Just a few Portland scenes in Early July

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buidlings, city, clear sky, Dawn, Downtown, glass, Mt St Helens, OR, Park Block, pioneer square, portland, reflection, Street photography, structure, sunrise, tones, windows

Just a few shots from around Portland in early July.  Pioneer place and Pioneer square, looking at structure and reflection, trying to find something interesting and playing with the tones of light a bit too.  Then dawn, and the clear skies we have been having.  The downtown of Portland is so quiet in the wee hours.  You can see Mt St Hellens, and the 405 bridge, and even the moon!

Table Mountain

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Adventure NZ, basalt, basalt columns, Beacon Rock, Bonneville, cliff, climb, clouds, Columbia River Gorge, Flowers, Hamilton Mountain, hike, log, moss, Mt Adams, Mt Hood, Mt St Helens, nature, outdoors, peak, Skamania, summit, Table Mountain, trees, trip report, wildflowers

Just up the road from tumtum gardens is Table Mountain, It looms up behind Hamilton Mountain which rises up from Beacon Rock State Park in the Columbia River Gorge

Ape Caves – Lava of Mt St Helens

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Adventure NZ, Ape Caves, Geology, hike, Lava Tubes, Mt St Helens, Spelunking, Volcano

Back in Portland I headed up to the slopes of Mt St Helens with some folks to explore the ape caves – lava tubes

The View from Table Mountain

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climb, clouds, Columbia River Gorge, hike, Mt Hood, Oregon, Table Mountain, view

Today we climbed a mountain – Table Mountain
Way high up above the gorge we rose.
Hood, normally hidden by the steep banks of Oregon loomed wonderful.

in the evening streaks of Cirrus came
their dramatic lines flying.

full report soon

Contocook

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contocook, family, Journal, kayak, Literary, New England, river, wildlife, writings

Today was a lazy day up and down the contocook river, with much wildlife. I’m visiting family in New Hampshire and enjoying more of the New England scenery. After a tasty breakfast of spinach and eggs in the wonderful covered porch-gazebo I headed out onto the river.

There were many wild beasties!

My First Stevenson Farmers Market

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Burlap, caterpillar, farmers market, guest, inch worm, inchworm, pea, perspective, Texture, worm

helping out at the first Stevenson farmers market for TumTum Gardens and what do I do?

Take pictures of an inchworm friend …

Yep.

we sold lots of snap peas though!