tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168Fri, 13 Sep 2024 04:26:51 +0000architecturehearst castleroadtripPhotos of Monument, Oregon, the surrounding areas, and other things of natural beauty.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-1750012959501082684Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:35:00 +00002011-04-20T18:35:16.515-07:00.flickr-photo { }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 37px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; width:600px; float:left;}.caption {text-align:left; padding-left:37px;}Hosted on FlickrMy dear long lost Sprite kitty. On my way home tonight I saw a feral cat who looked like her, and moved with the same close to the ground lope that she had.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/sprite.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-8027791287020747176Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:20:00 +00002010-07-20T12:30:30.871-07:00 Hosted on Flickr Aw shoot, just go to my Flickr page already. <!-- Start of Flickr Badge --> #flickr_badge_source_txt {padding:0; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif; color:#666666;} #flickr_badge_icon {display:block !important; margin:0 !important; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;} #flickr_icon_td {padding:0 5px 0 0 !important;} .flickr_badge_image {text-align:center !important;}http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/not-posting-anymore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-3736932241465257694Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:02:00 +00002007-08-25T13:37:47.544-07:00Hosted on FlickrThis beautiful plant is actually an eggplant! Its lovely foliage and purple blossoms are pretty enough for the flowerbed, and it pumps out piles of miniature eggplants. Even better, the deer don't touch it. Next year, it's going in the flowerbed for sure. http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/slim-jim.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-4260682162973825293Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:54:00 +00002007-08-25T13:17:59.359-07:00Hosted on Flickr Trees at Yellowstone burned many years ago in a big forest fire. Amazing how long it's been and they still look freshly burned.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/scorched-earth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-8085786016762382937Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:52:00 +00002007-08-25T13:24:05.746-07:00Hosted on Flickr This is apparently a Japanese squash called... I can't remember what it's called.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/cannonball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-8358930440562373800Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:45:00 +00002007-08-25T13:27:54.888-07:00Hosted on Flickr close-up view of a nascent squash blossom.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/alien-life-form.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-6231009193890296142Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:41:00 +00002007-08-25T14:59:52.213-07:00Hosted on Flickr An orchard mason bee (I think that's what they are called) visits a squash blossom.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/little-visitor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-439460881204221901Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:04:00 +00002007-08-25T15:03:38.517-07:00architecturehearst castleroadtripHosted on Flickr I wonder what it takes to get an invitation to a pool party here? The rest of Hearst Castle was interesting, but the pool is definitely the most breathtaking sight in the complex. One impressive factoid about Julia Morgan that I didn't know before this tour: She was educated as a civil engineer before she went to architecture school. For the Hearst complex, she designed a http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/hearst-castle-pool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-5278530372041996707Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:48:00 +00002007-08-25T15:06:33.474-07:00Hosted on Flickr A wild Oregon sunflower graces the early evening sky on one of those endless summer days. On a blustery day like this, it's a welcome reminder of summers to come. http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/halcyon-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-5953584119673164886Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:04:00 +00002007-08-25T15:09:03.066-07:00Hosted on Flickr A view of the John Day river valley, looking east from Monument. This landscape seems too idyllic and unspoiled to be real; but here it is.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/view-of-neighborhood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-5486104526033607885Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:07:00 +00002007-08-26T08:20:01.354-07:00Hosted on Flickr When we moved here, some local told us a tall tale of a Ghost Llama. The Ghost Llama is supposed to inhabit the hill above the garbage dump. Noone had ever been able to confirm his existence, though many had supposedly seen him. He is rumored to be fierce and outlandishly large. He appears out of the brush without a sound, then vanishes in a puff of wind.Well, here's your ghost http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/here-your-ghost-llama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-7985955450046785756Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:21:00 +00002007-08-26T08:25:41.571-07:00Hosted on Flickr Frost transforms grass, leaves and weeds into a tiny, sparkling landscape of wonderment.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/frost.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-2128639801647818696Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:32:00 +00002007-08-26T08:33:44.806-07:00.flickr-photo { }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 37px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; width:600px; float:left;}.caption {text-align:left; padding-left:37px;}Hosted on FlickrThe thistle's spines, piercing the first snowflakes of the year.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/spiny-frosty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-7200764073576822894Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:35:00 +00002007-08-26T08:46:55.442-07:00.flickr-photo { }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 37px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; width:600px; float:left;}.caption {text-align:left; padding-left:37px;}Hosted on FlickrLooking back towards Monument from Courtrock Road. The blazing blue of a clear desert sky is even larger than this vast landscape.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/courtrock-road.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-2982119104260069064Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:35:00 +00002007-08-26T08:45:12.865-07:00.flickr-photo { }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 37px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; width:600px; float:left;}.caption {text-align:left; padding-left:37px;}Hosted on FlickrI think this abstract tangle of snow and branches looks very painterly in a saturated blue. I prefer it to the natural appearance of the photo. What do you think?http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/snow-abstraction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-4356327913633587985Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:36:00 +00002007-08-26T08:43:53.956-07:00.flickr-photo { }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 37px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; width:600px; float:left;}.caption {text-align:left; padding-left:37px;}Hosted on FlickrThe afternoon sun and snow in the air backlight a juniper tree, west of town.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/backlight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-2352110307930582042Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:38:00 +00002007-08-26T08:42:32.263-07:00.flickr-photo { }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 37px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; width:600px; float:left;}.caption {text-align:left; padding-left:37px;}Hosted on FlickrLooking out at the North Fork of the John Day River, and the Kimberly Orchards. The fruit trees' colorful fall foliage changes from one grove to the next, a colorful http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/kimberly-orchards-in-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-5315800622874309113Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:39:00 +00002007-08-26T08:41:12.743-07:00.flickr-photo { }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 37px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; width:600px; float:left;}.caption {text-align:left; padding-left:37px;}Hosted on FlickrThe fruit trees at Kimberly Orchards are bursting with fall color. They look amazing against the deep blue of the fall sky, the muted reds of the rimrock, and the drab http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/orchard-fire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-5349457741666028668Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:00:00 +00002007-08-26T07:49:33.034-07:00Hosted on Flickr A frosty winter morning in Monument. One of my photographic inspirations has always been the photography in National Geographic. I am especially moved by the 'slice-of-life' photos of urban and rural areas that show the soul of a locale without glossing over the grit. I hope this photo conveys some of the beauty of Monument, along with the hardscrabble existence that living here http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/monument-through-lens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-1748066916984033119Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:59:00 +00002007-08-26T07:52:10.929-07:00Hosted on Flickr This big beefy dude was hanging out by himself. Doesn't he look both terrifying and delicious? http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/buffalo-yellowstone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-2195916581568421691Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:10:00 +00002007-08-26T07:54:36.964-07:00Hosted on Flickr Bull elk sits placidly on top of a dormant hot spring, chewing his cud and waiting for tourist season to be over. http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/once-you-gone-park-is-mine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-2028954948584317891Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:03:00 +00002007-08-26T07:58:56.383-07:00Hosted on Flickr A young bull elk in Yellowstone bugles at us. http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/young-bull.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-1447426422545332603Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:58:00 +00002007-08-26T08:01:30.248-07:00Hosted on Flickr A view across the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/moonscape-with-pool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-1671484422750805897Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:02:00 +00002007-08-26T08:03:54.222-07:00Hosted on Flickr The mysterious maw of a hot pool in the Norris Geyser Basin. http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/looking-in-yellowstone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25552168.post-7913995978370587513Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:53:00 +00002007-08-26T08:07:00.741-07:00Hosted on Flickr Breathtaking pool in the Old Faithful geyser area.http://monumentphotoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/beauty-pool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0