POD – Catching Up….Again

Because I am having to upload most of my gallery for a second time. I noticed a week ago that I hadn’t updated my watermark on my photos, so I’m still living in 2010. An update required a republish of all of my photos in that gallery. A nice feature, but a slow process when…

POD – A Week in Pictures

I was drinking one beer when G brought me the other. Double fisting it, as it were. Think Day Treat for their study of Egypt. Didn’t happen because of the great snow event of 2011.  Yeah, there was no snow that day. These are walnuts with orange marzipan dipped in caramelized sugar. According to the Egyptian cultural site, this…

POD – A Day of Mountains

This was one of those clear, crisp days that gave the right people with the right view a 5-6 mountain view.  Here are a couple that I liked.  St John’s Bridge and Mt Adams Mt St Helens and the Columbia/Willamette Rivers

POD – Sunset on a Chilly Day

A gorgeous end to the day.  And just in time – before the rains come back.  While the rest of the country is covered in snow, we’ve been covered in sun.  I know I’m not the only one who was eager to escape each day to enjoy it. I find as the sun returns, my…

POD – Willamette Falls

This is the view as I’m looking up the river toward the falls. The falls – considered the 2nd largest in the US. Dr McLoughlin – founded the area near the falls and considered critical for supporting the pioneers who reached the end of the Oregon Trail in terms of making sure they could get…

POD – Beautiful Days

The fogged in buildings on Wed. This was the view out my window. You can barely see the top of the building. Sunset on my run More fogged in buildings. While you can see the top of this one, you cannot see the building next to it. Fog is what happens around here when it…

POD – Silhouette

While many of you freeze, we are having unusually warm weather. It was 52 today. Supposed to be warmer tomorrow.  I’ll take it.

POD – Trojan and Rainier

Even before I ever visited Oregon, I knew the tale of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant.  It was built in Oregon – right on the Columbia River – near a fault line & with reports it was unsafe to operate (reports from the staff scientists, I should add).  After huge public pressure (including a clever…

POD – Mt Angel Abbey

Mt Angel is this little town in Oregon – about an hour from Portland – that always reminded me of the town where my mom grew up.  It’s German. It’s Catholic. You see the Catholic church from miles away – even before you see the town. What else do you do on a rainy, RAINY…

POD – The Cedar Creek Grist Mill

Before I get to the mill, I have to share a pic from yesterday. Kind of represents yesterday well: Ok, so today, I dragged the family out to Cedar Creek Grist Mill – a mill along the Cedar Creek near Woodland, WA. It was build in 1876, and restored in the mid-80s. I was looking…