July 13, 2020 At long last I think summer is here. We’ve had a cool drizzly June into July. But today was sunny from the moment we woke up and promised a high in the low 80’s. My buddy Mike T. told me about this spot a few months ago and I’ve been waiting for… Continue reading Walking in the Hills
Category: Foliage and Landscape
Hyland Forest Park – Mostly
May 28-29, 2020 Yesterday I walked a stretch of the Fanno Creek Trail that I haven’t visited recently. I only had my iPhone with me but took a couple of pictures of a beautiful meadow on the north end of Dirksen Nature Park just south of Tigard Street. This morning I I the mile and… Continue reading Hyland Forest Park – Mostly
Neighborhood Walking
Since the gym has been closed for 6+ weeks, my main form of exercise is walking. I’m trying to get 5 miles a day in – sometimes I do; sometimes I don’t. last posted pictures from my walks at the end of March and thought it would be good to post some updates. For the… Continue reading Neighborhood Walking
Walking in the Neighborhood
Today’s quarantine project is to import photos from my camera SD card and from Apple photos into Lightroom Mobile on my iPad. Then edit selected photos, save them to a drive then include them in a blog post. Importing into Lightroom is so much easier now that we have iPadOS. Editing them is okay, but… Continue reading Walking in the Neighborhood
University of Portland Flowering Trees
Date: March 20, 2020 With COVID-19 upon us our only outings are walks and over the past 20 years we’ve walked everywhere in the neighborhood. Portland has not issued a Shelter-In-Place order – yet; so we figured we could follow our friends recommendation and head over to the University of Portland up on the bluff… Continue reading University of Portland Flowering Trees
