No, I am not referring to those three tenors. In this case, we are looking not at three trees, but at three branches of one tree that all connect at one trunk a couple of feet off the ground. There’s actually a fourth, not so obvious one in the foreground, too. The tree is doing [...]
I had found a spot while driving along Highway 101 on the Southern Oregon Coast where it appeared there might be a stunning vista, just behind the trees over there. So I got out and looked. The setting sun shining through the trees by the highway left me with a kinda cool effect. But when [...]
In Cascadia, we are known for our forests. A forest is known for being (among other things) a bunch of trees. In this case, can a forest be a forest with only one tree to be seen? Looking afar, there is an ecosystem containing rows of buildings. In between the buildings is the variety of [...]
There is a big difference between a busy rail line in the city and a lonely set of tracks in a rural area. The train might be coming, or it might not be coming. You never know. You do know that there is plenty of time to walk along and take in the fresh scents [...]
A morning trip on the Washington State Ferry M/V Hyak allowed us this interesting view of a point of land on Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands. The way the land and trees jut out into the water and the sky look like some sort of trick photography, yet this is just one of [...]
A recent trip to Portland’s Forest Park reminded me that nature can be enjoyed in a larger scale and in a smaller scale. We can look out over a grand vista and look at the sky or the sea or the forest as a whole. Or we can look at the detail of the trees [...]
As you travel west from Downtown Portland, you will cross over the Tualatin Mountains, which are much more commonly known around town as the West Hills. On many of the crossings, you will encounter tunnels that help get you up and over the steep terrain. Many of them are pretty interesting. This one is in [...]
The Wildwood Trail is a 30.2 mile trail that winds through the West Hills of Portland in Washington Park and the length of Forest Park. You can join it at any point, and when you do, you will find yourself instantly away from the hubbub of the city and walking among the quiet of the [...]
Over the years, I have planted a number of trees in various places, many of those in places in the yard where I have lived. The one issue there is that if you move, you don’t get to see the tree that you planted in the backyard grow anymore. So sad sometimes. Anyway, I found [...]
Once upon a time, there was a restaurant on the Willamette River in Portland called the River Queen. It was there for years. Before that, it served as a ferry boat in Puget Sound and in San Francisco as the SS Shasta, before it was taken out of service due to its age. A full [...]
