Only October 2018

 I wasn't able to get out to photograph much in September but I found time in October to catch a bit of the vibrant color so abundant this fall.

 Orchards were particularly colorful...especially cherry trees.

                                                                        My back yard.

                                                                  Gorgeous dead stuff.

                                                The picture above was taken in Cataldo, Idaho.

                                                                   Decaying leaves...so pretty.

John Clement Day II

John Clement Day is June 7...not a national holiday but it's meaningful to me.  It was the day in 2011 I went on my first day trip to the Blue Mountains and beyond with John Clement.  He showed me the most beautiful places to photograph and gave me inspiration to continue driving the back roads of Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho looking for more.

 This year, 7 years later, we made another trip down some roads that were new to me in Eastern Washington.  We started out at 4am and caught the first light after a rain storm near Waitsburg, WA.  John has an extraordinary sense of where to be and when to get there to photograph the most amazing light.  It feels magical to me.

John was hoping to find purple vetch covering the hills along the way.  And it was there. 

Western Kingbird

                                                                        

Spring 2018

Spring has sprung once again and lured me outdoors to take pictures of the wonderful new life.  I'm so attracted to the blossoms on my little crab apple tree and the lupine I find here and there along the road.  This year I happened to notice the flowers on my friend's Dogwood tree and photographed them...such amazing blossoms.

                          The landscapes here were taken in the Palouse area of Washington State.