I never seem to get tired of taking pictures of the moon. Perhaps there's a bit of werewolf in my distant ancestry. #dailyphoto #moon #astrophotography
I never seem to get tired of taking pictures of the moon. Perhaps there's a bit of werewolf in my distant ancestry.
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“Spiky”
“Coffee Time”
More of Eugene’s parking meter art.
Sometimes it still amazes me that I live somewhere that Douglas Fir trees sprout in my front yard.
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“Drains to Stream”
Another of our fine urban fish.
“Happy Valentine’s Day”
I really have no idea what these critters are supposed to be, but they’re part of the seasonal display at my wife’s boutique.
“Graffiti Memories”
When you don’t buy enough purple paint to allow for future touch-ups.
“Skyline”
“The White Tree”
Spent some time walking around today with a new-to-me lens (used Olympus 14-150mm 1:4-5.6 II ED). This tree in an alley was one of the things that caught my eye.
It's pretty clear why some people refer to squirrels as "tree rats." #dailyphoto #oregon
It's pretty clear why some people refer to squirrels as "tree rats."
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‘The Fog Retreats"
As the moon sets and the sun rises. View from Swing Hill yesterday morning.
Sometimes a drop of melting ice contains the whole world.
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“Sea Serpent”
If you can't afford to fix a broken bridge, then nailing on some cleats is the next best thing. Shot near the downstream end of the Fall Creek National Recreation Trail. #dailyphoto #oregon
If you can't afford to fix a broken bridge, then nailing on some cleats is the next best thing. Shot near the downstream end of the Fall Creek National Recreation Trail.
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“Rainy Rhodies”
“Drizzle”
I had a GoPro along on the trail yesterday, and it accidentally caught this shot when I took off my pack to dig out a rain jacket.
Breakwater for an old boat ramp (I think) at Dexter State Park.
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This morning’s letter to my Congressional representatives:
Dear Sen. Merkley, Sen. Wyden, Rep. Hoyle,
I write to you from Eugene, which President Trump has just made clear (in a lie-filled “Truth” Social post) is in his sights as another target for unhinged Federal law-enforcement attacks and repression. I implore you to:
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Vote against ANY funding for DHS that includes any further money for ICE without serious, substantial reforms, starting with (but not limited to!) those outlined by Senator Schumer. I am fully aware that voting against the short-term CR holds the possibility of collateral damage to other services such as TSA. When balanced against the well-documented, continuing, atrocious behavior of ICE (including the blatant murder of US citizens) this is, I feel, an acceptable risk.
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Work to claw back the $75 billion ICE slush fund that was included in the OBBBA last year. This is money that should never have been appropriated, and it is continuing to pay for a burgeoning, unaccountable Gestapo in the US even as I write.
I know that the Democrats are currently in a position of relative impotence in the Congress, but as an Oregonian and Eugenian, I expect you to not become complicit in the ongoing brutality. When the Democrats regain power this fall, I will look to you to lead the quick and decisive reversal of funding for this out-of-control agency.
“Resurrected Tree”
A bowl of beach agates
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