“Buttgall”

Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.5, 1/500s, ISO 250. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.

A curiously-shaped oak gall

Finished: Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe 📚. The definitive edition of the Swords Trilogy, the first part of Corum’s story. It’s interesting to see how the idea of the Eternal Champion and his Companion get fleshed out beyond what was evident in the Elric books and to see some of the threads from Moorcock’s other works weaving together. I’m enjoying my trip through the entire Eternal Champion corpus though it’s certainly not for everyone.

Finished: Unknown Valor, by Martha MacCallum 📚. Pretty straightforward history of the Pacific Teater in WWII, interspersed with the story of some of the boys who went to war (including one of the author’s own relatives). Notable perhaps for the hardline treatment of Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal rather than a dupe of the military, interesting perhaps for the anecdotes from the home front.

Hegseth orders Navy strip oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk of name

Apparently June is “erase the gays” month for all the studmuffins running the US government. One wonders what they’re so defensive about.

“Tree Wings”

Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8, 1/2500s, ISO 2000. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.

Bush maple seedling getting ready to fly

Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers

Fuck Meta. If your business model depends on hacking my browser and spying on me, then you’re not a business, you’re a thug.

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. Pisgah.

Daisy reaching for the sun

“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 my back deck.

#mbjune Day 3: shadow 📷

Lawn furniture shadow on the deck

“‘Scuse Me, I’m Using This Trail”

Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/4, 1/100s, ISO 320. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.

Fawn on the trail at Mt. Pisgah

Education Department declares June ‘Title IX Month’

Yes, they really do want to just completely erase LGBTQ+ people entirely. Fortunately, I expect most people will just ignore this idiocy and continue to call June Pride Month.

“Loop the Loop”

Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/3.2, 1/400s, ISO 2000. Wild cucumber at Mt. Pisgah.

#mbjune Day 2: curve 📷

End of a vine

Trump Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was Executed and Replaced by a Robot Clone

I hope all the people who helped elect this mentally-unbalanced clown to the Presidency are happy, because I’m sure not.

“Eugene Morning”

Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ 39mm, f/11, 1/2500s, ISO 400. View from the top of Spencer Butte, with Mt. Jefferson, all three Sisters, and Broken Top visible on the horizon.

“Fake Litter”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/15s, ISO 640. A group of the aptly-named Spring Orange Peel Fungus along the Grasshopper Trail.

Orange Peel Fungus in the snow

“Perching”

Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/5, 1/100s, ISO 100. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.

#mbjune Day 1: tree 📷

Dead tree with a couple of birds perching at the top

“Trail Tunnels”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 39mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 800. Chucksney Mountain Trail.

Snowmelt running down the trail through drifts

“Snowmelt”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/2000s, ISO 3200. Seasonal pond along Chucksney Mountain Trail.

Seasonal lake formed by melting snow

“Ringing the Bells”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/6.3, 1/200s, ISO 200. Hooker’s Fairy Bells along the Chucksney Mountain Trail.

Hooker's Fairy Bells blooms