“Parking Lot in the Sky”

“Trapped!”

There was a brief rain shower. Now this bee is waiting to dry off so it will be light enough to fly again.

bee on a flower with water droplets on its wing tips

Today's tiniest bee. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #insectphotography #flowerphotography

The only word for this is “disgusting,”

(source: NYT)

chart of Wealth of the top 0.0001% as a share of global G.D.P.

“Brainz!”

Actually a false morel mushroom​

“Shooting Stars”

One of our prettiest wildflowers, in this case with a dusting of early morning snow near Waldo Lake.

small purplish flowers

“Bleak”

Yesterday I hiked much of the old Black Creek trail through the 2022 Cedar Creek fire scar. This is one of the worst spots: high-intensity burn killed all the trees and went clear down to the mineral soil. Bear grass and moss are starting to recolonize. In another couple of years all those trees will come down and the old trailbed will be invisible.

burned trees and a sandy trailbed

The upper 3 cascades of Lillian Falls. This was a tough one to get to: the closest open trailhead is about 7 miles off, and half of that is on trail the burned and hasn't been maintained in years. Still worth it. #dailyphoto #oregon #waterfall

The upper 3 cascades of Lillian Falls. This was a tough one to get to: the closest open trailhead is about 7 miles off, and half of that is on trail the burned and hasn't been maintained in years. Still worth it.

#dailyphoto #oregon #waterfall

“Let There Be Sky”

In Oregon weather reports, we call this a “sun break.”

a bit of blue sky peeking through dark clouds