by the McKenzie River Trust. Bede has told us that they've been studying the adherence of starfish to learn better ways of sealing up surgical wounds

We went to a fabulous tide pool adventure led by the McKenzie River Trust. There has been a huge kill off of starfish over the past maybe 5 years d/t wasting disease as seen here. Thankfully the starfish are coming back healthy

Seen on an early morning hike at Washburne Beach

I am so distressed by what has been happening in Ukraine that I've spent some nights awake. During one of them, I created this in my mind combining fallen soldiers with shots of PNW "Stonehenge". Our "Stonehenge" was designed by a Quaker who was dismayed seeing the ravages of WW 1 and decided to create a memorial

This lichen on the rocks at Bob Creek Beach reminded me of some of Georgia O'Keefe's flowers

Near Jim's pnd

All the rufous have left but we have three Annas still here. I'm hoping they will overwinter with us

In our yard

Washburne Beach

From our tide pool expedition at Bob Creek Wayside

Sometimes cloud patterns stop me in my tracks

In Jim's flower garden

They sure are hard to photograph

Siltcoos Outlet is finally open to photograph after being closed off for Snowy Plover nesting since April

Some dandelion macro

Driving up to the trailhead

We were driving out the driveway for an early morning hike and saw the fog covering the lower areas as the sun colored the sky

Looking South from Sea Lion Caves

Caught my eye on the trail

It was about 8" across!

Nice to have the marine layer lift for a few sunsets

Nice to have the marine layer lift for a few sunsets

Just playing

Walking up our driveway for Pearl's evening walk

On the horse trails

Siltcoos trail

My favorite rose had 8 blooms at once!

Finally the Milky Way is visible while I am still awake

Finally the Milky Way is visible while I am still awake

Bob Creek Wayside low tide

We only had about 10 peaches this year because of too much rain during the Spring but we sure enjoyed the ones we had

Washburne Beach on an overcast morning

Eerie but pretty

from Jim's flower garden