“Just Hanging Out”

some sort of aphid on a plant stalk

“Captured Fog”

Rainy foggy weather isn’t always nice to hike in, but it does make for some lovely photos.

queen anne's lace flower head sprinkled with tiny water drops

Today’s hike

Hiking through the clouds always seems to call for monochrome photos.

#dailyphoto #oregon #fog

“Liftoff!”

jay taking off from a fence

TIL: The Washington Monument ran out of money and stopped construction in 1854. Here’s a picture from 1862, when the Army had requisitioned the site to build a slaughterhouse and graze cattle.

Perhaps if centrist Democrats hadn’t been such ineffective dolts for the past decade fewer people would be interested in voting for the socialists. Though I’m pretty sure at this point the left wing isn’t the socialists, it’s the folks who would prefer to bring back the guillotine.

These days, when some industry group buys advertising time to tell me how good they are for the country, I just automatically assume they are a bunch of scumbags externalizing costs on people and the planet while raking in cash for themselves. I’m generally correct.

“Crystal Balls”

I keep hearing that photos should tell a story. With much of my work, the story is “This is pretty. I like it.”

water drops on barberry leaves