Posted in astronomy, Birds, clouds, commute, daffodils, Moon, morning, Oregon, photography, sunrise, writing

Early January Photos

Just a few recent pics.

Moon and Venus, 7AM, Jan. 6, 2016

1-6-15 Moon Venus

Sunrise over Farksolia, Jan. 6, 2016. The roads were total ice, so traffic was doing about 20mph through this stretch.

1-6-16 Sunrise Farksolia

And without the wires

1-6-16 sunrise no wires

Snow earlier in the week (January 3) so I got to work from home that Monday (Jan. 4). It didn’t amount to much, only about an inch and a half, but it stuck around in my area for several days. My backyard was still snowy on Thursday (the 7th) when it was gone from just about everywhere else in the area. The hills of course had it worse.

1-4-16 Varied Thrush

1-3-16 snow on grass

 

1-3-16 snowy grasses

 

1-3-16 snowy road

Daffodils aren’t afraid of a little snow.

1-3-16 daffodils snow

 

 

 

Posted in cherry blossoms, daffodils, flowers, photography, Revenants Abroad, spring, sunrise, Vampires, writing

Oregon Spring

I’ve been taking loads of pictures lately, just no time to post. Here’s a selection the last week or so. Some of the dates are wrong, typos, ya know. But just in case spring is late in your part of the world, enjoy these pictures.

Not much else going on. Still working with CreateSpace to try to get the cover image for Revenants Abroad printed right. They’ve sent me two proof copies and both were so dark you could hardly see the details and colors in the background. I’m very frustrated. It’s not brain surgery, it shouldn’t be this hard. Let’s hope third time’s the charm.