Calendar Photo of the Month – Morning Twilight Oh, March! Many of you are growing weary of winter by now and understandably so. Here in Eastern Oregon, March brings a mixture of days, rain, snow, gloom, mud and even sunshine. But please don’t let those things alter your perception of the beauty that these last days of winter can bring. Honestly, March is one of my favorite times of the year. The days are growing longer and more of them […]
February Calendar Image – Quiet Reflections at Anthony Lake Happy February 1st Everyone! For this month, I chose an image from one of my favorite places, Anthony Lakes in northeast Oregon. When I was young, I had a summer job at Anthony Lakes. My task was to paint the interior of the lakeside cabins in preparation for the summer rental season. It was during that beautiful summer that I learned just how quickly the ice melts once the weather begins […]
Calendar Photo of the Month – Milky Way Over Anthony Lakes Happy New Year Everyone! It’s finally time to hang your new 2019 Northeast Oregon Calendar and, as promised, I will tell you all about the January photo. I titled this photo Milky Way Over Anthony Lakes. This photo was taken at Anthony Lakes in Northeast Oregon. The mountain on the left is Gunsight as many of you probably already know. The next peak in the middle is Lees Peak and […]
Winter Sunrise ~ Oregon Trail Interpretive Center I thought you might enjoy revisiting one of my favorite winter photographs taken at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center just outside of Baker City, Oregon. The Interpretive Center has lots of nice trails all with beautiful views of Baker Valley. This makes it an excellent place to view sunsets and moonsets over the Elkhorn Mountains. On this morning, it was the moonset I was after. The date, January 12, 2017. This particular winter […]
The Five Peaks of Anthony Lakes, Oregon Gunsight Mountain is probably the most recognizable peak around the Anthony Lakes Basin located in Northeast Oregon. For those of you who have one of my 2017 calendars, I thought you might enjoy a little behind-the-scenes story about this image, The Five Peaks of Anthony Lakes. I will let you in on a secret. This is probably one of my favorite images! I’m sure the reason is because I grew up skiing at Anthony […]