Author: Jim
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Pastel Silhouette
Oceanside, Oregon. November 2022.
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Storm Rock Study
Our reigning favorite place to go for a week is a house high up on a ridge in Oceanside, Oregon. There are elevated views across a wide swath of ocean and coastline. The views are amazing, but are somewhat constrained by some evergreen trees. One of the unobstructed views is of Storm Rock, featured in…
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Birds of Barr Lake
Well, last week I claimed that this week we would venture to the Oregon coast, but after spending a few hours at Barr Lake State Park I had a lot of bird pictures that I wanted to share. So Oregon will have to wait one more week. I had not been to Barr Lake before.…
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Great Blue Itch
Brighton, Colorado. May 2026.
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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
This week’s post is a little random. After my long series on Japan, I have a lot of catching up to do with my images, both in terms of editing and blogging. For this post, I decided to share an assortment of images from the city I live in, Castle Pines. No one of these…
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Bucketfuls
Casper, Wyoming. December 2025.
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Golden Satay
Cherry Creek State Park, Aurora, Colorado. April 2026.
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Casper Echoes and Light
Late last year we visited my daughter and her husband twice in Casper, Wyoming, once at Thanksgiving and once just after Christmas. On the first trip, I heard about the Goose Egg Inn, which was about a 15-minute drive out of town. There are still lots of favorable reviews of the former bed & breakfast…
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A Bird’s Castle
Cherry Creek State Park, Aurora, Colorado. April 2026.
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Herons and Owls Aplenty
A few weeks ago I revisited Cherry Creek State Park specifically to photograph the nesting great blue herons. I did this two years ago, too, which is covered in a previous post. I approached the rookery from a different direction this time, which allowed me to get much closer to the nests. Last time I…