A bowl of beach agates
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“Bud”
I didn’t get a lot of photos on yesterday’s hike, but I did like the way this little reminder of spring came out. And yeah, despite being January, this year’s weather has everything in Oregon convinced that spring is here.
“Drawdown”
Before this valley was Lookout Point Reservoir, they logged it completely (because why drown useful trees?). Right now the Corps of Engineers has the level drawn down so far that the field of rotting stumps is the reservoir’s main feature.
First stream violet of the spring, seen on the Eugene to Crest Trail above Lookout Point Reservoir.
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It’s 2026. I’m living on a fixed income. I shouldn’t have to be thinking about how to afford a full-face gas mask.
Coyote that was hanging around the parking lot at the trailhead this morning. I was 10 feet away and it was just looking for a handout, no doubt because people have been feeding it. This probably isn’t going to end well.
This is for @dwalbert - I don’t know how widely this manhole cover was used, but it’s on many of the storm drains around Eugene. We like our nature here.
“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 colored all of the vaguely heart-shaped rocks.
Meta Suppressing links to Ice List while fighting any responsibility for teen mental health have combined to get me off Instagram. Moved my #dailyphoto posting over to Pixelfed.de (and offshored at the same time, bonus win).
“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 stagnant air. And the pollutants just sit in between all the hills. I was glad to be up in the clear air for a little while.
“Bell System”
An artifact that is, I think, getting more mysterious with each passing year. Certainly my own kids have no idea what the Bell System was.
“After the Sea Gulls”
“Crab Memories”
“Triptych”
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 dedicated custom-sized name-brand macro diffusers, but at 1/10 the price it'll do.
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“Mossglow”
“Hands on Hips”
Just some sort of seed in a shrub spotted on one of my neighborhood walks. I’m pretty sure there are people around here who know me as “that weird old guy with the cameras.”
“Barnacle Herd”
