Mother’s Day 2011

This morning I heard from my daughter’s, wishing me a happy Mother’s Day.  It was so good to hear from them.  Wish I could see them more often. Then hubby and I took a drive out to Golden & Silver Falls State Park.  The weatherREAD MORE

North Umpqua Highway trip

This morning hubby and I, along with a friend, set out on a drive to photograph waterfalls along the North Umpqua Highway.

Our first stop was the Toketee Falls.  This was a spectacular double-tiered falls with gorgeous blue/green river water.  I would love to return inREAD MORE

Waterfalls of the South Fork Coquille River

This morning hubby and I, along with a friend set out on a drive to photograph waterfalls in the South Fork Coquille River system, south of Powers.

We visited Mill Creek Falls, Elk Creek Falls and the Upper South Fork Coquille River Falls.  The last fallsREAD MORE

January sunsets

January has proven to be a wonderful month of gorgeous, colorful sunsets. This month alone I have photographed more sunsets than I have in the last six months!

This week was no exception as the Oregon Coast was blessed with spectacular color evening after evening.

Here areREAD MORE

Photographing sunsets

There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset shot to evoke serenity and peacefulness.  All is well with the world when standing facing a sunset and watching the sun go down.  I absolutely love those moments.

Living on the Oregon Coast has it’s many benefits.  One of them,READ MORE

A visit to a Tulip Farm

On April 11th, hubby and I went to The Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm near Woodburn, Oregon during their annual Tulip Festival.  The festival runs from March 25th through April 25th.  This is a fun place to go and take in their events and photograph their gorgeousREAD MORE

Golden and Silver Falls

A couple of weekends ago I attended a flowing water workshop at Southwestern Oregon Community College.  The workshop consisted of two days of field trips to various falls.  On the first day we traveled to Golden and Silver Falls about 25 miles east of Coos Bay. READ MORE

Photographing Wildlife

Last month, I took a photo of a chipmunk munching away on some kind of seeds.  I was able to approach him pretty close with my telephoto lens and got a nice shot of him up close.  He didn’t seem to mind that I wasREAD MORE