Driving around a few mornings ago, I encountered this oak tree with the leaves backlit by the sun. We don’t get big fall color display here in the Pacific Northwest. Our territory is dominated by evergreens, so we don’t have big clusters of deciduous trees. (Notice all the green foliage in the background here.) Instead, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Trees’
Cedar Rose
Driving in my neighborhood the other day, I spotted this beautiful pink rose peeking through the branches of a western red cedar. I love the color combination … I might let it set the tone for my Christmas decor this year. I put this artwork up on my print site and a miniature version on [...]
Mood Indigo
Autumn’s here, and the Oregon mornings are foggy again. I think I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Douglas-firs and fog seem to be made for each other. I adapted this artwork from a photo I took along the Willamette River near my home. Enjoy! xox PS As always, prints are available on my [...]
Autumn Maple Leaves
I’m jumping the gun a bit with this photo of maple leaves in autumn. Maybe I’m starting to long for cooler, crisper days. Are you? Enjoy! xox PS Prints are available at my print site.
Into the Woods
One of my favorite places in my small town is a wilderness park–I take lots of photos there. It’s full of trees, as you can see, and a delightful variety of wildflowers. The trees make it peaceful and cool, even on the hottest days. You can get a feel for what Oregon was like before [...]
Trees in the Mist
Here’s another shot from my trip through the Rockies a few days ago. This was taken somewhere in Western Montana about five minutes after the photo of the Empire Builder. I have no idea what kind of trees these are, other than conifers. If anyone can recognize them by shape alone, I’d love to know. [...]
Empire Builder in the Rockies
It was spring when we left Portland, Oregon, on Amtrak’s Empire Builder. But when we awoke the next morning, the light outside the window was completely white. We were high in the Rockies in western Montana, everything was still snow covered and the sky was completely overcast. More snow was falling. It felt a bit [...]
Cherry Tree Lane
This little farm is just a couple of miles from my house. (How lucky am I?) A grassy lane lined with ornamental cherry trees leads from the road into the farm. They even arranged for it to curve gently to the right, bless their hearts. Were they thinking how photogenic it would look? It’s gorgeous [...]
Blue Houseboat
I’ll let you in on a secret longing: I’ve always wanted to live on a houseboat. There’s something intensely romantic about them in my imagination. Not romantic in the “boy-girl, flowers and candy and kisses” way, but in the “exotic places that I’ll probably never see” way. Like Kathmandu. Romantic in the sense that they’re [...]
The Zebras Finally Learn to Hide from the Lions
Here’s another image in my series of fantasy trees. This time, the trees have taken on some zebra prints. This one didn’t reduce to 600 x 400 very well. Click through to the larger version on Imagekind to see it a bit better.
