The Follies

Smugglers' Cove

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Hug Point

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Suns Rays

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Multnomah Spray

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Waukeena Falls

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New Growth

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Shepard's Dell Falls

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A Cold Spray

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Latourelle Falls

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Early Summer in the Gorge

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Morning Mist

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An orange rose

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An evening reading

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As any of you who actually look at this blog will note, this is not a shot of the nature variety. My friend Kat Richardson was in Portland signing her newest book, Vanished. We ran out to Powell's and had a great time listening to Kat read a bit, then answer some questions.
The books are the Greywalker Series. Go grab them!

Almost opened

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Blushing

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Macro Setting

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The International Rose Test Garden

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We finally got up to the Rose Garden while the roses are out.

The Oregon State Capital Building

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Cape Falcon

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baby crab.. the shell on the body was about the size of a nickel. I wasn't about to put one in there for scale, he still has claws

Cape Falcon

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starfish in another tide pool

Cape Falcon

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A tidal pool

Manzenita overlook

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Hug Point

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Hug Point
Originally uploaded by kaliedra

Hug Point

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Timberline Lodge

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Mt Hood from Mount Hood Meadows

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Mt Hood from Larch Mountain

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Ecola wind and wave

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The dead tree has fallen

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Incoming Tide

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Mist and sunlight at Ecola

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The new wheels

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The lease on the Liberty ended, and Chrysler sent me all sorts of nice incentives to pick up another Jeep. I hate the new Liberty, so I thought I would check out the Compass. It didn't do much for me, and Kimberly pointed this Patriot out. We took a look, and it was the last 2008 on the lot. All the toys + MAJOR discounts = the new Flinxmobile.

Mt St Helens from the Viewpoint on 26

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Winter's Nap

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The kids in their favorite position. Napping..well, except for Maggie.

The Gorge

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It has been a while. My camera died the day this was taken, and I haven't had many picture opportunities recently. We just read the Twilight books, and went to see the film this past weekend. I seem to recall a similar shot in the film, and thought I would share this one.

USS Blueback

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Fog on Mt. Calvary

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Willamette Falls

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Early morning mist

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Columbia River Paddlewheel Steamer

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Out of the Wind Pool

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Beacon Rock State Park

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Rodney Falls near Stevenson, Washington

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Light on water

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Up close to Haystack Rock

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Ecola State Park in February

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Not just people

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Visit the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center

Cape Disappointment Lighthouse

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Battery Harvey Allen

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At Cape Disappointment

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The Pacific Ocean

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Ocean spray at Cape Disappointment

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From the base of North Head

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North Head Lighthouse

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The courtyard

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Back to Fort Clatsop

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After being destroyed by fire in 2005, the Fort has been rebuilt. It was re-dedicated in September of 2006.

Nearly covered

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Saturn, Regulus, and the Lunar Eclipse

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Lunar Eclipse and Saturn

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The pups group shot.

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As you can see, the kids are all asleep together for the first time in almost two months. Indiana slipped a disc the weekend before Christmas, and the prognosis wasn't very good for him to walk again. He basically went "full down", which means total loss of the back legs around the first of the year. Two vets told us surgery was the only option, however, $5000 was a bit out of reach, and there are known cases of some recovery from crate rest and medication. Tuesday evening, February 5th, Kimberly and I were having baked chicken for dinner, and Indiana, ever the opportunist, sat at her feet as if to use his jedi pup powers to give hime some. Kimberly told him..."If you take a few steps and walk, you get a whole chicken breast. Apparantly, dogs DO understand English, since we went outside for potty, and......(insert music) Indiana took 4 solid steps, thus making Kimberly eat her words. As of this weekend, the boy is walking very well, and trying to make sure the girls know HE is in charge.

Early rose photo

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A skirt of clouds

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February Rose Garden

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Is it spring yet?

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This sucks

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I think that pretty much sums up Indy's thoughts on life at the moment.

Indy and Maggie

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Now, I know I said in the past 2 dogs were more than enough, but we found little Maggie and fell in love. Now this shot shows some bad news we found out Saturday night. Indy looks miserable because he is. Not due to Maggie, but due to a slipped disc in his back that fully presented. He was grumpy and acting like he had a sick tummy, so Kimberly gave him some pepto and we let him sleep. By the time we went out for last potty, he was whining and very upset about being touched behind his ribcage. We then ran to the EVC at 11:30 pm and the vet said...well as he is a Doxie, it is no surprise that he is prone to back issues. The following shot is his life for the next 2 to 4 weeks, provided he does nothing to further his injury. He doesn't really jump, and stairs were kept to a minimum, so the vet had told us the he could have simply stepped wrong and the broken part finally let go. Even though they will never read this I would like to thank the Tualatin Emergency Vet Clinic and Sorrento Animal hospital for their amazing help. Dr. McBane at Sorrento is a daddy to several doxies and knows them and how to look after these problems. Kimberly is a GODDESS with patience and strength I could only dream of having in her care for my son. Her current job allows for a great deal of freedom to come and go, so she is spending this week working from the apartment to look after the "broken bunch" Lizzie and her slightly mental behavior (although she sleeps in her cage next to indy to look after him), Maggie with her puppy brain that just doesn't understand much more than food, play, potty, sleep, and my baby boy who crys in pain for several minutes after potty because he has just used muscles that tweak his back and he has to adjust to get comfy.
Merry Christmas everyone. I do realise this has been a very long post, and I normally don't say much, and let my pictures speak for me, but I did need to explain where things are at this moment. My ex-wife Sue and her husband Paul and our friends Stan and Cris have been great help as well.

The surrounding area

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Contrast

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The new fallen snow and the grey ash and pyroclastic flows.

Maximum zoom

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Full zoom on the lava dome.

The Lava Dome

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I used the digital zoom and my new tripod here to grab several shots of the still steaming lava dome.

Winter begins

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From Johnston Ridge

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Mt Adams

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Getting closer

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Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor center

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From Silver Lake Vistor Center

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Another wonderful clear day arrived, so we headed out to Mt. St. Helens. The first visitor centor offered some nice views, and was one of the two left opened. Coldwater closed for good on the 7th of this month and Johnston Ridge (home of the usgs volcanocam) closed for the season on the 5th.

Finally!!!

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It was clear enough to see St. Helens (which we are heading to Friday) and Mt Rainier on her left shoulder.

Moon

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I was playing with the digital zoom on the camera, and grabbed this nifty shot of the moon.

Mt. Hood from Mt. Tabor

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Kimberly noted a park in Mt. Tabor and we shot over there from Washington Park. This park is a bit run-down, but still very nice, and offered this outstanding view of Hood.

Mt Adams

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We went to Hoyt Aboretum to check out Mt St. Helens, and saw Adams peeking out from behind some trees, and I needed to grab a shot, as I don't recall ever having posted one before.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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We had some turkey at about noon, then realised we had a lot of free time, and since just about everyone is in having their bird, we would take advantage of a very clear day.

Our View

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When we picked this place, we were told we had a GREAT view of Mt. Hood. Well......Not really, but we can see her from our balcony on a clear day now that the leaves are all gone from the trees. This was yesterday morning at about 7 am. Not to shabby.

November Morning

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Wedding Bliss

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Just a peek

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Laceleaf Maple

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Autumn Comes

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Spooky

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I love horror and scifi/fantasy stuff, so since it was VERY dark out behind Pittock Mansion, I fooled with the camera settings, and took this shot. This is SO needing a guy in a mask or a monster or something...maybe even a ghost in one of the upstairs windows....

Night at Pittock Mansion

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Rose Garden at night

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Evening falls

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Oh my

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Now, I know this isn't the greatest shot, but this is the digital zoom fully on on this camera.

A new blanket of snow

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Finally!

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We were very excited to saee that the sky was clear on this side of the Coast Range, and even more excited when Mt. Hood came into view on the way home. What will follow are several shots from Washington Park that I took so that my good friend Steve in Michigan can see " That big f****ng rock" I moved here for.

Cape Foulweather

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Agate Beach

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The light is still shining through the Fresnel Lens

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This is the view INTO the light itself. The glass you see is a Fresnel lens, which in this case is the one that was placed in this lighthouse on August 20, 1873.

Back to Yaquina Head

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It had been a long time, so I told Kimberly Friday that I thought she would like to see Newport, and Yaquina Head Lighthouse. We loaded up the pups, and drove out to see one of the best places to go in Oregon.

Friday morning

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