Trump wants Gulf countries on the hook for Strait of Hormuz ‘protection’

Nice strait you have there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.

Hummingbird visiting in my back yard today.

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“Grass Seeds”

close-up of wild grass seed heads

“Nobody Home”

empty snail shell on a bed of moss

“The Long Train”

time exposure of tanker cars at a railroad crossing

Another piece of my childhood vanishes. At least I can still make my own split pea soup, which I first ate there many decades ago.

California roadside icon Pea Soup Andersen’s, closed for years, to be demolished

I just barely managed to get a picture of this gray fox before he scooted into the woods. Glad I had a longer lens mounted already!

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“Today we saw Elk”

There’s an official elk-viewing station on Hwy 38. Today for the first time the elk were out when we went by. Alas, I didn’t have my long telephoto lens along, but this medium shot is cool enough to post.

herd of elk relaxing in the tall grass

“The Blob”

Not sure whether this downtown Eugene structure is meant to be street art or play structure.