“Seep Monkeyflower”

a bright yellow flower

“Rainy Day Flower”

A Baby Blue Eyes bud faces towards the invisible sun.

half-open flower bud

“Chocolate”

The Chocolate Lily is one of the oddest-looking spring flowers around here.

close-up of a green and brown flower

“Layers of Rock”

Spencer Butte in the background

“The World Outside”

Spent a chunk of a cloudy day shooting in black and white. Some of it turned out OK.

Foliage seen through a dirty window

Sometimes you just need a buddy to lean on.

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“Toes”

Rough-skinned newt imitating a prehistoric monster.

close-up shot of newt toes

“Water Spheres”

Rainy days always make for nice botanical pictures

leaves and flowers with water droplets

This rough-skinned newt was just hanging out on the Wild Iris Ridge trail this morning.

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So we’re going to fix the Iranians blocking the Straight of Hormuz by…blockading the Straight of Hormuz.

This isn’t four-dimensional chess. It’s one-dimensional pattycake.