| Sunset In The High Desert. Sometimes we do get home late from our outings. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Sunset In The High Desert
First Lilly To Bloom Of The Season
| First Lilly To Bloom Of The Season. This is one of many lilies we have, and tickled they are starting to bloom. One of them is as tall or taller then I am! Not sure what it is going to look like? But I surely will get a photo of that one when it blooms! .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Mt Hood This Morning
| Mt Hood This Morning. Hay is getting baled, life continues as Mt. Hood watches. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Oregon Antelope
| Oregon Antelope. This loner takes the cake for being the biggest one we have seen so far. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Widow Maker
| Widow Maker. A typical widow maker (slang for a limb that is just hanging, caught up within the trees), that can kill you if not paying attention to things around you. If this photo helps one person not get hurt, than this was worth taking and showing. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Can You See The Trout, Life Depends On You Not Seeing It!
| Can You See The Trout, Life Depends On You Not Seeing It! I have better shots of this trout, though I wanted to make a point, and easy for people to see the trout. Life depends on camouflage for many creatures. . http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Pink And Yellow Rose Being Visited
| Pink And Yellow Rose Being Visited. Oh I wish the smell of this rose could have been captured as well! Vary fragrant! We came around a bend in the road and the smell hit us before the flowers did! The roses were growing everywhere, wild. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Blooming Cotton Swabs
| Blooming Cotton Swabs. These wildflowers reminded me of cotton swabs. I do not know what kind of wildflowers these are, but a lot of them were blooming in this spot! Photographs like this, no wonder I come home with ticks on me lol! .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Get Out Of The Road!
| Get Out Of The Road! These three Mule Deer made us laugh. They were so curious of us! We drive slow on the back roads, unlike MANY others. We make humans mad and critters curious driving slow!! .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Monday, June 28, 2010
Wildflower Blooming On The High Desert Floor
| Wildflower Blooming On The High Desert Floor .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Ochoco Mountain Cascade, Oregon
| Ochoco Mountain Cascade, Oregon. These streams are thriving with life, trout being just some of the life in the Ochoco Mountains of Oregon. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Spider Caught Lunch
| Spider Caught Lunch. Do not know what kind of spider this is, It caught itself a moth. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Old Outbuilding
| Old Outbuilding. Not sure what it was back in it's hay day? Maybe a small barn, or a bunk house? But these people are letting it stand, until nature takes all of it down to the ground..http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Modern Day Cowboys A Photo Adventure
| We come into contact with many things as Guy is driving me around to get photographs. Yesterday was no different, though our adventures are always something that keeps our mind and conversations fresh....... .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Modern Day Cowboy Moving Cattle
| Modern Day Cowboy Moving Cattle. Our part of Oregon has many industries, cattle is a big part of the culture here. The people who work in the industry of cattle, the modern day cowboys are still alive today. I will do a write up of this soon. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Giant Puffball Mushroom. Calvatia Gigantea
| Giant Puffball Mushroom. Calvatia Gigantea. Treated like other mushrooms, I took a photograph of it. This is supposedly edible at the right times, but I rather keep that to those who know more about mushrooms. Have you even seen a mushroom this big?? Guy put his hand on it for reference. This was found up in the Ochoco Mountains of Oregon yesterday. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Friday, June 25, 2010
Pair of Wild Mourning Doves
| Pair of Wild Mourning Doves. Close as I dare to get to them. The one stretching his wings is the male. They were mating so eggs soon to come. Doves are a sign of good fortune in some cultures. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Pink And White Morning Glory
| Pink And White Morning Glory. Growing wild in one of the uncared for fields. You can see the ground that is not cared for, it gets very dry here in the high desert! Even though our soil is very good! .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Developing Apple
| Developing Apple. This apple tree was planted by one of the many creatures who visit the farm. This tree is maybe 4 years old now? .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Male California Quail
| Male California Quail. Quail thrive here in our town. Finding them around the horses quite a lot. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Northern Microseris
| Northern Microseris (Apargidium), say that ten times fast! Wildflower found in the high desert of Oregon. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
California Quail Pair
| Male and Female California Quail Pair. The quail gave us a show today. We have many quail here, soon we will start seeing little dots who are their babies running with them. Their young are real small! .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Red Roses Draped Over A Wooden Fence.
| Red Roses Draped Over A Wooden Fence. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Tri Colored Iris
| Tri Colored Iris. Found these doing my chores yesterday. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Old Established Apple Tree Orchard In The Desert
| Old Established Apple Tree Orchard In The Desert. Old Established Apple Tree Orchard. Found in the high desert of Oregon. What other desert can you find such things growing in it?? .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
White and Pink Multi Peddle Poppy
| White and Pink Multi Peddle Poppy. A poppy in our flower bed. I was requested to take this shot for this poppy is different. It came up on it's own this year from last years flowers. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Backyard Chickens
| Backyard Chickens. These people have had these chickens before it was a cool thing to do. When they get out on the road or whatever people just slow down, they do not get out a whole lot anymore. There is quite a few, this is only two. Small towns got to love them! .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
View Outside Our Door
| View Outside Our Door. Just a couple minutes ago. I thought it worthy of a photo. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
The Next Rodeo Star?
| The Next Rodeo Star? We have to drive through herds of cattle at times. This young one was reacting to our truck and the dogs barking at them. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
A Poppy In Our Garden
| A Poppy In Our Garden, Held Still For Me. Our poppies are in full bloom, this is one of them. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Pondering, A Horses Life, Must Be Rough.
| Pondering, A Horses Life, Must Be Rough. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Sweat Lodge Frame
| Sweat Lodge Frame Found In The Cascade Mountains. Pretty well constructed. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Landscape In The Cascade Mountains, Oregon
| Landscape In The Cascade Mountains, Oregon .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Flying Swallowtail Butterfly
| Flying Swallowtail Butterfly. I believe this to be a Pale Swallowtail.http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Monday, June 21, 2010
Yellow Wild Rose Photo Opportunity, What We Will Do For A Photo!
| Yellow Wild Rose Photo Opportunity .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Wild Yellow Roses
| Wild Yellow Roses. The high desert of Oregon is full of life. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Protecting Their Own
| Protecting Their Own. We watched as these black birds run off this vulture while we were taking care of the horses. Was it a show too!! These little birds did not care how big this vulture was, it was not going to be in their area! .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
White Butterfly
| White Butterfly. We call these cabbage butterfly's, not something we like on our plants. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Bumble Bee Hard At Work
| Bumble Bee Hard At Work. We had several bumble bees working on our flowers, they did not seam to mind me bugging them. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Blue Rimmed, Multi Colored Pansy
| Blue Rimmed, Multi Colored Pansy. I had pollinated these last year just to see what I would get. The seedlings finally started to open and this is what one looks like. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
A Scene From The Cascade Mountains
A Scene From The Cascade MountainsThose who keep up with my photographs know that we went on a outing yesterday after Guy got off work early. We accidentally stumbled upon water. After turning into several dirt roads, one we had to back out of for a tree had fallen and there was no way to continue on that road. Then we took another dirt road stumbled onto this lake, or swamp, or watering hole whatever one wants to call it. I took several shots and well, I had a hard time deciding which ones to show you. So decided on making this. See the rest of the story here http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Log In The Running Creek
| Log In The Running Creek. Came across this creek yesterday. I really like and appreciate running water. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Pacific Northwest Deer Fern
| Pacific Northwest Deer Fern. Cascade Mountains Oregon. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Killdeer Bird Eggs
| Killdeer Bird Eggs. It is a wonder we did not step on these, on the ground like they were. The Killdeer was ticked!! I did not touch the eggs, just wanted a photograph. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Friday, June 18, 2010
Serenity In The Cascade Mountains, Oregon
| Serenity In The Cascade Mountains, Oregon. A place we found ourselves at today. .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Curious Vulture
| Curious Vulture. This vulture got rather close to us, wondering what we were doing?? It came out of no where! .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Lava Rock Creature
| Lava Rock Creature. I tried to get closer, but it ran back into it's den. It had the oddest "bark", or squeak!! .http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wrinkles Are Us
| Wrinkles Are Us. One of our English mastiffs getting a drink from the creek while on a trail hiking. Our English Mastiffs are wet mouths, so dog drool in places one would never, ever expect dog drool to be hahahahaha . http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Blue Wing Tip Butterfly
| Blue Wing Tip Butterfly. When it would fly it was this prettiest blue! I got it to settle down for this shot.I found a butterfly on the web that resembles this one here; http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1618 A Northern Blue Male. However it says it is rare, thus what are the chances I took a photo of a rare species?http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Oregon Wildflower
| Oregon Wildflower, I Believe This To Be A False Solomon's Seal . http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Clouds In The Sky, Mt Jefferson.
| Clouds In The Sky, Mt Jefferson. Jefferson County Oregon . http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Honeysuckle In Our Garden
| Honeysuckle In Our Garden. WOW does it smell good too! . http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Warmth And Protection
| Warmth And Protection. Fire means different things to different people, we were happy to have this fire that night! It was COLD! http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Blooming In The Cascade Mountains
| Blooming In The Cascade Mountains. I believe this to be a chokecherry flower. http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Sun Rays At Dawn
| Sun Rays At Dawn. Did not last long but I thought they were cool looking in the thick forest. http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Mt. Jefferson, Cascade Mountains
| Mt. Jefferson, Cascade Mountains Oregon http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Path Through The Woods
| Path Through The Woods, Cascade Mountain Range Oregon http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Monday, June 14, 2010
Volcanic Rock View
| Volcanic Rock View. A lot of volcanic rock around our mountains. http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Oregon Grouse
| Oregon Grouse. This bird was not afraid of nothing! Started attacking me as Guy laughed. It did not like the camera, the truck, me, the dogs, and it was not going to back down! So I got my photograph and let it be. http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Warmth Of A Fire
| Warmth Of A Fire. Unexpected circumstances left us in the wilderness sat night. It was cold up there so Guy made us a fire with what he could find and we tried to get as much sleep as we could. Just another day in the life..... http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
MT. Jefferson Wilderness Wildflower
| MT. Jefferson Wilderness Wildflower |gather http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Friday, June 11, 2010
Natures Humor, Tilting House
| Natures Humor, Tilting House. This old house will be on the ground soon enough! Maybe the next big wind gust?? http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Mushroom Design
| Mushroom Design. I feel anything that can grow in the dark and be fed crap and still survive ~ there is a chance for all of us, no matter your disability, or quirks. http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Hungry Seagull
| Hungry Seagull |gather. When are seagulls not hungry! My youngest boy chose to feed this one. http://www.mrsroadrunner.com/ |
Thursday, June 10, 2010
White Vetch Flower
Photo by MrsRoadRunner . : photography... | Gather
I have never seen white flowering vetch!! Purple sure, but white?? It kind of has that purple tint to it. The horses love vetch, it looked like the same plant, same everything but this flower was a different color!
I have never seen white flowering vetch!! Purple sure, but white?? It kind of has that purple tint to it. The horses love vetch, it looked like the same plant, same everything but this flower was a different color!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Jigsaw Puzzle
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Jigsaw Puzzle. This trees trunk reminded me of a jigsaw puzzle. The pieces laying at the base of the trunk. Must be the work of a bug?
Jigsaw Puzzle. This trees trunk reminded me of a jigsaw puzzle. The pieces laying at the base of the trunk. Must be the work of a bug?
Eye Of The Beholder
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Eye Of The Beholder. If the soul can be seen through the eyes......
Eye Of The Beholder. If the soul can be seen through the eyes......
Queen Lace
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Queen Lace Wildflower. Once I am sure it grew only in gardens? Now it grows everywhere.
Queen Lace Wildflower. Once I am sure it grew only in gardens? Now it grows everywhere.
Looking Through A WWI Memorial, Things Are Changing.
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Looking Through A WWI Memorial, Things Are Changing.
Looking Through A WWI Memorial, Things Are Changing.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Right Out Of A Cowboy Movie
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Right Out Of A Cowboy Movie. Guy and I must of seen this old homestead at the same time, he turned onto a dirt road as I was going to ask him to stop. Since I do not manipulate my photographs, this is what one sees as they to go to the property line. We do not trespass on private land.
Right Out Of A Cowboy Movie. Guy and I must of seen this old homestead at the same time, he turned onto a dirt road as I was going to ask him to stop. Since I do not manipulate my photographs, this is what one sees as they to go to the property line. We do not trespass on private land.
Sam Hill’s Stonehenge Veterans Memorial ~ Maryhill, Washington
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Sam Hill’s Stonehenge Veterans Memorial ~ Maryhill, Washington. This is where we met up with family members yesterday. How could I not take this photograph?
Sam Hill’s Stonehenge Veterans Memorial ~ Maryhill, Washington. This is where we met up with family members yesterday. How could I not take this photograph?
Photo by MrsRoadRunner . : photography... | Gather
Photo by MrsRoadRunner . : photography... | Gather
Pasture Mates. I bought the mare for my gelding (my gelding is the one with a lot of white on him). Horses being herd animals and all. They like to groom each other.
Pasture Mates. I bought the mare for my gelding (my gelding is the one with a lot of white on him). Horses being herd animals and all. They like to groom each other.
Personality Plus.
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Personality Plus. My mare doing what a horse does.
Personality Plus. My mare doing what a horse does.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Petunia In Our Flowerbed
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Petunia In Our Flowerbed. I will be doing a photo post soon to show some of the flowers we have blooming at the moment. Time permitting.
Petunia In Our Flowerbed. I will be doing a photo post soon to show some of the flowers we have blooming at the moment. Time permitting.
Purple Wildflower Bouquet
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Purple Wildflower Bouquet. These wild flowers grow this way, under the leaves of the plant. You can see where I bent the leaves to get a photo of the flower beneath. The flowers grow within a inch of the ground.
Purple Wildflower Bouquet. These wild flowers grow this way, under the leaves of the plant. You can see where I bent the leaves to get a photo of the flower beneath. The flowers grow within a inch of the ground.
Hard At Work
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Hard At Work. We heard plenty of these bees, getting them to stand still was another story!! These are wild honeybees, first honeybees we heard or seen this year.
Hard At Work. We heard plenty of these bees, getting them to stand still was another story!! These are wild honeybees, first honeybees we heard or seen this year.
Horseback Riders At The Watering Hole
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Horseback Riders At The Watering Hole. We have many such watering places here in the high desert.
Horseback Riders At The Watering Hole. We have many such watering places here in the high desert.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Greenery In Central Oregon
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Greenery In Central Oregon. We have had a lot of rain, so lots of green!
Greenery In Central Oregon. We have had a lot of rain, so lots of green!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Winter Run Off
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Winter Run Off. Can not tell anyone exactly where we were, heard water and started hiking. This was up in the Ochoco Mountains of Oregon.
Winter Run Off. Can not tell anyone exactly where we were, heard water and started hiking. This was up in the Ochoco Mountains of Oregon.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
North American Redhead
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North American Redhead. I thought this duck was different looking, so this photograph was taken.
North American Redhead. I thought this duck was different looking, so this photograph was taken.
Friends
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Friends. It took a while, but they finally made friends.
Friends. It took a while, but they finally made friends.
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