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The Oregon adventure continues… part1… Mount Hood…

We rented a small place on a little river, just a short drive from Mount Hood. Here is a view of the mountain from a lake we explored. Gratuitous zoom lens! There, that one has my daughter’ boyfriend fishing. You’re … Continue reading

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Nature is seldom symmetrical… (or); more fun with mirror-images… part 2…

I am just saying that nature does not deal with symmetry all that often. Obviously, a symmetrical mountain would be ridiculous. A symmetrical river just isn’t going to happen. And it doesn’t matter in which direction you try to add … Continue reading

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Of love, snow and flowers… part 7… special ‘just my awesome daughter, Mollie’ edition… now, with none of those annoying words typed between the photos!!!

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Random photos of me in random locations interacting randomly with random objects…

Yes, these are just more of the photos that my daughter and I took on our recent overnight outing to see flowers and snow. In fairness to me, most of these are not selfies. Mollie took them… In fairness to … Continue reading

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Stick together… part 52… mountains… part 2…

I love that a simple mirror image effect can make things look like works of art. Not that a mountain isn’t already a work of art. It just changes the way you look at things. Figuring out where to place … Continue reading

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Stick together… part 51… mountains… part 1…

A mirror image effect on Half Dome in Yosemite, California. So… uh… I guess that would be called Full Dome??? Now, if I move the split-line for the mirror effect over just a little, you get something completely different. But … Continue reading

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Desert vistas… the final chapter… with a free game of ‘spot the dinosaur’ thrown in!

Nearing the final leg of my journey back from Arizona, descending from the mountain pass and getting ready to turn left… South… so as to end up in San Diego and not… perish the thought… in Los Angeles… I took … Continue reading

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Desert vistas… part 7… (or): Mountains, clouds, snow and palm trees…

You gotta love California, where you can gaze past palm trees and see snow-topped mountains. I am nearing the end of my posts of photos I took on my recent drive back to San Diego from Arizona. We saw a … Continue reading

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Desert vistas… part 6… (or): Tanks for the memories…

Okay, back the the story of my recent drive from Arizona to San Diego. We left off with me almost running out of gas at the California/Arizona border. I found a gas station with 12 miles of fuel left in … Continue reading

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Desert vistas… part 4… and some stuff about my new job…

While we look at some more of the photos I took on my way back to San Diego from Arizona, let me tell you about that new job thing. As a security officer, i can’t go into too many details, … Continue reading

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