: “Preening” Duck cleaning up on a cloudy day
: I’m fairly sure that the actual lesson of the recent Anthropic brouhaha is that AI models cannot be …
: If you need some Sunday Presidential-adjacent entertainment, may I recommend this 30-minute trashing …
: “Transient Art” Ran across this while out hiking the other day
: Just playing around this morning: Olympus E-PM1, Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens, pre-dawn street lighting, SOOC JPG using the "grainy b&w" art look. #dailyphoto #eugeneoregon Just playing around this morning: Olympus E-PM1, Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens, pre-dawn street lighting, …
: Bread in the bread machine. Prunes newly stewed. More coffee beans ground. I guess I’m all set for …
: Eugene has a plethora of Little Free Libraries. This one caught my eye while I was out and about …
: If we’ve entered the bread and circuses era of the decline of the American empire, when the hell do …
: “Oregon VIsta” From Cougar Mountain looking across towards Diamond Peak (where I hope to stand later …
: “Eugene Victorian” The Shelton McMurphey Johnson House on a recent sunny day.
: Rose season is in full bloom around here, if you will pardon the expression. Caught these ones in …
: “In the Pink” Another one from the Owen Rose Garden
: So now we have the world’s first trillionaire. I can’t afford to fill my gas tank. People elsewhere …
: “Morning Reflections” Lowell covered bridge just before dawn.
: “Pollen Bonanza” A shot from the Owen Rose Garden, one of our local treasures.
: “Passing Train” Because trains are cool even if you only get a glimpse of them from way above and …
: Just a couple of crows sharing a snag while I was out hiking around Kitson Ridge today. #dailyphoto …
: This Swallowtail was showing off at the Owen Rose Garden today. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon …
: According to NYT: There was a good deal of confusion earlier when President Trump told reporters in …
: “Good Advice” Words of wisdom from one of Eugene’s graffiti artists.
: “Beetle and Friends” I thought I was just photographing a beetle with a water droplet. Then I got …
: “Trapped!” There was a brief rain shower. Now this bee is waiting to dry off so it will be light …
: Today's tiniest bee. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #insectphotography #flowerphotography Today's tiniest bee. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #insectphotography #flowerphotography
: The only word for this is “disgusting,” (source: NYT)
: “Shooting Stars” One of our prettiest wildflowers, in this case with a dusting of early morning snow …
: Nap time in the rain. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #birdphotography
: “Bleak” Yesterday I hiked much of the old Black Creek trail through the 2022 Cedar Creek fire scar. …
: 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 …
: “Let There Be Sky” In Oregon weather reports, we call this a “sun break.”
: I would call this a Hi Drant! #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: “Nebraska Gateway” That’s the name of this sculpture at one of Nebraska’s I-80 rest stops. Looks …
: “Crab Spider” Another tiny friend in the woods
: “I Spy a Tiny Fly” Hanging out on a western columbine flower
: This tiny spider did her best to hide while I was taking photos. #dailyphoto #oregon …
: This is where I started computer programming, 50 years ago. I’m amazed that I lasted in the industry …
: “The Open Road” Heading up OR 31 towards La Pine. Mount Bachelor and South Sister in the distance.
: “Beware!” I guess the path is safe because rattlesnakes can’t walk?
: “Rainy Morning” This little beetle got caught in the same rain shower that was wetting me down. …
: A green heron hanging out in Amazon Creek at the end of a sunny day. #dailyphoto #oregon …
: “Gelatinous Cubes” Detail from another Iowa rest stop.
: “Just Another Day on the Trail” Yep, it’s Eugene.
: The tiger lilies are in bloom along the Ridgeline Trail. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon …
: “Pizza Corgi” Seen on a local restaurant
: Just a bee in some lavender. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography …
: “Heavy Reading” Iowa went to some effort to make the rest stops along I-80 distinctive. This one …
: “Accidentally Abstract” Landscape shot through the windshield, but autofocus picked up on the …
: “Solitude” Cain Park in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
: “Breaking News” Spotted in a park in Cleveland Heights.
: “Concrete Work” You never know what you’ll find crossing the country. This bridge leads from an I-80 …
: “DO NOT CLIMB ON SCULPTURE” That may not be the name of the piece, but there was no other …
: Home again to find the fuchsias in bloom #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: “Somewhere in Utah” Given that I shot this one-handed through the passenger window while driving, …
: “Stealth Cowboy” I didn’t even notice the sleeves on this mural as I was driving through Burns, …
: “Morning Banquet” It’s possible that whoever threw out this seed intended it for the birds, but the …
: Back home after driving about 5000 miles in six days. Regular posting will resume tomorrow.
: Nevada sunrise #dailyphoto #nevada
: Heading west the scenery starts at the Wyoming border. #dailyphoto #wyoming
: This sculpture is called "Crossing the Plains". #dailyphoto This sculpture is called "Crossing the Plains". #dailyphoto
: Road trip continues with an apartment visit. #dailyphoto
: Road trip continues with random public art at an I-80 rest stop #dailyphoto #nebraska
: Road trip! #dailyphoto #utah
: “Honey Creek” This is about where I stopped trying to fight my way upstream to see the falls.
: Apparently this duck was waiting for his ride at the local grocery store #dailyphoto #oregon …
: 22 miles in the Three Sisters Wilderness today, close to half on unmaintained trails or no trail at …
: The parasitic Candystick, one of the odder plants we get in the woods around here. #dailyphoto …
: The primary reason that I am becoming increasingly opposed to current AI efforts is that the entire …
: Firefox has added “shake to summarize [using AI] to its Android version. Fortunately, being Firefox, …
: Spirit Falls, Umpqua NF #dailyphoto #oregon #waterfallphotography
: “Found Art” Any walk around Eugene, I spot lots of art, ranging from official murals to someone …
: Who says garage doors need to be boring? #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: DNC report ‘does not meet my standards,’ chair Martin says You’re the freaking chair of the …
: Peony #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: Getting a lot of “You could save $X in a year by becoming a subscriber” emails this week for some …
: “How Many Cherry Pickers Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?”
: “Takeoff!” An oystercatcher off to, I guess, catch oysters. Or maybe just to escape the annoying …
: Jeff Bezos says Trump is ‘more mature, more disciplined’ in second term One more reason to not give …
: Current state of hellscape: hoping that the complete collapse of the unsustainable house of cards …
: Second best response to Google’s latest bucket of shit Best response: Get the hell off of Google.
: Depressing election results. Looks like I’m going to be “represented” on our County Commission by an …
: Osprey wants to sell me a $140 coffee brewing kit with carry case for my next camping trip. I think …
: I didn't get any really great pictures of this bald eagle at the beach this morning, but this is at least a good one. #dailyphoto #oregon #beach #birdphotography I didn't get any really great pictures of this bald eagle at the beach this morning, but this is at …
: Justice Department expands Trump settlement to cover his tax audits Breathtaking corruption …
: “Ookow” One of the funniest flower names. And just fun to say. Ookow. Ookow. Ookow.
: The Steller's Jay, one of the more ornery local birds. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #birdphotography The Steller's Jay, one of the more ornery local birds. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon …
: Justice Department announces a $1.7B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit …
: “Accidental Beauty” I didn’t mean to shoot a quarter-second exposure while I was adjusting the zoom, …
: It rained again overnight. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: “Lower Portland Creek Falls” Shooting in handheld high-res mode gave the falling water an …
: “Upper Portland Creek Falls” A nice little 15-foot drop viewed from a somewhat precarious perch.
: A common monkeyflower in today's rain next to FR 1835 near Elephant Rock. #dailyphoto #oregon #flowerphotography A common monkeyflower in today's rain next to FR 1835 near Elephant Rock. #dailyphoto #oregon …
: Just back from a 12-mile hike that included bushwhacking to two off-trail waterfalls. Now to warm …
: All our difficulty is because of a failure of love on our part. Julian of Norwich
: I have not taken enough photos of our dog. So here she is. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon …
: “Small Bug, Smaller Bug” For all I know there’s an even smaller bug that my camera didn’t pick up.
: John Fetterman needs to just STFU. Or, better, be replaced by an actual Democrat.
: “Morning Mari” Mariposa Lilies always make for interesting photos. I love the way this one was …
: Just a little beetle dumpster diving for pollen #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon …
: Dark mode is one of the (many) reasons that I’m glad to be out of the eternal whack-a-mole of web …
: This is insane: The Stratos artificial intelligence datacenter footprint will cover more than 40,000 …
: A rose in the rain #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: “Leap for the Donut” I have no idea what’s going on with this mural but I like it.
: 10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies Yep, the administration has …
: What I Just Heard About the Plot To Oust Trump Pure fantasy (shared by Robert Reich), but one can …
: Rusted but still a classic. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #carphotography
: Banks seek to offload risk to avoid ‘choking’ on data centre debt Groups including JPMorgan Chase, …
: NYT provided a handy list of CEOs going along with Trump to China: Tim Cook of Apple Larry Fink of …
: The elegance of ferns always fascinates me. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #fern
: “Nic is Watching You” Only in Eugene…
: “Bird on a Couple of Wires” I think this is a California Scrub Jay but around here most sources just …
: Finches on a fence #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #birdphotography
: Someone decided that the fire hydrant down the street needed some decoration. #dailyphoto #oregon …
: “Gold Hill View” Mt. Washington in the background, Quentin Knob in the midground.
: The worst thing about Fedex’s “track your delivery on a map” is watching your package circle all …
: “Rocky Trail” View on my way up Tidbits Mountain yesterday.
: A major loss for the DOGE nitwits. Better late than never, I guess.
: AI- and camera-equipped Airpods are apparently coming. And of course stupid face-mounted …
: Morning rose. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: Turkey Vulture overhead #dailyphoto #oregon #birdphotography
: Where I grew up, we called this a pillbug. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #insectphotography
: “Goslings!” Sometimes a few baby geese is all you need.
: “Almost” TIL: 1/400s shutter speed isn’t quite fast enough for a moving heron.
: Heron in the Willamette River near Skinner Butte. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon …
: “Sunbeam” It was perfect timing for this Calypso Orchid.
: Playing around with high-speed capture, dripping water, and ice today. OK as abstract, but really …
: “Armored” I think this is a Giant Woodland Ground Beetle.
: “Castle Rock” One of the destinations on yesterday’s hike
: Hiked 30 miles yesterday. Today is definitely a rest day.
: View from MacDuff Mountain on a lovely hiking day. #dailyphoto #oregon
: “Thimbleberry” An annoying trailside weed but the flowers are kinda pretty.
: We are hitting peak rhododendron season down here in the valley. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon …
: “Cascades Morning” The view from Rock Knob
: “Plant Fireworks” On a happier note, took my new (0-to-me) OM-1 II out for its first hike today, and …
: Livin’ on the Edge just showed up on my speakers. Seems all too appropriate.
: Fuck the Fifth Circuit. I guess after the Supreme Court gutted the VRA they had a “hold my beer” …
: This guy was hanging out about 100 yards from the Cascades Raptor Center. Possibly he had been …
: An ecosystem of tiny friends on a mushroom cap. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #slug #woodlice
: I think this little guy is a wasp of some sort. But even if I am wrong about that, he was still …
: Comey’s lawyers should just file the Urban Dictionary Page on 86 and then wait for the judge to stop …
: So, yeah. Here’s the illegal post, and the piece-of-crap indictment based on it. This is what …
: “Escaping the Crime Scene” Looks like these ants are responsible for attacking my allergies with …
: “Crystal Ball” I didn’t notice the tiny dewdrop when I took this picture, but I like the effect.
: If early news coverage is correct, the Justice Department believes that publicly posting “86 47” is …
: Just picked up an Olympus M.Zuiko 30mm macro lens. Now having fun figuring out how best to use it …
: “Sea Blush” Not 100% sure on that identification, we’re a long way from the sea.
: “By-the-wind Sailors” These critters wash up on the shore by the zillions every spring around here.
: “Poppy” I had a good morning photographing mostly flowers at the local natural area.
: Sometimes all you need is a dandelion, a flash, and the morning dew. #dailyphoto #oregon …
: The Pelicans were out at Bob Creek today. #dailyphoto #oregon #oregoncoast #birdphotography
: Beach trip today resulted in 509 photos to sort through. In my defense, the pelicans were out.
: “Not Suitable for Sandwiches” Pretty sure this is Orange Jelly fungus - it’s growing on a downed, …
: “Lower Portland Creek Falls”
: “Sun-kissed purple” I think this is Oregon Anemone. If I’m wrong, well, it’s still pretty.
: The azaleas are in bloom. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: Columnar basalt cliff next to FSR 1835 in the Willamette National Forest. #dailyphoto #oregon
: “Gridded” Playing around with the look on this one.
: “Lumpy” A false morel mushroom. Do not eat.
: Water drop at the tip of a Japanese Maple leaf #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: Calling a podcast episode an “encore” does not make it any less of a rerun.
: “Aerial Jellyfish” Or Western Meadowrue flowers, one or the other.
: “Umbrella” A fawn lily keeping its pollen dry.
: Just reminded by @mitch@hachyderm.io that I helped build a Heathkit microwave oven when I was young. …
: “Ziggurat” More wet weather plant photography
: The local trails often offer up damp flowers for photography purposes. Here, some Pacific Bleeding …
: Oh look, it’s TACO Tuesday again. President Trump announced he was indefinitely extending the …
: “Flowering Red Currant” Another of the relatively early bloomers in Oregon.
: Rainy morning #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: Just a tiny mushroom with some blue light. #dailyphoto #oregon #fungusphotography
: The Japanese Pieris are in bloom out front and the bees are loving it. #dailyphoto #oregon …
: “Signs” Apparently the intersection of the Serif and Sans Serif Trails.
: “Wake Up Call” Dark-eyed Junco making a ruckus on top of our house this morning near dawn.
: “Demon Duck” Actually a Cinnamon Teal, but oh those eyes!
: “California Tortoiseshell” Common around here but still pretty.
: “Safest Spot to Perch” Still working through photos from Finley NWR
: “Greater Yellowlegs” At least, I think that’s what this bird is. Happy to be corrected if I’m wrong. …
: “Takeoff” Song sparrow launching into flight. Shutter speed wasn’t quite fast enough, but I’m still …
: River Otter at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge #dailyphoto #oregon #otters
: “Lonely Bird” I got an embarrassing number of good photos while spending a day at the William L. …
: This is the Cheadle Barn at the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, which was a nice place …
: “Don’t forget, we’re having some fake inflation because of the fuel, the energy prices,” the …
: It was snowy and dramatic atop Spencer Butte this morning. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: A camas lily on a drizzly day. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: A C.S. Lewis quote that comes frequently to mind these days: The practical problem about charity (in …
: Stock market stupidity is out of control: Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot from …
: The audience is missing in this view from inside an old barn at Mt. Pisgah. #dailyphoto #oregon …
: “Quizzical” But then, does a slug have any other expression?
: “Baby Elephant” Or perhaps a young fern frond.
: “Rainy Day Flower” A Baby Blue Eyes bud faces towards the invisible sun.
: “Chocolate” The Chocolate Lily is one of the oddest-looking spring flowers around here.
: “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 …
: Sometimes you just need a buddy to lean on. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #fungiphoto
: “Toes” Rough-skinned newt imitating a prehistoric monster.
: “Water Spheres” Rainy days always make for nice botanical pictures
: This rough-skinned newt was just hanging out on the Wild Iris Ridge trail this morning. #dailyphoto …
: So we’re going to fix the Iranians blocking the Straight of Hormuz by…blockading the Straight of …
: Too good not to pass on: www.inprnt.com/gallery/p…
: “Trapped in Amber” It’s been a fair while since downtown Eugene had a facelift.
: “Captured Clouds” A view of Eugene’s tallest building.
: The Hotel stopped hosting guests in the early 1970s, but a whisper of history still remains. …
: Skipping every podcast that turns into an AI puff piece means I have much more time to listen to …
: Springtime for a Japanese Maple tree. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: As near as I can suss out, private credit + banks looks like this: Pete is a private credit guy. He …
: “Peaceful View” Near Swing Hill outside of Eugene.
: “Spike” Camas Lily getting ready to flower
: Just a bucolic scene viewed from Mount Pisgah. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #barn
: Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump Wow. I would think this was a late April …
: “Confusing Plural” Is this a pair of killdeer or a pair of killdeers?
: Japanese Rose #dailyphoto #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: “Poised to Explode” It’s probably too late to keep more dandelions out of this lawn.
: “Mighty Hunter” This heron was steadily plucking tiny fish out of the creek while I watched.
: Looks like it’s TACO time again. Better that than WW III.
: Why does someone in Eugene have a pink bison in their front yard? The world may never know. …
: I see Tucker Carlson is finally giving up on the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party. Too bad it …
: Boom!" This flowering cherry is, well, flowering.
: “Fierce Heron” This guy was just hanging out in Amazon Creek, a concrete-channeled waterway near …
: You'd never know it to look at this photo, but this was mere blocks from downtown today. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #birdphotography You'd never know it to look at this photo, but this was mere blocks from downtown today. …
: Abstract leaves with the Tokina 300mm. #dailyphoto
: I hope somebody takes the keys to the nuclear weapons away from granpa.
: “Hidden Fall” This one is too small to have a name, Oregon being the waterfall mecca that it is. …
: “Today’s View” From the top of Mount June at lunchtime. North Sister, Middle Sister, South Sister, …
: “Woods” A section of the mount June Trail today
: Close up of a Calypso Orchid. #dailyphoto #oregon #flowerphotography
: “Stop and Smell the Flowers”
: Just heard that the current NASA administrator is planning monthly lunar landings starting next …
: Not sure whether the tall iris are even going to bloom this year, but they still offer light and …
: “Shooting Star” Another of my favorite spring flowers.
: One improvement under Trump: it’s now much faster to put $20 worth of gas in my car than it was …
: “Longhorn” I can’t tell one longhorn beetle species from another, but this little guy was out …
: “Northern Flicker” A visitor to our back patio.
: Trump’s Forest Service Upheaval Sows Confusion and Concern With the Forest Service already unable to …
: “After the Rain” Leaves, how do they work?
: “Nestled” I’m not the only one who noticed the Camas Lilies blooming.
: Sometimes the simple subjects make the best photos.
: “Red Spring” The Japanese Maples are leafing out now.
: The Artemis program is a dead-end with too much pork in the architecture…and still, yesterday’s …
: “Infrastructure Contrast” Bikes vs. cars in Eugene.
: “Faux Tree” This bird was apparently not stressed by the high voltage all around it.
: “Rubbernecking” Just a bunch of cormorants hanging around the Willamette River.
: Usually the Steller's Jays don't sit still for long. This one was no exception, but I got lucky with the one shot I took. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #birdphotography Usually the Steller's Jays don't sit still for long. This one was no exception, but I got lucky …
: From NYT coverage of this morning’s DoD press conference: Hegseth responded to a question about …
: “Quack” One of Eugene’s six-foot ducks.
: “A Burst of Spring” One blossom on this rhododendron is days ahead of all the others.
: “Chopstick Holder” Spotted this little guy while wandering around my wife’s store.
: The bluebells are flowering now. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: “Alley” More Eugene street art.
: “Love Wins” A gray day, a sign that has been through a few storms…and still there’s hope.
: The paint job on this shared garage caught my eye when I was out walking around town today. …
: “Bursting Bonds” This tree was planted as a sapling during some reforestation effort, supported by a …
: Scotch Broom may be an aggressive invasive species, but it is also kinda pretty. #dailyphoto …
: From a visit to Stonefield Beach on the Oregon coast today. Pretty, but the wind was biting. …
: “Finding Solitude in the City”
: “Urban Fish” People will paint anything that stands still long enough in this town.
: I trust people are already considering what to rubber-stamp over Trump’s signature on the coming US …
: “Maple Rising” The Bigleaf Maples are in bloom too.
: Washington Post Editorial Board comes out against social media company responsibility Much as I have …
: Renewed my micro.blog subscription for another year. Top reasons (1) it just works (2) friendly …
: “Spring Sunshine” Rare enough around here but very nice when it happens.
: “Pollen Stripes” This is why it’s somewhat difficult to breathe around here at the moment.
: Wildflowers continue to show up early. Today I spotted a couple of tiny patches of Calypso Orchids. …
: “Gingko” Another sight from my walk around Eugene this morning.
: “Precocious” There was an early patch of Henderson’s Shooting Star out at Armitage Park this …
: Nest (osprey? heron?) atop a bridge across the McKenzie River. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: “Ambiguity” Logger’s girlfriend? Punk rocker with a chainsaw? Vietnam war vet? I’ll never know.
: “History in a Tree” I’m pretty sure this is a mileage marker from the long-gone way trail used to …
: Congrats to Emily Gregory, the DEMOCRAT who now represents Donald Trump in the Florida state …
: Fixing a headline: College Football Coach Proposes Slavery for College Athletes
: It was tough to capture the striking texture in the morning skies today, but I gave it a try. …
: I would suggest that the President read Matthew 25:36-40 except that I’m fairly sure that he cannot …
: “Hunter in the Trees” Did not get a lot of great shots on this trip, but here’s one from my night …
: Mushroom, moss, and ferns: Oregon trifecta. #dailyphoto #oregon #mushroomphotography
: Survived my one-night backpacking trip. Hiking was fine (38 miles), camping less so. I think I may …
: I believe these are pulmonaria flowers (which sounds so much nicer than lungwort!). Spotted in the …
: Petulant man-baby threatens to blow up power plants starting with the biggest one first. NYT pointed …
: “Summer Snowflakes” Lots of pretty flowers out at the Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden today, …
: Violet after the rain. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: Pack weight for an overnight is coming in at 33 pounds. That’s heavier than I’d like. Some of the …
: Best thing about getting flamed for no reason on Reddit: that’s one more account I can block, and …
: Grape hyacinth #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: There’s something utterly ironic about the Washington Post running a long article about the …
: The 49MB Web Page and ‘Your Frustration is the Product’ look at (and rant about) the dismal state of …
: I am nearly as likely to take a photo of some detail of industrial design of an electricity pylon …
: I hope I haven’t forgotten how to pack for an overnight trip to the woods.
: “Tentacles” I dunno what kind of plant this is, but it made for a fun closeup.
: “Not Concerning At All” There were a couple of turkey vultures circling high above the trail today.
: “Ah, Eugene” We do get some non-standard opinions around here.
: The fawn lilies are coming out at Mount Pisgah. Always one of the prettiest flowers of the year. …
: Just a sprig of ivy putting out some roots in a water planter. #dailyphoto
: Have now seen two rightwing Republican Congressmen explaining that sending the Marines into Kharg …
: One way or another, nature always wins. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: “Lurking” This might be a flower bud…or something out of H.R. Giger’s imagination. I’m not sure.
: “Redstem Filaree” At least I’m pretty sure that’s the correct identification. There was a small …
: Google says these are white Baby Blue Eyes. Pretty silly but OK. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon …
: “Lace” Last year’s fallen leaves.
: “Spring Tree” I can’t tell one leafless flowering tree from another, but it doesn’t matter because …
: This puffball has already puffed. #dailyphoto #oregon #mushroomphotography
: It takes some sort of talent to contradict yourself in the space of a single sentence, but somehow …
: More wildflowers are showing up every day. There are now a bunch of trilliums along the Ridgeline …
: Well, that sucks: Digg throws in the towel on its open beta. The internet is now populated, in …
: Desktop computer appears to have gone to electronics graveyard. Posting will be scant for a bit.
: Been listening to an Economist podcast about all the wonderful things good people are doing to make …
: I keep having urges to post commentary about the war criminals running the US government, but what …
: Trump: ‘When oil prices go up, we make a lot of money’ Who’s this “we”, rich man?
: Cameras all the way down. #dailyphoto
: “Pigs & Chickens” Wall of a local BBQ joint.
: “Highbrow” Or at least more thoughtful than the average run of portapotty graffiti.
: Hyacinths are in bloom here. Fleeting beauty. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #flowerphotography
: “A Mystery” Someone balanced a bunch of smooth pebbles on logs and stumps along the Ridgeline Trail. …
: Prediction: it will turn out that the US did indeed bomb a school in Iran, and this will be blamed …
: “Waiting for the Bus” More Eugene street art, this time at the bus stop down the street from me.
: Spotted today in the Eugene Masonic Cemetery. I don't know who Mr. Wilkowski was but I admire his pluck. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon Spotted today in the Eugene Masonic Cemetery. I don't know who Mr. Wilkowski was but I admire his …
: “Seasonal” Another 15-foot unnamed falls, not far from Goodman Creek Road. The map shows this as an …
: “Otters” Local bus stop decor.
: I’m happy to see RSS development going on, but the built-in client in Thunderbird Mail works fine …
: “Advice” Someone has taped these up in inconspicuous spots around the local high school.
: Some sidewalk art near a local bus stop. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: Good heavens, I can still log into Second Life. Scary.
: “Hidden Gem” As far as I can tell this 30-foot waterfall on Hazel Creek is too insignificant to show …
: Just a mushroom from somewhere up FR 500 a few miles back from Hardesty Trailhead. #dailyphoto …
: Sad news: Country Joe McDonald dead at 84 In Memoriam (and just as relevant today)
: “Toothy” I’m pretty sure this is a toothwort. Even if I’m wrong about that, it’s still pretty.
: Fungus at a local hiking trail. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: “Almost There” The Pacific Hound’s-Tongue on Mt. Pisgah will be blooming in a couple of days.
: “Green Fungus” This is the actual natural color, not post-processed. Even the fungus around here …
: “Catkins” When it works, I really like the look of macro flash photography.
: “Behind the Scenes” This morning on my desktop.
: Just playing around with a geode on my desktop. #dailyphoto
: “Tiny Mushroom With Tinier Fly”
: “Damp Bloom” I dunno what kind of tree this is, and I wish I had blue sky behind it instead of gray, …
: Echoes on a blade of grass. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: “Silenced” Is it really a bell tower if the bell is permanently wired into place?
: “Fish!” Suspish is Eugene’s most recognizable graffiti artist.
: Spring is starting to spring in my garden. Today we have an early iris bloom. #dailyphoto #oregon …
: There was a time when I zealously followed livestreams of Apple events. Now the only way I know new …
: “Waking Up” Just a tiny succulent in its bed of moss.
: “Scribble Faster” Sometimes the guerilla art around Eugene is more than a bit perplexing.
: This fire hydrant reminds me of the Magritte painting captioned (in French, of course) "This is not a pipe." #dailyphoto #eugeneoregon #oregon #streetphotography This fire hydrant reminds me of the Magritte painting captioned (in French, of course) "This is not …
: “The River Rushes On” North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River, to be precise. Shot from the FR 1910 …
: “In the Woods” Hiking along gthe Alpine Trail above Westfir.
: “Snow Queen” Wildflowers are starting to show up again.
: Looking out through the window of the Office Covered Bridge in Westfir at the railroad bridge just …
: 43 miles of hiking in the last 3 days. A bit footsore but not dead yet!
: “Full Cup” Pixie cup lichen on a damp day.
: “Chickens” Never know what you’ll find on the trail around here.
: “Mushroom Blues” They’re not really radioactive, honest.
: Rainy day spring. #dailyphoto #oregon
: “Sisters” View of the Three Sisters from Dimple Hill above Covallis on a hazy morning.
: Why does the wooly bear cross the road? I dunno, but there was one doing just that when I was out …
: “Echoes of Geese” The light was awful at Delta Ponds this morning, but these reflected birds caught …
: I think this little guy is a yellow-rumped warbler. Whether he is or not, I was lucky he paused …
: “Grandmaster Squirrel” Apparently he was just waiting for his next chess opponent to show up.
: “Down by the River” Sometimes there is beauty even in the graffiti tags.
: “Mosaic Heart” Someone took more care under this bridge than the average tagger.
: “Good Side” This great blue heron spent quite a while just posing for the camera.
: “Sparkle” A fair number of folks in Eugene don’t take their Christmas lights down. This leads to …
: Architectural detail from a local parking garage. #dailyphoto #eugeneoregon #monochrome
: “After Them! They’re Getting Away!”
: “There Must be a Fish in Here Somewhere!”
: “Isometric Building” Detail of a UO parking garage
: Cormorants floricking in the Willamette River. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #birdphotography
: Walked 22.6 miles today. Took 478 photos. This may be getting out of control.
: “Medusa” A lovely little clump of Devil’s Matchstick lichen in one of the closest parks.
: “Plip Plop” Timing is everything. Well, timing and luck.
: Best new feature in Firefox 148.
: I love the way each little mosstronaut is wearing its own tiny water droplet helmet. #dailyphoto …
: “Dragon” Creative yard work from one of our neighbors.
: Trees above and below. #dailyphoto #oregon
: “Promontory” I’d like to get this shot on a sunny day, but in Oregon I take what I can get.
: A bonus daily photo today, because who could resist these ladybugs in the gentle rain? In-body …
: I always have this little burst of pride every time someone uses the word ‘zine’ casually as an …
: “Terraces” Another view of Lookout Point Reservoir. It’s this low deliberately, as part of …
: Damp spring rose leaves #dailyphoto
: “Spring is Coming” Spotted the first Snow Queen of the year yesterday.
: “Low Water” This is actually the upstream side of the Lookout Point Dam. I’m not sure how they draw …
: “Speed” Letting the GoPro just take a picture once every sixty seconds while I’m hiking produces …
: “Dancing Lights” Donut bokeh courtesy of a Tokina reflex lens.
: Early morning at the Lowell covered bridge. #dailyphoto #oregon #bridge
: They always say to let sleeping dogs lie. But nothing wrong with taking their picture. #dailyphoto …
: “Eerie” Winter trees in the fog always seem to cry out for monochrome rendering.
: I spent a chunk of the morning playing around with an old Sony A-mount macro lens mounted on a …
: “Stark” A view of Eugene’s tallest building.
: Playing around with a new-to-me Olympus 25mm lens. Shooting some hellebore flowers in my backyard …
: “Buds” It may be snowing this week, but spring is also here. Strange days.
: “Transit” Part of Eugene’s downtown bus station.
: “Fuck ICE” Even the taggers are getting into the act around here.
: “Flyby” I was shooting the weathervane. Didn’t even notice the live bird till I got home and looked …
: This goose was just hanging out along the waterfront path, and not very impressed by a passing …
: The weather outside is awful this morning. So here's a tiny sebum growing in a magnetic pot on the front of my fridge. #dailyphoto The weather outside is awful this morning. So here's a tiny sebum growing in a magnetic pot on the …
: “Trail Danger” Downstream end of the Trail Bridge Reservoir. The trail along here is signed “Enter …
: “Sunny Leaf” Big landscape photos mostly didn’t work out on yesterday’s hike. Fortunately there are …
: “Blue Pool” A scenic spot on the McKenzie River. Look closely and you can see the two young men who …
: Tamolitch Blue Pool. It's hard to do this one justice on a cloudy day, but this picture (from near the top of the precarious herd trail to pool level) gives some idea. #dailyphoto #oregon Tamolitch Blue Pool. It's hard to do this one justice on a cloudy day, but this picture (from near …
: A tiny snowdrop in the rain. Photographed with EM-1 III in-camera focus stacking. #dailyphoto …
: “Hummies” Shot through the chain-link fence at a closed school.
: “Snarl” Detail from a downtown Eugene building. Too bad they don’t make them like this any more.
: I really don’t need another camera body, but $134 for an Olympus PEN e-M1 is certainly tempting…
: All that remains of a rose that bloomed too early this year. #dailyphoto
: I’m not entirely sure how useful it will prove to be, but baby photo printer sure is cute.
: “Dunes” Another shot from South Jetty at Florence.
: One of the most popular Valentine’s gifts at my wife’s store this year is a stuffed axolotl holding …
: “Snails All the Way Down” More Eugene parking meter art. (Alas, some of the mini art pieces have …
: Crocuses are an early flower but we are allegedly in Zone 8 and it’s only February and I don’t even …
: Just some very early crocuses in our neighborhood. #dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
: “Stalking” Neighborhood cat on the move.
: Bleak. Even with the potential upsides, I don’t see how our society absorbs the exponential growth …
: “Agriculture” I didn’t realize until today that the main downtown Post Office here had some …
: Low water landscaping in industrial planter is some kind of choice. #dailyphoto #oregon …
: “Lonely Job” Control house atop an old rail bridge on the Siuslaw River. Considering that I was …
: “Meandering” Morning walk on the Oregon coast.
: “Plover Posse” Snowy plovers are pretty much the most amusing shore bird ever.
: “Rock, Sea, Sky” Florence’s South Jetty this morning.
: So of course right after saying that I don't take many bird photos, I got another shot that I really like. #dailyphoto #oregon So of course right after saying that I don't take many bird photos, I got another shot that I …
: “The Ectoplasm Hotel” All rooms with a ghostly view. Shot in Yachats this morning.
: Oregon coast featured sunshine and sea anemones this morning. Well, at least until it started …
: I don't do a lot of bird photography (they move faster than I do) but I think this shot of a seagull near Yachats today came out fairly well. #dailyphoto #oregon I don't do a lot of bird photography (they move faster than I do) but I think this shot of a …
: “Shelter” Lunch break in the midst of an 8-hour hike in the rain.
: I put in 19 miles on the trails at the North Bank Habitat Management Area today. Infinitely …
: In my opinion, a wet day in the woods beats the hell out of a dry house full of super bowl. …
: “Infrastructure” There are a bunch of BPA power lines running through the Howard Buford Recreation …
: Dawn sky was showing off this morning. #photography #oregon #eugene
: “Beaming Down” Looks like there was a UFO landing in my back yard this morning.
: 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 …
: “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. …
: “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 …
: “Graffiti Memories” When you don’t buy enough purple paint to allow for future touch-ups.
: “The White Tree” Spent some time walking around today with a new-to-me lens (used Olympus 14-150mm …
: 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." #dailyphoto #oregon
: ‘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. #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. #dailyphoto #oregon If you can't afford to fix a broken bridge, then nailing on some cleats is the next best thing. …
: “Drizzle” I had a GoPro along on the trail yesterday, and it accidentally caught this shot when I …
: Breakwater for an old boat ramp (I think) at Dexter State Park. #dailyphoto
: This morning’s letter to my Congressional representatives: Dear Sen. Merkley, Sen. Wyden, Rep. …
: A bowl of beach agates #dailyphoto
: “Bud” I didn’t get a lot of photos on yesterday’s hike, but I did like the way this little reminder …
: “Drawdown” Before this valley was Lookout Point Reservoir, they logged it completely (because why …
: First stream violet of the spring, seen on the Eugene to Crest Trail above Lookout Point Reservoir. …
: It’s 2026. I’m living on a fixed income. I shouldn’t have to be thinking about how to afford a …
: Coyote that was hanging around the parking lot at the trailhead this morning. I was 10 feet away and …
: This is for @dwalbert - I don’t know how widely this manhole cover was used, but it’s on many of the …
: “Ladybug” Just another little bit of Eugene street art.
: “Happy Valentine’s Day” Someone went through the trails around Spencer Butte with pink chalk and …
: Meta Suppressing links to Ice List while fighting any responsibility for teen mental health have …
: “Friendly Fence” I always get a smile when I’m walking up this part of Amazon Parkway.
: “The Haze” We’ve had temperature inversions in the Willamette Valley for a week, leading to much …
: “Bell System” An artifact that is, I think, getting more mysterious with each passing year. …
: Wraparound flash diffuser from some no-name walmart.com merchant probably isn't as good as the dedicated custom-sized name-brand macro diffusers, but at 1/10 the price it'll do. #dailyphoto Wraparound flash diffuser from some no-name walmart.com merchant probably isn't as good as the …
: “Hands on Hips” Just some sort of seed in a shrub spotted on one of my neighborhood walks. I’m …
: “Dawn Light” This morning at Sutton Boat Launch.
: A literal flock of seagulls at the Oregon coast this morning. #dailyphoto
: “Lightly Frosted” It must be rough to be a mushroom in the weather we’ve been having.
: Misread “Replies” as “Recipes” and thought Micro.blog had released a new feature. Perhaps I need a …
: “Art in the Cracks” I’m fairly sure this sidewalk patch in one of our local parks came from a …
: “Chicken” Just had to appreciate the bit of bright sunlight in my kitchen. We haven’t had a lot …
: “Steps” Part of the trail up Spencer Butte.
: “Shield Bug” This little guy came to visit in my office last night. He didn’t want to sit still so I …
: “Fencerails” Not sure why there’s a fence here: as far as I could tell, there are public trails …
: “Hex the Rich” Someone has been stapling up signs around Eugene.
: ‘Unjolly Holly" Our long false spring followed by deep cold snap has betrayed many of the plants in …
: Not the most successful experiment…I really take much better photos when I have decent image …
: Today’s silly experiment…Sigma 70-300mm A-mount lens on a micro four thirds camera body. I already …
: “Oregon Dawn” Another cold shot from the top of Mount Pisgah.
: “Abstract Interweb” Spider web + freezing fog + flash + red gel.
: “Sugary Fireworks” Freezing fog can make most anything prettier.
: “Sea of Fog” As I’d hoped, the summit of Mount Pisgah was above the valley fog, and I took photos in …
: 28 degrees and foggy out there this morning. Perfect day for a hike! (It’s always a perfect day for …
: On the plus side, Osprey replaced my old Duro 15 for free under their “Almighty Guarantee” after …
: “Predator Success” Seen on the way to Blanket Creek Falls.
: “Out Front” It was a bit tough walking the dog in below-freezing temperatures this morning, but …
: “Blanket Creek Falls” I spent several hours on some serious bushwhacking yesterday to get to the …
: “The Slot” Erosion at work along Brice Creek. Also testing the new “punchy blender” preset in …
: “Reaching” Just some moss hanging on to a cliff face.
: “Cascade of Light” 2-second exposure from behind Upper Trestle Creek Falls.
: “Clear and Cold” With bonus reflected trees.
: “Creation Blues” Actually, frost on top of my car this morning.
: “Quality of Light” Another view of Brice Creek Falls.
: “Art of a River” From a technical standpoint, this is a pretty horrible photo. But I still like the …
: “Brice Creek Falls” One of the stops on today’s 16-mile hike. I’m so glad to live in Oregon.
: “Confusion” The gardening sites tell me azaleas bloom in April or May in Zone 8b, where I live. So …
: “Forest Plesiosaur” Prehistoric animal sighting in the fog.
: Phone Fatigue Google just spammed my phone with a list of great new Android features. As usual there is not a …
: “Echo of a Farm” I’m pretty sure this bit of ironmongery is an old well head. Now though it’s a …
: “Winter Remnant” A gray shot from a very gray day. The structure of trees against sky is a …
: “Frosting” Well, actually, fungus. But it sure looks like a poorly-executed cake frosting flower.
: “Chomp!” Perhaps this isn’t one mushroom eating another, but I can’t unsee it.
: “Hazy Diamond” Diamond Peak is 30 or 40 miles up the river from where I was standing on Mount …
: “Drunken Sailors” We’ve had strangely mild winter weather so far, but looks like the hard frosts the …
: “Spray” Some lichen with the frost melting off in the sun.
: “Rainbow Rays” Well, I don’t know if the constraints really helped, but I did get some photos that I …
: Sunday I took out two camera bodies, five lenses, flash gear…and only got a couple photos I really …
: “Peaceful Morning” A somewhat chilly view of Fall Creek from the trail that runs above it on the …
: “Fisheye out of Water” Intersection of Fall Creek and Timber Creek.
: “Unnecessary Sign” Fortunately there was a handy log just upstream.
: “Frostmelt” Walking the trail in bright sun after freezing fog resulted in millions of sparkling …
: “Rebirth” Spotted this one tiny mushroom while I was hiking through a completely burned area along …
: “Spring Preview” Spent some time in my yard playing with a new-to-me lens (Sony 1.8/35 SAM on an …
: “Butterflies in the Rain” Another of Eugene’s many murals.
: “Weathered Wave” Architectural detail from Eugene Fire Station #1 with (obviously) some cinematic …
: “No Parking Bud” Possibly the most Eugene parking meter ever.
: “Circle of Mushrooms” These tiny little guys were only about an inch across all told.
: “Pigs in a Tree” I dunno, maybe nobody else sees round heads with snouts here.
: “It’s Winter Dammit!” There was just enough snow at the top of Spencer Butte for some dedicated …
: “Spores” Playing around with a new flash…clearly didn’t get enough light for noise reduction here, …
: “Tiny Dam” I suppose it’s old tech by now, but I’m always amazed by image stabilization in modern …
: “Over the Parapet” Tiny mushroom at Mount Pisgah.
: “Sea and Sky” 60-second exposure (with ND10 filter + in-camera ND5) turned this day of wind and surf …
: “Dreaming Gulls” The ND10 filter I was using at Bob Creek gave the original a horrible greenish …
: “Glisten” Tiniest mushrooms along the Ridgeline Trail. Had to thrash through some brambles to get …
: “Moss Flamingos” Like lawn flamingos, but different.
: “Cape Perpetua Spray” I rather like the ethereal look of long exposures of crashing waves and foam. …
: “Cascade” Trailside stream along the Glynn Creek Trail.
: “Lights” Pre-dawn moonlight and lighthouse at Heceta Head.
: Plenty of surf around Cape Perpetua this morning (this is about halfway between low & high tide) …
: Good grief, something went horribly wrong in Darktable when I recropped that last photo. Here’s the …
: Just a little piece of beach agate on my desk. I think this turned out OK, though there’s still room …
: “Eugene Christmas” Last year someone decorated a straggly little pine in our local park. This year …
: “Shiny” People sometimes look at me funny when I’m down in the mud taking photos like this. I don’t …
: “Rhododendron” Just a pic I liked from this morning’s walk in the rain.
: The older I get, the less interested I am in end-of-the-year think pieces, summaries, wrap-ups, and …
: “Self-photobomb” Fisheye fun atop Mount Pisgah
: “Fluffed” A cold morning for birds.
: “Gills” I was tempted to edit out some of the little imperfections of this mushroom but if I was …
: “Ferndrop” Just playing around with macro lenses and a new flash.
: “Fooled You” It was cold enough this morning that these water drops were actually ice drops.
: Dog doesn’t really know what to make of new fisheye lens, but she disapproves of photos in general. …
: “Bad Luck in the Woods” Never know what you’ll find tossed out at trailside.
: “No” Had planned to go to the top but it would be hard to pretend I missed the sign.
: “Horns of the Cow” Close up of a cow parsnip flower past its prime
: “Looking into Forever” I was out hiking in the Oregon coast range today. It goes on for a ways.
: “What the Hellebore” Green Hellebore flower in my garden that has mistaken December for spring. The …
: “Marching Giants” Trail at Mount Pisgah along a BPA right of way.
: “Morning Hike” I see a lot of scenes like this when I’m out in the winter. It’s nice that the sun is …
: “Friends” Mushrooms at Mount Pisgah. People look at me funny when I’m laying in the mud to take …
: “Winter is Here” It was clear at the top of Mount Pisgah this morning, but it was pretty easy to see …
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 12: Home 📷 While our house was being remodeled, I …
: “Love You” A very Eugene sort of fence.
: About that Feast Part of my life in a photograph
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 11: Feast 📷 A Christmas morning feast, just the way I …
: “Ho Ho Ho” A bit of Christmas cheer seen while hiking around Eugene. We do love our Grateful Dead …
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 10: Travel 📷 I spent half the day today on …
: “Confused” Bulb sprouting in my yard thanks to crazy warm winter weather.
: “Slimy” Not every mushroom is super photogenic.
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 9: Baking 📷 I was a little slow in getting a photo of …
: “Brrrr” Creek crossing on Goodman Creek Trail. Normally this is a dry rock-hopping crossing. Not …
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 8: Grinch 📷 We went with a Grinch tree this year at …
: “The Clump” Just some tiny mushrooms along the Ridgeline Trail.
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 7: Solstice 📷 This is the sighting pedestal atop …
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 6: Sparkle 📷 Still photography of “Sparkle” is kind …
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 5: Beard 📷 I didn’t have to travel any further than …
: “The View” Looking out from the top of Mount Pisgah on a sunny winter’s day.
: “Sentinel” There have been birds in this particular tree on my hikes so many times that I’ve started …
: “Tuft” Playing with in-camera focus stacking at Mount Pisgah.
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 4: Evergreen 📷 We have no shortage of evergreens in …
: “To the Top” Trail leading up Mount Pisgah. It looks like a nice spring day, but in fact it’s still …
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 3: Firelight 📷 Previous owners had converted the …
: “Feast Before the Flood” Mural on the side of the Eugene area Chamber of Commerce building. More …
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 2: Cozy 📷 This is where I post from, and where I …
: “The Clouds Parted” I came out of the trees and the scene ahead was so dramatically lit that I had …
: “Puddle” It was gray and drizzly this morning in Eugene, making me thankful that I now have a …
: 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 1: Frost 📷 Heavy fog had condensed into these …
: This is Lower Island Lake, because, yes, that tree is on an island (which at the moment is …
: “Perseverance” I have a photo of this exact same tree (along the Fuji Mountain Trail) from two years …
: “I Want to Grow Up Just Like You” A patch of sun where an old tree went down has enabled this new …
: “Above and Below” Weather was lovely yesterday, but the ice on the ponds says winter is really here. …
: “Spider House” This little gal worked hard to make a home under a mushroom. Only the fog and sun …
: “Song Dog” This coyote was hanging out right next to the trail at Mount Pisgah, and barely moved …
: It was a dreary foggy day when I started hiking, but halfway up Mount Pisgah I broke out of the fog …
: “Washed Out” Believe it or not, this is a color photo. I love most everything about it: the way the …
: “Alien Landing Pad” Or maybe not. I don’t know who flagged this plot on Mount Pisgah or why, but …
: Our dog, being less camera-shy than usual, because after that last rant-post I need something …
: Big Tech warned over AI ‘delusional’ outputs by US attorneys general (a) Go get ’em! (b) I doubt …
: “The Coast” This was last fall, looking out from Heceta Head south along the Oregon Coast. Looking …
: “Almost There” I blew past this guy on the trail up Spencer Butte. He was clearly on the struggle …
: We visited the Cascades Raptor Center this morning. Shooting through wire mesh so not the best …
: Just wanted to express my appreciation that micro.blog/discover is getting regular updates these …
: “Quiet” This is the Blue Pool on the McKenzie River Trail, from last year about this time. I wish I …
: “Spindly” Hiking in Oregon, I photograph lots of mushrooms . Even so, I was surprised at how fragile …
: “Red Light District” Just playing with a little LED spotlight on the trail.
: “Type 2 Fun” Blowdowns and trail debris on the North Umpqua Trail. In case you can’t see it, the …
: I think I’ll try uploading image descriptions instead of technical info for a bit. People can always …
: “Buttery Smooth” Witches Butter fungus growing on a stump along the North Umpqua Trail, Tioga …
: “Fishing Day” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 58mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 200. Shot at Clear Lake.
: “Rainy Day” Olympus TG-6 @ 14.6mm, f/4.3, 1/250s, ISO 800. Shot at Clearwater Park.
: “Not Quite Ocean” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 25mm, f/11, 1/500s, ISO 200. Brackish lake …
: “Drawdown” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/125s, ISO 200. Every year they empty …
: Great. Google News added AI-generated section headings which (a) less actual news on the page (b) …
: “One Seed Escaping” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/50s, ISO 400. Shot from …
: “Decline and Fall” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 12800. Shot from …
: “Waking Up” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 2500. Shot from Mount …
: “Brilliant Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/640s, ISO 200. Shot at …
: “Flower Farm” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/250s, ISO 1000. Shot at Mount …
: “Skyline” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/200s, ISO 250. Shot at Mount Pisgah. …
: “Candelabra” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/9, 1/25s, ISO 1000. Shot along the …
: “Beach Umbrella” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 1000. Shot along …
: “Waves in the Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/7.1, 1/1000s, ISO 400. Shot at …
: “Brutalist Tree” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/100s, ISO 1320. Shot in Eugene.
: “Christmas Crab” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/8s, ISO 1600. Shot in Eugene.
: “Fairy Umbrella” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/80s, ISO 500. Shot along FR 21 …
: “Ex-Bridge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 250. Shot along the Chuckle …
: “Bolts” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 640. Shot along the Middle …
: “Edge of the Burn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/5.6, 1/160s, ISO 2000. Shot along …
: “Still Smoldering” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 28mm, f/7.1, 1/30s, ISO 2000. Shot along …
: Just back from a 24-mile hike, successfully avoiding all the Black Friday nonsense (though my inbox …
: “Flaming Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/20, 60s, ISO 200. Shot off my balcony …
: “Side Eye” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mmo lens @ 150mm, f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 1600. Shot in Eugene.
: AI, now ruining your holiday meals www.bloomberg.com/news/arti…
: “Rush Hour” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/200s, ISO 2500. Shot on the South …
: “Laurel and Hardy” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/200s, ISO 800.
: “Nests” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/200s, ISO 2000.
: “Peek-a-boo” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4.5, 1/125s, ISO 800. Shot along the …
: “Lure” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/320s, ISO 2500. Shot in Eugene.
: Opened up Pocket Casts this morning to discover filters renamed to “smart playlists” with a new …
: “Resting Ent” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 39mm, f/5.6, 1/500s, ISO 640. Shot at Mount …
: “Hide and Seek” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/50s, ISO 250. Shot at Mount …
: “Fall Forest” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/160s, ISO 400. Shot at Mount …
: “Decline” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
: “Distressed” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/5.6, 1/160s, ISO 4000. Shot in Eugene. …
: “Winter is Coming” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/3.5, 1/160s, ISO 800. Shot at …
: “Oregon Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 37mm, f/8, 1/160s, ISO 200. Shot from Mount …
: “The Beauty of Decay” Olympus TG-6 @ 12.7mm, f/3.9, 1/250s, ISO 800. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
: “Lurker” Olympus TG-6 @ 12.7mm, f/3.9, 1/200s, ISO 800. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
: “Going Up” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 40mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 160. Shot at the top of …
: “Crowd” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/60s, ISO 3200. Shot along the Alpine …
: “Network” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 250. Shot along the Alpine …
: “Worst Outhouse Ever” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 25mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 2500. Shot at …
: “Frosty Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/60s, ISO 1000. Shot at …
: “Old and New” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/500s, ISO 2000. Shot at Mount …
: I see some people are doing a 30 day map challenge. I think mine would all be “oh, here’s a great …
: “Montagues and Capulets” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/20s, ISO 640. Shot at …
: “Summer’s End” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/60s, ISO 250. Shot at Mount …
: “Lungwort” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/50s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
: “Cat’s Cradle” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/50s, ISO 250. Shot at Mount …
: “Forest of Ornaments” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/9, 1/20s, ISO 320. Shot at …
: “Draining the Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/22, 1/5s, ISO 100. Shot at Dexter …
: “Alien Attack” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 1250. Shot at Elijah …
: “Fly” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/40s, ISO 800. Perched on a mushroom cap …
: “The Husband” Yes, that’s the name of this peak. Apparently some people scramble to the top. I won’t …
: “Trip to an Alien Planet” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/25s, ISO 400. Shot …
: “Sisters” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm fisheye lens @ f/8, 1/750s, ISO 500. Middle Sister …
: “The Trail Not Taken” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/5, 1/400s, ISO 100. Shot at the …
: “Woodpecker” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 400mm, f/6.3, 1/1000s, ISO 500. Shot on …
: “Rockpile” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 250. Shot on the Foley Ridge …
: “The Spiral Path” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/5.6, 1/20s, ISO 1000. Unexpected …
: “ALL THE LABELS!” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/3.5, 1/250s, ISO 200. Shot at …
: “Decline and Fall” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 640. Shot at …
: “Barely There” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/100s, ISO 400. Shot along the Amazon Running Trail in …
: “Shore” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/20, 13s, ISO 160. Shot at Bob Creek.
: “See ya!” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/160s, ISO 100 plus (obviously) some heavy post-processing. …
: “Lonely Gull” Olympus TG6 @ 4.5mm, f/2.8, 1/640, ISO 100. Shot at Muriel O. Ponsler Wayside.
: “Sun Bonnet” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/25s, ISO 320. Shot along the …
: “Tree Wings” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/25s, ISO 400. Shot along the Lawler …
: “Hidden Glen” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/3s, ISO 200. Shot at Duval Creek …
: “The Forest Reflects” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/15s, ISO 640. Shot near …
: “Hands Up!” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 400. Shot along …
: Does anyone really believe the AI industry will manage to spend $2T (or whatever the current stupid …
: “Bench Press” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Shot near the …
: “Amethyst” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/25s, ISO 4000. Shot at the top of …
: “Mushroom Inferno” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/10s, ISO 800. Shot along …
: “Post-apocalypse” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 39mm, f/5.4, 1/1000s, ISO 200. Shot on the …
: “First Snow” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO 400. Shot along the …
: “Triplet” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/100s, ISO 400. Shot along the …
: “Two” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/160s, ISO 2000. Shot along the …
: “Study in Brown” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 12800. Shot along the …
: “Serene Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 17mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 1000. Mount Ray …
: “Yin and Yang” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 92mm, f/78.1, 20s, ISO 8000. Shot at …
: “Fish in Flight” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 108mm, f/5.6, 1/100s, ISO 320. …
: “Individuality” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens and Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/8, 1/160s, …
: “Shelter” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens and Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/8, 1/160s, ISO …
: “Trying Harder” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens and Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/10, …
: Emily’s AI camera review is worth a look if you’re skeptical of the ethics of AI from a creator’s …
: “Wet Baby” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4.5, 1/20s, ISO 2500. Shot along the …
: “Decline and Fall” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 3200. Shot along …
: “Buddies” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/25s, ISO 5000. Shot along the Water …
: “Parasols” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO 5000. Shot at Mount …
: “Lurking in the Grass” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 800. Shot at …
: “Mushroom Parade” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/320s, ISO 2500. Shot along …
: “Amon Hen” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8.0, 1/100s, ISO 200. Shot at Spencer …
: “Temple of the Clouds” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8.0, 1/500s, ISO 125. Shot …
: “Very Eugene” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 5000. Graffiti along the …
: “Sea Foam” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 100. Shot at Strawberry Hill Wayside.
: “Torrents” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/200s, ISO 100. Shot at Strawberry Hill Wayside.
: “Ornament” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/2.3, 1/125s, ISO 250. Shot at Strawberry Hill Wayside.
: “Leaf” Sony A58 with Sigma 70-300mm APO Macro lens @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/60s, ISO 100. Shot at Wild Iris …
: “Soft Ferns” Sony A58 with Sigma 70-300mm APO Macro lens @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/60s, ISO 200. Shot at Wild …
: Thanks to AI, finding recipes online written by actual people (and making actual food) is getting …
: “The Moss Endures” Sony A58 with Sigma 70-300mm APO Macro lens @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/60s, ISO 100.
: “Nobody Home” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 200. Shot along the …
: “New Life From Old” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/40s, ISO 400. Shot along …
: “My Lovely Hat” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 250. Shot along the …
: “After the Fire” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/10, 1/40s, ISO 1250. Shot along the …
: “Lonely” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 15mm, f/8.0, 1/250s, ISO 250. Lookout atop Waldo …
: “Buddies” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 800. Shot along the Jim …
: “Waldo Lake Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1/20s, ISO 12800.
: “Cold Autumn Mist” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4.5, 1/250s, ISO 800. Shot at …
: “After the Ball” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/160s, ISO 2000. Shot at Mount …
: “Bacon Anyone?” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 160. Shot at Mount …
: “If you break dance on the table, the bad guy will try to break into your tractor”
: “Chomp” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 8000. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
: “Buddies” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4.5, 1/30s, ISO 1000. Shot at Mount …
: “Tiny Seed” Sony A58 with Sigma 70-300mm APO Macro lens @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/60s, ISO 3200. Trying a new …
: “Waterdrop Lace” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/60s, ISO 100. Shot at Mount …
: “Waiting” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/3.2, 1/60s, ISO 320. Shot at Mount Pisgah. …
: “Song Dog” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 10000. Early morning …
: “Dried Bear” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4.5, 1/80s, ISO 1250. Shot along the …
: “Panorama” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/8, 1/1250s, ISO 200. Shot …
: “Swimming Holes” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 40mm, f/8, 1/1250s, ISO 2000. Shot from the …
: “Who Needs Roots?” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 45mm, f/10, 1/40s, ISO 400. Shot along the …
: “Framed” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 66mm, f/10, 1/800s, ISO 800. South Sister through the …
: “Edge of the Wilderness” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 1000. Shot …
: “Frosted Fungus” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 1600. Shot along the …
: “Topography” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/640s, ISO 2000. Shot at Wild …
: “Rose Drops” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO 1000. Shot at Mount …
: “Shaggy Mane” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Shot at Mount …
: “Transience” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/60s, ISO 3200. Shot at Mount …
: “Fern Frolic” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/60s, ISO 800. Shot along …
: “Smith Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 25mm, f/16, 1/2.5s, ISO 160. Shot from …
: “Inside the Mine” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 500. Shot near the …
: “Oregon Fall Day” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/160s, ISO 320.
: “A Berry-Eating Bear Poops in the Woods” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 41mm, f/8, 1/500s, …
: “Ascent” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/5.6, 1/15s, ISO 6400. Heading up the …
: I spent a good chunk of today hiking 12 1/2 miles with 3000 feet or so of elevation gain so I could …
: “Fruitsplosion” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/100s, ISO 320. Found along the …
: “Trailside Art” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/15s, ISO 2500. Found along …
: “Tiny Green Pumpkins” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/160s, ISO 2500. Shot at …
: “Nobody Home” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/160s, ISO 1000. Shot at Wild …
: “Catching the Sun” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/125s, ISO 160. Shot at Wild …
: “Cedar” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/500s, ISO 500. Shot at Mount Pisgah …
: “Fishing Hole” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 17mm, f/8, 1/100s, ISO 500. Shot along the …
: “Hike at Your Own Risk” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 320. Shot …
: “Strange Fruit” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 2500. Devil’s …
: “Mushroom Rising” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/13, 1/30s, ISO 800. Shot along the …
: “Beads” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/1000s, ISO 3200. Shot at Deception …
: “Lenses” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/80s, ISO 320. Shot near Kreuger Rock …
: “Cauldron of Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/160s, ISO 250. Shot from …
: “Smoky Storm” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 24mm, f/9, 1/320s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount …
: “Hiding” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 3200. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
: “Poised to Run” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO 2500. Shot at Mount …
: “Summer’s End” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/60s, ISO 100. Shot at Wild …
: “Howdy” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/1000s, ISO 1000. Shot at Wild Iris …
: “Web” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/1000s, ISO 125. Shot at Wild Iris …
: “Jabba” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 19mm, f/10, 1/200s, ISO 320. Shot from the Tire …
: “Green Ravine” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/15s, ISO 2500. Shot from the …
: “Drunken Owl” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/15s, ISO 2000. Shot from the …
: “The Marching Mushrooms” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/15s, ISO 2000. Shot …
: “First Sign of Fall” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 2000. Shot …
: “Sunrise with Venus” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO …
: “Ferns” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/25s, ISO 1600. Shot along the Ridgeline …
: “Cyclamen” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/60s, ISO 500. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
: “Leaf Roadmap” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4.5, 1/400s, ISO 500. Shot at Mount …
: “Awestruck” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/15s, ISO 1000. Shot along the …
: “Unhappy Judges” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 2000. Shot near the …
: “Gills” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 12800. Shot along the Sawtooth …
: “Drip” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2,8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/13s, ISO 3200. Shot along the Sawtooth …
: “Layers” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 62mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 400. Despite the …
: “Caught on the Horns” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 24mm, f/4.3, 1/30s, ISO 8000. Shot …
: “Morning on the Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 320. Shot along …
: “Meeting” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/14, 1/320s, ISO 640. Shot at Mount Pisgah. …
: “Mantis Love” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/320s, ISO 500. Shot at Mount …
: “Leaf” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/320s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
: “Waiting for the Wind” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 640. Shot at …
: “Pretty Poison” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/60s, ISO 500. Shot at Mount …
: “Snowberries” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 6400. Shot along the …
: “Cloud Sisters” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 34mm, f/13, 1/400s, ISO 160. Shot from the …
: “Island in the Mist” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 320. Shot along …
: “What are YOU staring at?” Olympus E-M10 IV with 100-400mm lens @ 400mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 12800. …
: “Wet Nose” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 1250. Shot along the Lawler …
: “Chicken of the Woods” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 1250. Shot …
: “Trees and Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 23mm, f/8, 1/20s, ISO 250. Shot along the …
: “Pop” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 400. Shot near Sevenmile Horse …
: “The Path” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 3200. Shot along the …
: “Grotto” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/10, 1/3s, ISO 2000. Shot at House Rock …
: “Rainbow Spray” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/16, 1/1.3s, ISO 125. Shot at Thor’s …
: “Camouflage” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/60s, ISO 100. There are three …
: “Barnacles” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/1.8 fisheye lens @ f/14, 1.6s, ISO 200. Shot …
: “Puddle” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 25mm, f/4.4, 1/2500s, ISO 3200. Shot at Washburne …
: “Hiker Begone!” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Shot at …
: “Fern Goblet” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 17mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 640. Shot at Heceta …
: “Exploding Star” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/80s, ISO 1600. Shot at Hobbit …
: “Hanging Around” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 1250. Shot at Hobbit …
: “Culprits” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/40s, ISO 100. Shot at Hobbit Beach. …
: “Anemone Parade” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/160s, ISO 400. Shot at Hobbit …
: “OREGON” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1/60s, ISO 640. Sand cliff art at …
: Multiple hikes at Mount Pisgah on a unified map (cc @rasterweb)
: ‘Foggy Morning" Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1.3s, ISO 250. Shot at Hobbit …
: “New Trees From Old” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 40mm, f/5.5, 1/80s, ISO 125. Shot …
: “Brains!” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 41mm, f/8, 1/25s, ISO 2000. Shot along the South …
: “Screaming” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 4000. Shot along the …
: “One Juniper Berry” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 36mm, f/8, 1/1000s, ISO 1250. Shot at …
: “Smoky Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 160. Mount Washington …
: “Black Gold” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 2000. Shot along the …
: “Fireweed” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 200. Shot along the North …
: “Silent Conversation” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO 1000. Shot at …
: “Thistle” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/800s, ISO 250. Shot at the North …
: “Morning Light” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 400. Shot from the …
: “Dawn Hog” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 15mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 200. Hog Mountain shot …
: “Flyover” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx macro lens @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/200s, ISO 800. Shot along the Mount …
: “Huckleberry Season” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 800. Shot along …
: “Looming” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 500. Mount Yoran behind …
: “Diamond in the Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 400. Diamond …
: “Morning Star” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 24mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 6400. Shot from FR 5893 …
: “Photographer” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 19mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 125. Shot at Horse …
: “Bug Convention” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200. Shot at …
: “Sickle” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/40s, ISO 250. Shot at Buck …
: “Remembrance of Fire Towers Past” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 25mm, f/9, 1/1600s, ISO …
: “Tidbits” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 400mm, f/11.9, …
: “Modern Dancer” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200. Shot at the top …
: “Too Late” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/80s, ISO 250. Thistle head …
: “Monochrome Wings” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/18, 1/200s, ISO 2000. …
: “Get a Haircut!” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 6400. Shot on …
: “The Island” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 31mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 250. Shot at Notch Lake. …
: “Space Invader” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/200s, ISO 6400. Shot …
: “The Sap Rises” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/25s, ISO 250. Pinesap …
: “Brainiac” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 140mm, f/8, 1/25s, ISO 1600. Shot along the …
: “Mountains Near and Far” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 82mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 125. …
: “Lakeside View” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/2000s, ISO 5000. Odell Lake …
: “Wilderness Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1/2000s, ISO 250. Middle & …
: “Framed” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/400s, ISO 320. Diamond Peak seen …
: “Too Big To Eat” Olympus TG-6 with Ultimaxx macro lens @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/200s, ISO 2000. Shot at Wild …
: “Ridges” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 31mm, f/8, 1/100s, ISO 200. Shot from FR 1994 near …
: “Low Water” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 200. Shot at Cougar …
: “Hayhenge” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/8, 1/640s, ISO 250. Shot at Mount …
: “Fall is Coming” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/8, 1/60s, ISO 1600. Shot at Mount …
: “Weather” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 100. Shot at Linton Lake.
: “Linton Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 23mm, f/8, 1/6s, ISO 200.
: “Lower Linton Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/60s, ISO 6400.
: “Swimming Hole” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 200mm, f/14, 1/400s, ISO 1600. Benson …
: “Framed Sisters” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/1.8 fisheye lens @ f/5.6, 1/2000s, ISO …
: “Resting” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 160. Alpine Buckwheat with …
: “Dreams” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 22mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 400. Shot near Hand Lake
: “Sadness” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/125s, ISO 320. Shot at Buck Meadows. …
: “Camofrog” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/60s, ISO 200. Shot along the Louise …
: “Fire and Ice” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/7.1, 1/1250s, ISO 1250. Shot along …
: “This Way to California” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 500. SOBO …
: “Hippie-on-a-Stick” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 92mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 6400. …
: “Looming” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 160. Collier Cone from the …
: “Poor Choices” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 26mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 1600. Shot along the …
: “Gateway” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, 1/640s, ISO 200. Shot along the …
: “Skeletal Bears” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 33mm, f/8, 1/1000s, ISO 2000. Bear grass …
: “All Fall Down” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200. Shot from …
: “Starry Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/8, …
: “Hoot” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/8, 1/1600s, ISO …
: “Corny” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 40mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 4000. Corn lilies along the …
: “Toasted Hiker” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/320s, ISO 3200. Shot along …
: “Showy” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/320s, ISO 3200. Washington Lily …
: “Diamond Peak” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/320s, ISO 125. Shot …
: “Cascade Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 1600. Just before …
: “Splish Splash” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8, 1/3200s, ISO 1250. Garter …
: “Shining” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/125s, ISO 100. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.
: “Nighttime Companion” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 250. Shot …
: “Ghostly Pipes” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 6400. Indian Pipe …
: “Keeping an Eye on the Logging” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/1000s, ISO …
: “Afternoon at Eagle’s Rest” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/2.8, …
: “Breath of Air” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 6400. Shot …
: “Speckles” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/80s, ISO 4000. False …
: “Precarious” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/14, …
: “No Swimming” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 200mm, f/14, …
: “Island of Lions” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 6400. Shot inside …
: “Waiting” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, …
: “The Gull Stands Alone” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ …
: “Weeding” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, …
: “Nesting” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, …
: “Sleepytime” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, …
: “Dawn” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 250. Looking over Lookout …
: “Quiet Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 37mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 6400. Pre-dawn …
: “Lunchtime” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 400mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 1600.
: “Beetle Time” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/30s, ISO 320. Shot at …
: Finished: The Exile, by Pearl S. Buck 📚: This is the author’s lightly-fictionalized memoir of her …
: “Moo” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 3200. Cow parsnip seeds …
: “Slightly Squished” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens plus MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, …
: Finished: The Steel Wave, by Jeff Shaara 📚: Second of Shaara’s novels of WWII, this one covers from …
: Finished: Unicorn Variations, by Roger Zelazny 📚: Probably my favorite collection of Zelazny shorts. …
: Am I forgetting more because of age, or just noticing it more because I have spare time? Either way …
: “Waiting for the Wind” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox M-250 macro lens @ …
: “Moonset” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/350s, ISO 200. Shot at Wild Iris …
: “Posing” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/160s, ISO 160. I think a California …
: “Snow Cone” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/250s, ISO 100. Shot …
: “Miles of Hiking” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 100. Looking …
: “Cliff” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 160. Fuji Mountain …
: “Old Life, New Life” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 640. Along the …
: Can ChatGPT interpret speaking in tongues? Um. No.
: “e” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 34mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 640. Along the High Divide …
: Starfront Observatories Here’s a nifty idea: colocation for telescopes instead of servers.
: Judges rule against Trump appeal in E. Jean Carroll case Just a little reminder that the President …
: Vietnam thought it had a deal on its US tariff rate. Then Trump stepped in. Looks like the reason …
: Tornado Cash Made Crypto Anonymous. Now One of Its Creators Faces Trial I’m no fan of crypto, North …
: Harvard Abruptly Caves to Trump After Months of Fighting At least to the extent of backing away from …
: “A Thousand Flowers Blooming” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 1250. …
: Good: my city is running a survey to get citizen input. Bad: they’re capturing IP addresses for …
: TIL that Thunderbird has incoming message filters for RSS. Now there are 98% fewer Amazon Prime Day …
: Didn’t finish: Cronies, by Ken Babbs 📚: Well, I really wanted to like this one, but I realized after …
: “Devastated” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 320. High Divide Trail …
: “The Road Ahead” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200. FR 5883 near …
: “Embrace the Rock” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 250. Shot along …
: I am so sick of Verizon deciding that it can just install bloatware on my phone whenever it wants.
: Generative Ghosts: Anticipating Benefits and Risks of AI Afterlives I wonder whether we’re at the …
: RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy. Their meals are ultraprocessed …
: “Warm Morning” Olympus TG-6 @ 4.5mm, f/2.8, 1/640s, ISO 100. On the trail at Mount Pisgah.
: Is Earth inside a huge void? ‘Sound of the Big Bang’ hints at possible solution to Hubble tension …
: Prime “Day” is now 4 days long. Half of my RSS feed has been hijacked by “best Prime Day deal” …
: Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.’s MacArthur Park Yeah, because who walks through a …
: Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize War criminals gotta stick together, I guess.
: Finished: These Restless Heads, by Branch Cabell 📚. Not a part of the Biography of Manuel (and …
: “Hiding” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/100s, ISO 500. On the trail at Mount Pisgah.
: Trump announces new tariffs of up to 40% on a growing number of countries I don’t know which is …
: “Sunburst” Olympus TG-6 @ 9.0mm, f/4.5, 1/500s, ISO 100. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.
: Finished: Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy Finished: Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy, by Charles Nordoff and James Norman Hall 📚. My copy of these …
: “Shy Prince” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/40s, ISO 1250. Prince’s …
: “Suggestive” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO 6400. Pinedrop …
: Finished: Ghost Fleet, by P.W. Singer and August Cole 📚 - “A novel of the next world war,” in this …
: Finished: The Last Defender of Camelot, by Roger Zelazny 📚 - A collection of Zelazny’s short …
: “Bugged” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/250s, ISO 250. Shot along …
: “Timpanogas Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 200.
: “Mystery Bird” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 23mm, f/5, 1/80s, ISO 2500. Shot along the …
: “Reach for the Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 38mm, f/5.4, 1/200s, ISO 100. Shot …
: “Mini Niagara” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 17mm, f/8, 1/4s, ISO 160. Shot along the …
: “Bowing Candystick” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 37mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 2500. Shot …
: “Pinesap” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 33mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 2000. Shot along the …
: “Cascadia Revolt!” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 3200. Shot along …
: “Water from Nowhere” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 5000. Chuckle …
: Didn’t finish: Black Wave, by Jean Silverwood 📚. The story of a family sea voyage cut short by a …
: Record-Breaking Results Bring Fusion Power Closer to Reality A literal bright spot on the horizon. I …
: Donald Trump says he wants to stage UFC fight on White House grounds Only because he doesn’t think …
: Congress Gives ICE More Money Than It Could Have Ever Imagined ICE will now be flushed with more …
: “Outskirts” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 200. Taken from close …
: “Trail to the Top” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 160. Shot at …
: “Waiting for the Wind” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 200. Shot …
: It’s the time of year when I can stop checking the pollen count every morning and start checking the …
: “The Barn” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/3200s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount …
: “Recovery” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 250. One of the first …
: “Crossing the Desert Sands” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 640. …
: “Pollinator” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/1000s, ISO 100. Bee in bear …
: “Hiker’s Rest Stop” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 500. Taylor …
: “Serene” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 200. Williams Lake.
: “Plunge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/22, 1/2.5s, ISO 250. Unnamed waterfall …
: “Stark” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200. Hiking the Wahanna …
: “Resting” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 100. Next to Middle Erma …
: “Searching” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/160s, ISO 100. Tendrils of Oregon Manroot looking for …
: “Ozymandias” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 640. Along the Rigdon …
: “Trails for Miles” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 400. Climbing up …
: “A Little Breeze” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200. Lower Rigdon …
: The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long Based on a study published in Nature, …
: The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger An overview of the arguments against the current AI industry. …
: “Fleeting" Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4.5, 1/150s, ISO 1000. Shot on Amanda’s …
: The Box Right now this is satire. But it’s not all that far off from what some of the tech bro …
: Finished: The Fourth Protocol, by Frederick Forsyth 📚. Forsyth died this month, so I tossed this one …
: Trump signals full steam ahead after momentous Supreme Court decision No surprise there. Meanwhile I …
: “Keep Up!” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/10, 1/800s, ISO 1000. Snowy plovers out …
: “Dusty Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 500. What’s left of a …
: “Missing Trees” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 20mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 320. Upper Rigdon …
: “Oregon Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. Diamond Peak …
: “Hang on” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/9, 1/400s, ISO 2500. Along the Deception …
: Finished: Bull Mountain, by Brian Panowich 📚. Multi-generational novel revolving around a family of …
: “Peaceful” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/20s, ISO 640. Bridge over Deception …
: “Lunch Counter” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 lens with MC-20 teleconverter @ …
: “Burnt Diamond” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 100mm, f/11, 1/640, ISO 320. …
: “Posing” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 500. At the Deception …
: Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources …
: Finished: Mercies in Disguise, by Gina Kolata 📚. The story of a family with an inherited prion …
: The $50 Billion Company That Does Almost Nothing In case you’re unclear on why stablecoins are a …
: Trump to rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ which protects 58 million acres of forest land I try not to hate …
: “Fuzzy Bear” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/640, ISO 320. …
: Supreme Court lifts limits on Trump deporting migrants to countries not their own Yeah, fuck the …
: Tesla Robotaxi Day 1: Significant Screw-up Oops. To be fair, I don’t think this tells us much about …
: “Blocks” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 320. Along the …
: Almost halfway through the year, I have taken 8,283 photos. 474 (5.7%) of them were good enough (in …
: “Minaret” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox M-250 macro lens @ f/11, 1/60, …
: “Nature and Man” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/10, 1/30, ISO 125. BPA power …
: “Hot Day for a Small Bug” Olympus TG6 @ 16.8mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 100. I think this is an Obscure …
: “Walk This Way” Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/6.3, 1/1600, ISO 250. Snowy …
: “Glowing” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/3000, ISO 320. Scotch broom …
: “Eugene” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm lens @ f/11, 1/250, ISO 200. Eugene from Spencer Butte, …
: “Merry-Go-Round” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens with Raynox M-250 macro lens @ f/22, …
: “Spores” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens with Raynox M-250 macro lens @ f/3.2, 1/250, …
: “Climbing the Sun” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/4, 1/250, ISO 160. Along the …
: Dr. Demento, Madcap Radio DJ Who Launched Weird Al’s Career, Announces Retirement End of an era. I …
: “Lord of All I Survey” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/20, 1/200, ISO 800. …
: “Give Me All Your Nuts” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/3.5, 1/4000, ISO …
: “Pareidolia” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/9, 1/60, ISO 1250. A tree. Also the …
: “Welcome!” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/100s, ISO 800. Larkspur on Lowder Mountain.
: Finished: Between Dawn and Sunrise, by James Branch Cabell 📚. By some lists this is the final volume …
: Finished: Top Secret, by Ralph Ingersoll 📚. A novel (to me) look at the WWII Allied invasion of …
: Judge rejects ‘Duffy Directive’ tying DOT grants to immigration cooperation Appeals court allows …
: Finished: Puppetmaster: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover, by Richard Hack 📚. A straightforward …
: “Cafeteria” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 25mm, f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 1600. A spot on the …
: “Pom-Pom” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/125s, ISO 800. Bluehead Gilia on Lowder Mountain.
: “The Missing Dwarf” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 22mm, f/5.6, 1/60s, ISO 500. Along the …
: “Twinsies” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/320, ISO 640. Twinflower along Elk …
: “Yellow” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/320s, ISO 160. Glacier Lily in a …
: “Split View” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/6.3, 1/100s, ISO 500. Sign at the …
: “Delicate” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 1600. One of the many …
: “Gnarled” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 30mm, f/5, 1/1000s, ISO 250. Shot at the shore of …
: “Antics” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 500. At Salt Creek Falls.
: “Not a Pine Cone” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/800s, ISO 6400. This is …
: “Life is a Struggle” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/3200s, ISO 320. Along …
: “You Can’t See Me” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/160s, ISO 2000. Tiny …
: “Mink Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. About 8 miles back …
: “Lizard Land” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 29mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 250. Old lava flow …
: Trump: ‘There would be no war’ if Russia were in G8 Speaking of bullshit…
: Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone The alleged phone specs are bullshit and …
: Social Media Replaced Zines. Now Zines Are Taking the Power Back Always happy to see more positive …
: “Amtrak Synphony” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 2s, ISO 800. Lights outside …
: ICE Will Pause Farm, Restaurant Raids After Trump Social Media Post So… People fleeing oppressive …
: “Walk This Way” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/9, 1/25s, ISO 1250. Flagging tape …
: “Salt Creek Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. …
: Finished: Annals of the Heechee, by Frederik Pohl 📚. The Heechee Saga was never one of my favorites, …
: “Acrophobics Beware” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/135s, ISO 1600. Viewing …
: “Sleeping Bridge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 3.2s, ISO 200. Lowell …
: “Some day I will grow up and join them” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, …
: Finished: Count Luckner: The Sea Devil, by Lowell Thomas 📚. The (mostly?) true story of a German …
: “Squirrel Condo” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 6400. Douglas …
: “Snowmelt Cascade” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 27mm, f/9, 1/250s, ISO 4000. Fall Creek …
: “Cliff View” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/2s, ISO 200. Fall Creek Falls.
: Finished: To Climates Unknown, by Arturo Serrano 📚. I’m generally a fan of alternate history, but …
: This Revolutionary New Telescope Will Observe the Whole Sky Every Three Days Terabytes of data per …
: “Mystery” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/2.5s, ISO 1250. Fisher Creek Trail …
: As of today I have hiked over 750 miles this year. That probably explains why my feet hurt.
: “Hiding” Olympus E-M10 IV with 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/7.1, 1/200s, ISO 500. Steller’s Jay at Spencer …
: “Around the Bend” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 100. Shot at the …
: Finished: War, by Sebastian Junger 📚. The story of a single platoon engaged in heavy combat in …
: “Stumpseat” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 20mm, f/8, 1/13s, ISO 2500. Chainsaw art along …
: Entire Fullbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference Another …
: US Marines arrive in LA; California governor warns ‘democracy under assault’ I think most of us knew …
: Disney and Universal sue Midjourney for making AI ripoffs of their biggest characters I hope …
: “Mind the Edge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 27mm, f/8, 1/15s, ISO 250. Top of a small …
: How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid A guide from WIRED.
: “Memory” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.1mm, f/3.2, 1/200s, ISO 100. Remnant of an old homestead in Suzanne Arlie …
: “Rooted Man” Olympus TG-6 @ 9mm, f/4.5, 1/50s, ISO 1000. Oregon Manroot growing over a fern along …
: “Pristine” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 125mm, f/11, 1/259s, ISO 200. Safety …
: “Lost on a Yellow Planet” Olympus TG-6 @ 11.9mm, f/5, 1/250s, ISO 125. Tiny fly in a balsam root …
: “Peeled” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/100s, ISO 800. Harvest Brodiaea (I think) along the trail at …
: Finished: The Boys of Everest, by Clint Willis 📚. A history of (some) British climbers from the …
: “Good Morning” Olympus TG-6 @ 8.4mm, f/4.5, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Columbia Lily along the trail at Mount …
: “The Trail Entices” Olympus TG-6 @ 4.5mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 200. Trail at Mount Pisgah.
: “Sand in the Gears” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/10, 1/125s, ISO 125. Driftwood …
: One sign that I’ve been vegan for many years: tofu-based “cheese” sauce actually tastes pretty good …
: “Candystick” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/100s, ISO 2000. Close-up of the …
: “Who Dat?” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 15mm, f/8, 1/40s, ISO 320. The best travel is …
: “Bears and Diamonds” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/16, 1/1250s, ISO 2500. Diamond …
: “Moonscape” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 250. A high-intensity …
: Trump deploys National Guard to quell Los Angeles area ICE raid protests Looks like we’ve reached …
: “Steepness” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/50s, ISO 4000. Looking back …
: Supreme Court hands DOGE big wins in Social Security, records cases If we’re getting this shit on …
: Cruz seeks $10 billion for NASA programs in budget reconciliation bill It’s so cute watching …
: 13 House Republicans urge Senate to save green credits “We hope you grow the spine that we couldn’t …
: “Rest Time” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 41mm, f/14, 1/160s, ISO 320. Middle Sister, …
: “Lilies” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/4.5, 1/800s, ISO 250. Subalpine Mariposa …
: Finished: Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long, by Richard D. White, Jr. 📚. Long was basically Donald …
: “Chow Time” Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 6400. Veiled polypore …
: “Reflected Sadness” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 22mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 320. Unnamed …
: “A Bad Place to Sprout” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 24mm, f/5, 1/320s, ISO 320. Along the …
: “Separation Point” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ …
: “Ex-forest” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/9.0, 1/1000s, ISO 500. Snow in the …
: “Recovery” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 30mm, f/6.3, 1/25s, ISO 250. A new tree struggling …
: “Famous Forty” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/13, 1/15s, ISO 1600. Some of the Oz …
: “Buttgall” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.5, 1/500s, ISO 250. Shot at Mt. …
: Finished: Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe 📚. The definitive edition of the Swords Trilogy, the …
: Finished: Unknown Valor, by Martha MacCallum 📚. Pretty straightforward history of the Pacific Teater …
: “Tree Wings” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8, 1/2500s, ISO 2000. Shot at Mt. …
: Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers Fuck Meta. If your …
: Trump pardons Florida divers who freed sharks There’s something deeply symbolic about this.
: “Sunrise” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.5, 1/1250s, ISO 800. Shot at Mt. …
: “Love in a Shadow” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8, 1/4000s, ISO 100. Shot on …
: “‘Scuse Me, I’m Using This Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/4, 1/100s, ISO …
: Education Department declares June ‘Title IX Month’ Yes, they really do want to just completely …
: “Loop the Loop” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/3.2, 1/400s, ISO 2000. Wild …
: Trump Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was Executed and Replaced by a Robot Clone I hope …
: “Eugene Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ 39mm, f/11, 1/2500s, ISO 400. View …
: “Fake Litter” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/15s, ISO 640. A group of the …
: “Perching” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/5, 1/100s, ISO 100. Shot at Mt. Pisgah. …
: “Trail Tunnels” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 39mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 800. Chucksney …
: “Snowmelt” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/2000s, ISO 3200. Seasonal pond along …
: “Ringing the Bells” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/6.3, 1/200s, ISO 200. Hooker’s …
: “Cold Sisters” In-camera panorama from Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, …
: “Nest of snakes” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 640. …
: “Green Peak Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens @ f/9, 1/5s, ISO 100.
: Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves Or to put it more bluntly, Garbage In, …
: What is the ‘TACO trade’ on Wall Street? It’s Trump Always Chickens Out, of course. I’ll bet every …
: “Porch Friend” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 640. At Camp …
: RFK Jr. ends COVID shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women Killing children is …
: Finished: The New Year, by Pearl S. Buck 📚. A change of pace from her sweeping historical novels, …
: “Fern Forest” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 5000. Along a utility …
: The Privacy-Friendly Tech to Replace Your US-Based Email, Browser, and Search It’s good to have …
: “Pearls” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 250. At the top of MacDuff Mountain.
: America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The …
: This functional Macintosh replica is just 2.4-inches tall. I am seriously impressed. I’ve been …
: “Ex-Bridge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 1250. Along the East Fork …
: “There’s a Trail in There Somewhere” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO …
: “You Can’t Keep a Good Fern Down” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 800. …
: “Spring Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 14005s, ISO 320. Olallie Trail with …
: “Morel Season” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 40-150mm f/5.6-6.3 lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/400s, ISO …
: Finished: The Peshawar Lancers, by S.M. Stirling 📚. A rip-roaring adventure tale set in an …
: “Sawtooth Ridge” Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 40-150mm f/5.6-6.3 lens @ 53mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO …
: Finished: The Living Reed, by Pearl S. Buck 📚. A novelization of Korean history from 1881 to 1945, …
: “Mossy Elephants” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/5, 1/125s, ISO 3200. O’Leary Trail …
: Finished: The Rising Tide, by Jeff Shaara 📚. A historical novel covering WWII’s Mediterranean Front …
: “Starflower” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/6.3, 1/15s, ISO 1600. O’Leary Trail west …
: “Sand Two Bits” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/800s, ISO 100. At Baker Beach.
: The US has a radio-free zone. If we had an AI-free zone, I’d move there.
: “By-the-wind Sailor” Olympus TG-6 @ 7.8mm, f/4, 1/160s, ISO 200. At Baker Beach.
: “Loneliness” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/1600s, ISO 800. Shot at Baker …
: Judge: Trump Administration ‘Unquestionably’ Violated Court Order on Deportations And they’ll no …
: Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn’t warning the public like it was months ago So the way to make …
: Trump administration accepts Qatari 747 to serve as Air Force One Even loud objections from (some) …
: Nice 20-mile hike today. www.alltrails.com/explore/m… Photos will follow but right now I’m …
: “Sea and Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/640s, ISO 320. Morning low tide …
: Trump admin deports immigrants to South Sudan in violation of court order, lawyers say It’s becoming …
: “Run Away!” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 640. Snowy plovers on …
: I’m 65 years old and just sewed on a button for the first time ever. It seems to have worked. Old …
: Worst interviewee tic: responding to every single question with “Yeah…well, ,,,” You’re stalling for …
: “Sentinels” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 640. Shot at the north …
: Finished: Mawson’s Will, by Lennard Bickel 📚. The story of Douglas Mawson’s desperate slog across …
: “Anemones” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/160s, ISO 3200. Shot at …
: “It’s my crab and you can’t have it” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 361mm, f/11, …
: Watched the Eurovision Grand Final with my daughter - something we’ve done together for years, …
: “There’s a Reason for the Name” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 27mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 640. …
: “Trail Work” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 28mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 4000. Along the Marys …
: “Coming and Going” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/10s, ISO 250. Along the …
: “Octopus’s Garden” Olympus TG-6 @ 11.1mm, f/5, 1/250s, ISO 160. Along the Sutton Creek Trail.
: “Vegetable Cobra” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f//2.8 lens @ f5.6, 1/125s, ISO 320. …
: “Can’t Keep a Good Tree Down” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 16mm, f/11, 1/10s, ISO 1000. …
: “Paintbrush Rising” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/7.1, 1/80s, ISO 1600. Along the …
: “Rainy Rhodies” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 34mm, f/11, 1/80s, ISO 320. Along the Sutton …
: Flash Forest Reforestation by shooting seeds into the ground from 14-foot drones. Pretty nifty. …
: “Maybe Not the Best Spot” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/11, 1/80s, ISO 320. Along …
: “Who You Lookin’ At?” Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 400mm, f/11, 1/60s, ISO 2500. …
: Finished: Lords of the North, by Bernard Cornwell 📚. In this installment the Saxon-Dane Uhtred gets …
: Finished: Dreamers in Hell, ed. by Janet Morris - 16th book in this shared universe series, so you …
: Dark matter formed when fast particles slowed down and got heavy, new theory says So basically this …
: “The Gathering Storm” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/9, 1/250s, ISO 100. Near the top of Mt. Pisgah.
: “Ready to Pop” Olympus TG-6 @ 11.1mm, f/3.6, 1/200s, ISO 800. Fringecup buds along a trail at Mt. …
: “Cat Ears” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/160s, ISO 100. Elegant Mariposa Lily trailside at Mt. …
: “Sweeping View” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/250s, ISO 100. Trail at Mt. Pisgah leading into a …
: “Ookow Rising” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/320s, ISO 100. Yes, this flower really is named the …
: Finished: The Last Season, by Eric Blehm 📚. A look at the life and disappearance (and later remains …
: Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought Another reason to …
: Finished: Preface to the Past, by James Branch Cabell 📚. The title is quite literal; this book …
: AI vs College Chatted with my college freshman child about AI, after reading Everyone is Cheating Their Way …
: “Diamond in the Sky” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/9.5, 1/350s, ISO 200. View of …
: Trump administration poised to accept ‘palace in the sky’ as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources …
: Finished: The Pale Horseman, by Bernard Cornwell 📚. Second book in Cornwell’s series about the …
: “Growth” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 31mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 640. Along the Lawler Trail.
: Why so many photos? There are a few reasons why I post so many photos here: My aphantasia means that if I don’t take and …
: “Misty Woods” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 200. Along the Lawler …
: “Stone Wave Breaking” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/7.1, 1/30s, ISO 400. Along the …
: “Into the Mist” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/20s, ISO 100. Taking a break …
: “Bad Hair Crowd” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 400. Close-up of moss along the Lawler …
: “Hidden cafeteria” Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/100s, ISO 800. Bugs feasting in a skunk cabbage …
: Looks like Oregon wildfire season is getting underway.
: “Capturing the Sun” Olympus TG-6 @ 9mm, f/4.5, 1/125s, ISO 200. Fawn lily along the Lawler Trail.
: “Helleboring” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 33mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. A small bit of a …
: “Spring Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/50s, ISO 1250. Along the Lawler …
: “Hound’s Tongue” Olympus TG-6 @ 12.7mm, f/5.6, 1/250s, ISO 320. Along Lawler Trail.
: ‘Fire season is here,’ Gov. Kotek declares May Wildfire Awareness Month, state prepares Ugh. The …
: Finished: Doorways in the Sand, by Roger Zelazny 📚. Another relatively minor Zelazny work, perhaps …
: “Implied Bridge” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200. South end of …
: “Ceci ne pas un pont” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 2000. Missing …
: Are seed oils unhealthy? Not from what I can tell. A professional nutritionist speaks truth to …
: Voice of America planning partnership with OAN: Kari Lake So if they can’t just pull the plug on …
: “Wild Strawberry” Olympus TG-6 @ 13.6mm, f/65.6, 1/320s, ISO 200. Along Echo Trail.
: “Tribble” Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/00s, ISO 1250. Along Echo Trail.
: 58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump’s meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows …
: Second judge bars Trump use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations I wonder if the administration …
: Trump-appointed judge reaffirms order that admin seek return of 2nd wrongly deported man from El …
: GOP leader: Trump pick to serve as U.S. attorney for DC won’t reach floor When you’re too much of an …
: Stephen Miller Unveils Totally Made-Up Definition of “Due Process” The sort of sociopathic clown …
: The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada A Canadian author reflects on Trump’s threats. In short, a …
: “Forest of Ferns” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/60s, ISO 800. Along Echo Trail.
: Absolute worst thing about post-cholecystectomy digestion: inability to tolerate anything hotter …
: You’d think at my age I would know that when my tummy is upset due to overeating, more food will not …
: “Exploring” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/20s, ISO 640. Crane fly on …
: Email encouraging me to download an app for my vacuum cleaner: We’ve enhanced your Dyson experience. …
: “Calypso Duet” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/20s, ISO 640. Separation …
: “Welcome” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/10, 1/20s, ISO 2500. Vine maple along …
: Finished: Year of the Tiger, by Jack Higgins. 📚 This is early Higgins, written under the name of …
: “Luckily I am not a Horse” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 30mm, f/6.3, 1/40s, ISO 250. Along …
: “Echoes of Trees” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/13, 1/160s, ISO 1250. Separation …
: “Froggie Friend” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 1000. Cascades Frog …
: “Troll with Antennae” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 16mm, f/9, 1/15s, ISO 3200. Separation …
: “Fall Creek” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 250. Shot from the …
: “Yellowleaf Iris” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 26mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 4000. Close to the …
: Eugene police arrest man who brandished rifle-shaped object for disorderly conduct The object he was …
: Oregon and Washington could be in for another destructive wildfire season Worrisome. I was on trails …
: A Double Win For Voters in Pennsylvania More good news in the fight against the MAGA …
: Group Founded by Trump Ally Stephen Miller Sues John Roberts in Bid to Control Courts Well, you have …
: U.S. Secretary of Commerce says the ‘new model’ is factory jobs for life—for you, your kids, and …
: Russia’s Medvedev says Trump’s statement about US World War Two role was ‘pretentious nonsense’ And …
: Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US Another good idea we’re denied by living in a …
: Finished: The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley 📚. I’m a sucker for a good time travel book, and …
: “The Trail Endures” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 320. One of the …
: Finished: The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell 📚. First book in Cornwell’s series about the making …
: Didn’t finish: The Insect Crisis, by Oliver Milman 📚. I think this could have made a really good …
: Trying out Firefox with vertical tabs. I think I like it, but I wish I could put the bookmark window …
: “Fire is Not the End” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 1250. Close to …
: T. rex researchers eviscerate ‘misleading’ dinosaur leather announcement I’m shocked, shocked that …
: Today I hiked 13.5 miles of basically obliterated trails. Perhaps not my best decision ever.
: I just realized that Trump does have a plan to end illegal immigration: simply turn the USA into a …
: Finished: Eye of the Storm, by Jack Higgins 📚. The fictionalized story of the 1991 mortar attack on …
: House Transportation proposes to include $20 per vehicle fee in GOP megabill Oh look, another …
: Amazon has no choice but to display tariffs on prices now Bezos answered the White House by rolling …
: Amnesty International warns of global human rights crisis as ‘Trump effect’ accelerates destructive …
: Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Suicide Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Youth Beginning October 2025 …
: Color additives banned? Not exactly. Marion Nestle (who has been a nutrition researcher and writer …
: Exclusive: Most Americans see Trump as “dangerous dictator,” poll says The other 48% are in denial. …
: White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: ‘Hostile and political act’ How’s that sucking up …
: US dismisses all authors of National Climate Assessment, email says Because the Trump/Musk …
: Michigan Democrat files articles of impeachment against Trump Good for you, Mr. Thanedar. At this …
: Put an Old-School BBS on Meshtastic Radio Tempting. Many many years ago I ran a dialup BBS on a …
: A nearby dark molecular cloud in the Local Bubble revealed via H2 fluorescence Gotta love …
: “Howl” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/10, 1/25s, ISO 2500. Birds Nest Fungi …
: “Vegetable Pigtail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/16, 1/30s, ISO 3200. Along …
: “Amanita Goblin” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/8, 1/60s, ISO 3200. Along the …
: “Starry Starry Moss” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/6.3, 1/80s, ISO 1600. Along the …
: “Misty Mountain Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/10, 1/80s, ISO 3200. Along …
: Finished: The Dream Master, by Roger Zelazny 📚. Not IMO one of Zelazny’s better works, even if it …
: A Strange Phrase Keeps Turning Up in Scientific Papers, But Why? Why? Because AI is quickly turning …
: “Go Away I’m Bzzy” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx 0.43x Macro Lens @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/320s, ISO 100. …
: “Camas Road” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/200s, ISO 100. Along the base of Mount Pisgah.
: Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse Have some …
: Warhol print accidentally thrown away by Dutch town hall Oops. And it wasn’t even a soup can. That’d …
: Trump insists China called, and trade deals are weeks away: Time interview China tells Trump: If …
: “Monkeyflower” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx 0.43x Macro Lens @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 160. Trailside …
: “Floral Firework” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx 0.43x Macro Lens @ 19mm, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 400. Purple …
: “Hazy Valley” Olympus TG6 @ 13.6mm, f/5.6, 1/500s, ISO 100. View from atop Mount Pisgah.
: “Waiting for the Wind” Olympus TG6 with Ultimaxx 0.43x Macro Lens @ 18mm, f4.9, 1/250s, ISO 800. On …
: Trump Organization is selling 2028 hats If you think this is just a joke, you haven’t been paying …
: Judge pauses parts of Trump’s sweeping executive order on voting More sanity from the judiciary.
: AI models can learn to conceal information from their users This should not surprise anyone. The …
: Finished: Townsend of Lichfield, by James Branch Cabell 📚. This volume of Cabell’s collected works …
: Finished: Imperial Woman, by Pearl S. Buck 📚. Next up in my trip through Buck’s major works is this …
: Finished: Conquistador, by S.M. Stirling 📚. This alternate history is one of several that Stirling …
: “Me! Me! Pick Me!” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/25s, ISO 640. Along …
: “Fungus Family” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/10, 1/3s, ISO 800. Along the …
: “Trail Ends Here…for now” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/60s, ISO 250. …
: Are watermelon seeds the next breakthrough in plant-based milk? I think the word “milk” has jumped …
: “Dodgy Bridge” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/15s, ISO 2500. Crossing …
: Finished: The Weight of Glory, by C.S. Lewis 📚. Lewis remains my favorit Christian apologist, and …
: Finished: The Harrad Experiment, by Robert H. Rimmer 📚. Finished: The Harrad Experiment, by Robert H. Rimmer 📚. I was given this copy of the “Sex Manifesto …
: Tesla earnings plunge 71 percent in first quarter As my children say: “sucks to suck.”
: Finished: Taj Mahal by Diana & Michael Preston 📚. This one turned out to be much more than a history …
: Team Trump Drafts Dystopian Plan to Get Women to Have More Babies Surprise, surprise - Dobbs was …
: Finished: Immortality Inc. by Robert Sheckley 📚. Sheckley wrote absurdist SF, and I find myself …
: Trump blasts Supreme Court while arguing trials for migrants ‘not possible’ Well this is chilling: …
: Finished: Is Paris Burning? by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre 📚. The story of the liberation …
: In other “how stupid do they think we are?” news: Emmer disagrees with Van Hollen, says Abrego …
: Alito says the recent Supreme Court order barring further flights under the Alien Enemies Act was …
: “Pioneer” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/8, 1/60s, ISO 800. Along the Lake …
: “Lake Linton” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens plus CPL filter @ 14mm, f/11, 1/60s, ISO 320. …
: “Someone Owes the Government $250” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/5, 1/50s, ISO …
: “Cool Morning” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/4s, ISO 320. Base of Lower …
: “Lil’ Buddy” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/60s, ISO 2000. On the side …
: “Too Large” Olympus E-M10 IV, 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/11, 1/20s, ISO 200. Along the …
: Google just arbitrarily switched on Gemini on my phone. Do Not Want. Took ten minutes in settings to …
: Blackmagic Design says tariffs have made camera price hikes ‘unavoidable’ And also, they’re …
: The CVE program for tracking security flaws is about to lose federal funding What could possibly go …
: Pronouns in some reporters’ email signatures get a stony response from Trump administration The …
: Harvard rejects Trump demands for funding How sad is it that one institution fighting back against …
: The rule of law is pretty much dead in the USA Trump, Bukele say they won’t return mistakenly deported man to US As if we couldn’t strong-arm El …
: Trump says CBS should lose license after ’60 Minutes’ segments on Ukraine, Greenland Just in case …
: China, Vietnam sign agreements on supply chains, railway cooperation Not sure this is what the …
: Finished: Straws and Prayer-Books, by James Branch Cabell 📚. This is one of the later volumes in the …
: “Streamside” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 25mm, f/11, 1/60s, ISO 1600. Along Cummins …
: “Root Stairs” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/10, 1/20s, ISO 5000. Cape Perpetua …
: Artisan, the ‘stop hiring humans’ AI agent startup, raises $25M — and is still hiring humans Looking …
: US Commerce Secretary says exempted electronic products to come under separate tariffs He was …
: “Future Salmonberry” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 34mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 500. Cape …
: “Along the Coast” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 250. At …
: “Calypso and Friend” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 29mm, f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 200. Along …
: “Hitchhiker” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 250. Sharing the …
: Finished: John Adams Under Fire, by Dan Abrams 📚. A deep dive into how Adams defended the soldiers …
: Finished: Bridge Over Hell by Michael A. Armstrong 📚 Another bizarre entry in the long-running …
: “Fungus Fireworks” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/10s, ISO 1000. Along …
: “Crystal Clear” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/9, 1/40s, ISO 640. Snowmelt in …
: “Early Spring Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 20mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 320. In the …
: “Bridge to Wilderness” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 27mm, f/9, 1/6s, ISO 800. Entering …
: “You Shall Not Pass” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 40mm, f/13, 1/50s, ISO …
: “I suppose you’re all wondering why I called you here today” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit …
: Finished: Dissolution by Nicholas Binge 📚. This was an unexpectedly delightful science fiction …
: “The Bear Went Over the Mountain” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/13, …
: Trump Backs Off Most of His Dumb Tariffs—but What’s Left Is Still Bad Indeed. Let’s see how long it …
: “Who says violets need to be purple?” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/2.3, 1/30s, ISO 250. Along the trail at …
: “Fawn Lily” Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/2.3, 1/125s, ISO 200. Along the trail at Howard Buford Recreation …
: “Camas Lily” Olympus TG6 @ 9.6mm, f/3.3, 1/200s, ISO 160. Along the trail at Howard Buford …
: NYT: Asked why he decided on a pause, President Trump says, “Well, I thought that people were …
: Trump announces pause in tariffs; markets jump It was what, two days ago that he said he’d never …
: RFK Jr says his response to measles outbreak should be ‘model for the world’ He left out the words …
: Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say Two bad tastes that …
: “Scotch Broom” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/16, 1/160s, ISO 500. Along the …
: “Gigeresque” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 320. Along the …
: “Barnacle Bouquet” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/320s, ISO 320. Along the …
: Federal judge in scathing decision calls Trump’s deportation of Salvadoran man ‘wholly lawless’ Not …
: “Framed Lake” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 16mm, f5.6, 1/160s, ISO 250. Along the …
: “Fuzzy Bells” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f5.6, 1/100s, ISO 200. Along the …
: “You Can’t See Me” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f5.6, 1/80s, ISO 6400
: I started buying things via Amazon back when they only sold books. I try hard not to waste my …
: Just cancelled all of my Amazon subscriptions. It’s just a tiny thing, but I don’t need to be giving …
: Hundreds of protestors lining Hwy 101 for at least a mile in Florence, Oregon this afternoon. And a …
: DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data Oh, and they’re …
: ‘I was a British tourist trying to leave the US. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an …
: An update on our economic outlook J.P. Morgan goes on the record predicting a recession for this …
: “The Road Ahead” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 1250. In the …
: Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants File under “No, the courts are not …
: “Roads Not Taken” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 160
: Trump delays TikTok ban again Apparently the unitary executive theory includes “you can make up …
: Trump’s top prosecutor in Washington compares Jan. 6 charges to Japanese internment Because why …
: “This Way to the Clear Cut” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/11, 1/125s, …
: Yesterday I learned that Americans spend roughly 10 times as much on lottery scratch tickets as they …
: Finished: Orange is the New Black 📚. I’ve never seen the TV show, and given that I watch zero TV, I …
: “All Your Pollen Belongs to Me” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO …
: The NaNoWriMo organization is shutting down Sad news. I completed NaNoWriMo 4 or 5 times - never …
: Finished reading: The Mother 📚. Another of Pearl S. Buck’s novels of rural China in the …
: Screen time in bed linked to worse sleep, study finds This is news?
: Finished reading: Arc Light 📚. Given the current occupants of the White House & Kremlin, it probably …
: “After the Storm” Olympus TG6 @ 12.7mm, f/3.9, 1/200s, ISO 100. Along the trail in Suzanne Arlie …
: “No Parking” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/125s, ISO 200. In Suzanne Arlie Park.
: “Embrace” Olympus TG6 @ 11.1mm, f/3.6, 1/250s, ISO 500. At the edge of Suzanne Arlie Park.
: “Catenaries” Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 100. At the edge of Suzanne Arlie Park.
: “Oregon Sky” Olympus TG6 @ 15.7mm, f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 100. View from Mt. Baldy.
: Trump Anti-Voting Order Draws Furious Pushback In case you missed the voter suppression executive …
: “Sun at Pinard Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/9, 1/125s, ISO 1250
: Trump is ’not joking’ about third term, though Constitution says he can’t serve I see the …
: “It’s Jelly Time (no PB)” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 2500
: Finished reading: The Lineage of Lichfield 📚. This is a rather minor bit of Cabelliana. I’m linking …
: Everybody in the Pool This climate podcast is my weekly dose of optimism. Instead of giving out the …
: “Capturing the Sun” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 400
: This is also Spirit Falls. Same camera, same lens, but stitched together from two 2 second exposures …
: Spirit Falls Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1/80s, ISO 5000
: It is oddly comforting to know, after all these years, that Scripting News is still updating …
: Finished reading: Elric: The Moonbeam Roads 📚. Another of my retirement projects is to read through …
: “Steps to Nowhere” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 17mm, f/4.5, 1/500s, ISO 400. Along FR …
: Garmin’s online map shows a point for the “Willamette Divide Trail,” for which there is no …
: Fortunately, I live in Oregon, so there are always waterfalls to improve things. This is Moon Falls …
: Finished reading: The Cream of the Jest 📚. I do seem to be tearing through the James Branch Cabell …
: “Horsetail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 4000. Along FR 5824 …
: Much of my post-move life is perfectly described by the notion of putting ten pounds of shit in a …
: Sourdough Sidekick I’ve managed to keep a sourdough starter going for years now (including a …
: With so many years in the industry, you’d think I could write simple Markdown without needing three …
: Musk: Trump will ‘go after’ people ‘pushing the lies’ about Tesla Apparently co-President Musk …
: “We’re Watching You” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/5, 1/60s, ISO 1000. Along FR …
: Finished reading: Brain on Fire 📚. This one initially seems to be in the “I had psychiatric problems …
: “Embrace” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/6.3, 1/13s, ISO 2000. Along the Eugene …
: White House withdrawing Stefanik nomination to serve as US ambassador to UN Because they’re worried …
: Steakholder Foods Secures $250,000 Grant Installment for 3D-Printed Eel Alternatives On the one …
: I see the online April Fools jokes have already started. Remember folks, 99% of you aren’t as …
: Might be about time to re-read some Saul Alinsky.
: Justice Department goes to bat for Trump in hush money case With all the other shit going down, …
: Democrat members of Congress are calling for an investigation of Signalgate by the DOD Inspector …
: Micro.blog has been a trouble-free pleasure for a month. Upping my subscription to yearly. Thanks …
: Finished reading: The Whisper of the Axe 📚. I’d guess most people only know Richard Condon thanks to …
: Finished reading: The Eagle’s Shadow 📚. Though this was Jame Branch Cabell’s first published novel, …
: “Visitor” Olympus E-M10 IV, Meike 25mm f/1.8 lens with Viltrox 250 macro lens, 1/320s, ISO 100. …
: Bubble Trouble The bear case on big generative AI. I think he may be overindexing on DeepSeek, but …
: “Contemplation” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 2s, ISO 500. Salmon Creek …
: It’s spring. Even the leopard slugs are out smelling the flowers. Olympus E-M10 IV, Meike 25mm f/1.8 …
: Didn’t finish: The In-Between 📚. I’m interested in the subject (end-of-life care), and more so as I …
: “Inside of a Skunk” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 500. Along …
: “Coltsfoot” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/9, 1/40s, ISO 800. Along Saint …
: Finished: The Last Wild Men of Borneo 📚. It’s a pretty meandering book, going from art collecting to …
: “Bad Hair Day” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/10, 1/60s, ISO 1600. Near Salmon …
: “Vampire fungus” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 macro lens, f/16, 1/40s, ISO 640. Along …
: “Splash!” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 100-400 f/5.6-6.3 lens + MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/14, …
: “Skunk Season” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 800. Cape …
: “Laziness is our Middle Name” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 100-400 f/5.6-6.3 lens + MC-20 teleconverter …
: An airport, Mount Rushmore and the $100 bill: Inside the GOP effort to venerate Trump while he’s …
: 10 1/2 mile hike took me a ridiculous 6 hours. The fact that I shot 300 photos probably has …
: A Mysterious Startup Is Developing a New Form of Solar Geoengineering I don’t think we are very many …
: Trump says student loans moving to SBA Small Business Administration plans to slash staff by over 40 …
: “Beachgrass” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 41mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 400. Along the John …
: “Sentinel” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 30mm, f/11, 1/250s, ISO 250. ALong the John …
: “As Above, So Below” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/10, 1/200s, ISO 250. Near …
: “Life Finds a Way” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 200. Along the …
: Didn’t finish: The Forgotten Man 📚 Revisionist history arguing that FDR’s policies didn’t help …
: Finished reading: In the Garden of Beasts 📚 Larson’s dramatic history is always an easy read. This …
: “Windblown” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 32mm, f/11, 1/50s, ISO 200. Processed in …
: Finished reading: Gai-Jin 📚 An ideal bathroom book: action every page or two, comfortably exotic …
: “Elephant Foot” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9.5, 1/500s, ISO 200. Near the …
: “Plovers on Parade” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/10, 1/800s, ISO 1250. Oregon …
: “Rain Pool” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 21mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 200. Along the John …
: WMO report documents spiralling weather and climate impacts That’s the World Meteorological …
: Republican Behind “Trump Derangement Bill” Accused of Soliciting Minor The definition of …
: NYT: In an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News, President Trump maintained his view that his …
: Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act blasted as abuse of power A roundup of responses to the …
: New filing in the Alien Enemies Act case If the president can designate any group as enemy aliens …
: Judge finds Elon Musk likely acted unconstitutionally in shuttering USAID The interesting thing is …
: FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies Another break for poor oppressed …
: Moscow and Beijing rejoice at looming death of Radio Free Europe, VOA The enemy of my enemy is …
: Minnesota bill labels Trump derangement syndrome as mental illness FFS.
: NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide I’m a child of the Space Age …
: Update: the Newegg seller refunded the excessive markup. On the one hand, this makes me happier. On …
: I ordered a new laptop ethernet adapter from a Newegg seller because I’m trying to discontinue doing …
: “Droplets” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 640. Along the Ridgeline Trail.
: Didn’t finish reading: Destiny’s Road 📚 Usually I like Niven’s work, but this one just never seemed …
: “Rainy Day Flower” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 250. Along the Ridgeline Trail.
: “Rainbow Rays” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/180s, ISO 125. Along the Ridgeline Trail. Really hard to …
: Just upgraded 6 ethernet switches from 1 gigabit to 2.5 gigabit. Discussion of the absurdity of …
: Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants, despite judge’s order stopping removal I’m sad …
: “Red Mushrooms” I’m honestly not sure how I got this shot - flash misfire maybe. But I like the way …
: This gaming mouse has a striking skeletonized design and hot-swap batteries Trimming grams from a …
: Finished reading: Rogues in Hell 📚 14th book in a complex shared-world series featuring (mostly) …
: Life in the tower: Who controls Seattle’s drawbridges? Who knew that drawbridge operators need to …
: Federal judge halts deportations after Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act He also ordered planes in the …
: Trump invokes wartime law to target Venezuelan gang and speed up deportations This appears to be not …
: And speaking of Amazon idiocy…they sent me an email telling me my deleted seller account was …
: “Walking into Spring” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 400. Hardesty …
: Software Development Job Postings on Indeed in the United States Absolutely cratered since the …
: Donald Trump, In DOJ Speech, Calls CNN And MSNBC “Illegal” For Reporting Negatively On Him I need to …
: Finished reading: Rough Sleepers 📚 Tracy Kidder digs into the work of Dr. Jim O’Connell with the …
: “Snowdodendron” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 35mm, f/5.2, 1/125s, ISO 320. Along the …
: “Actually that IS the trail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, 1/800s, ISO …
: Got up at 3:30 this morning. At my age that counts as sleeping in.
: “Turning Over a New Leaf” Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/25s, ISO 1600. Along …
: Just put in a Github pull request for the first time in quite a while - fixing a one-character typo …
: Meta is trying to stop a former employee from promoting her book about Facebook Cue the Streisand …
: “Tree Gremlin” Olympus TG6, f/4.9, 1/100s, ISO 250. Yesterday at Mount Pisgah.
: “Sweet Smells” Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/160s, ISO 100. Yesterday at …
: E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’ If you’d rather die than support …
: “Spring is Near the Ground” Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/400s, ISO 400. …
: Nebraska lawmakers advance bill allowing parental notification for school library checkouts More …
: Finished reading: A House Divided, by Pearl S. Buck. 📚 I inherited a 10-volume signed limited …
: More Republican Nonsense Restore Medicaid’s intent: Prioritize the most vulnerable over able-bodied childless adults Prepare …
: All this bad AI is wrecking a whole generation of products Personally, I look forward to the …
: EBO Air 2 Companion Robot Regardless of their tagline, “playing with” your pets and kids via a $200 …
: Senate Democrats appear ready to back down in government shutdown fight Have Senators not noticed …
: Why I Left the Washington Post Ruth Marcus traces the decline and fall of the WP under Jeff Bezos, …
: Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Directly Into Trump Political Operation The corruption really is …
: Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom The only mystery here is how co-President …
: TikTok will play ‘calming music’ to remind teens to stop using the app It won’t work. No matter how …
: King Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous’ Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs In these troubled …
: I get an absurd amount of pleasure from swapping 10 watts of electrons with someone in Calgary.
: Every time I have to deal with Xfinity I think about getting into business as an ISP. I could eat a …
: “Not quite still waters” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 1250. …
: Generation Z Is Losing a Skill We’ve Had for Over 5,500 Years: 40% Can’t Communicate Properly …
: “Trail Door” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/20s, ISO 2500. Larison Creek …
: Enough negativity for one morning. Have a grouse. (Seen on the trail a couple days ago. Alas, had a …
: Trump’s Plan to Fix Egg Price Crisis Is Already Falling Apart What a surprise, wannabe dictator …
: Meidas Touch Network On the one hand, it’s nice to see progressive media trying to be as brash and …
: “Dance of the Rhododendrons” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 250. …
: MOOSEHEAD BREWERIES INTRODUCES THE PRESIDENTIAL PACK If I wasn’t on the wagon I’d be ordering one.
: “Green Trail” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 1250. Larison Creek …
: Vitamin A? Cod liver oil? Experts say there’s no replacement for measles vaccination The fact that …
: “Moss Buds” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/6.3, 1/125s, ISO 500. Shot at Silver …
: “South Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3,5, 1/45s, ISO 200. In-camera HDR. …
: “Behind the Curtain” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/10.0, 1/60s, ISO 400. Silver …
: By the way, most of my photos are cropped to 16x9 aspect ratio. They’re CC-BY-NA licensed, so feel …
: “North Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3,5, 1/60s, ISO 200. HDR program …
: “Reach for the Sun” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Shot at …
: “Here Comes the Shroom” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/16, 1/15s, ISO 500. Along the …
: “Middle North Falls” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/22, 1/2.5s, ISO 200. Silver …
: Ah, Eugene EUGENE, Ore. – Eugene police responded this morning to 911 reports of a man yelling and …
: (Partially) Escaping Big Tech In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, I did a lot of work in the Microsoft ecosystem, including …
: Lab-grown caviar (if they succeed). I’m skeptical that there’s enough overlap between vegetarians …
: Finished The Rivet in Grandfather’s Neck. This is part of a longish-term project of working through …
: Good Planet Sharp Cheddar Olive Oil Cheese Slices - Not even remotely sharp cheddar, but not bad as …
: Remember back in the 60s when we used to dream about the day when the government needed to hold a …
: People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago Madam, we’ve already established …
: Trump Reveals Tariffs Plan to Ruin American Farmers’ Lives I don’t always agree with TNR, but they …
: Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur “These mice are massively adorable,” …
: “Snow Queen” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/7.1, 1/100s, ISO 800. Along the Youngs …
: “The Pom-pom Tree” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/16, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Along the …
: Depressing news about local public lands: U.S. Forest Service firings across Oregon having serious …
: The era of pettiness is in full swing Nobody knows exactly how long ago a marbled and tender boneless short-loin steak came to be known …
: “Willow Flowers” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/16, 1/125s, ISO 2000. Along the …
: I was out hiking before dawn, and had to change my headlamp battery. In the dark, no moon, under …
: The competition for “biggest suckup in Congress” is heating up.
: “Pine Twig” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/11, 1/40s, ISO 6400. Shot along the …
: “Cone” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/11, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Shot along the Youngs …
: If progressives don’t refer to this as the Trump Slump, they’re missing a good bet.
: Finished The Quotable Lewis. I ran across this one in our local St. Vinnie’s thrift store and …
: “Elegant Sunburst Lichen” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/13, 1/125s, ISO 320. Found …
: “Moon Point” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/13, 1/160s, ISO 200. Shot from Youngs …
: Scheduling a service call with Xfinity may be slightly less painful that a root canal. But I’m not …
: “Baby tree” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/5.6, 1/100s, ISO 6400. Shot from Youngs …
: Finished The Lost Painting (on audio, but I’m making the rules in this blog, and I say it counts as …
: “Not Dead Yet” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/5.0, 1/1000s, ISO 200. Shot from …
: “I suppose you’re all wondering why I called you here today” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 …
: $400 internet-connected toaster. Um, no. To add insult to injury, Wired says it doesn’t even make …
: “Snow Wave” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @42mm, 1/100s, ISO 200. Along the road to …
: “Young’s Rock” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @42mm, 1/100s, ISO 320. Shot from Youngs …
: I’ve been reading the Encyclopedia Britannica (yes, start to finish - this is the sort of thing …
: “Looming Sisters” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 100-400 F5.0-6.3 with 2.0 teleconverter @ 400mm (1600mm …
: “Treacherous Stairs” Olympus E-M10 IV, TTArtisan 25mm f/2.0, 1/4000s, ISO 160. Near the top of …
: “Moss Muncher” Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens with Raynox 250 macro lens @ f/9, 1/30s, ISO …
: “Fern shadows.” Olympus E-M10 IV, TTArtisan 25mm f/2.0, 1/60s, ISO 200. Eugene Ridgeline Trail.