Sproing!
Things are popping up all over the place.Really, all the best titles begin with a Don Martin sound effect. Sproing! For those who read Mad Magazine in the 20th Century, you know what I am talking about. I truly...
The First Balsamroot of the Season
As promised, here is my first Balsamroot of the season. The Balsamroot is native to the Western US. In Oregon, it grows in the highlands of the dryer areas of the Eastern Columbia Gorge. Balsamroot Wildflower, Eastern Columbia Gorge, OregonI...
Spring Fever with a Lens
Spring has sproinged in the Pacific Northwest. The air is warmer. The world is greening up, songbirds are singing, and an unfamiliar flaming ball is showing up in the sky now and then as the omnipresent cloud cover briefly parts....
Pendleton or Bust
I have been to Pendleton twice. That is clearly too few times. It’s almost Spring, and in this year of the COVID pandemic I am experiencing wonderlust. It may be time for a third trip. I am building a page...
Pendleton or Bust
I have been to Pendleton, Oregon, exactly twice. That is clearly not enough. Pendleton, however, was my real gateway to Oregon when I moved there in 1991. All those years ago, I hit the Oregon boarder in a 1981 Ford...
Current Exhibits
The Portland Saturday Market I will be selling at the Portland Saturday Market on the warterfront in downtown Portland, Oregon through October. Come on down, and check it out. Check back here for additional dates. My latest dates will be:...
The East Coast
The place I called home for the first 29 years of my life was Pennsylvania. On the occasions that I go back to visit family, I am continually plotting on how to stay there. There is something about the place...
New Exhibit at the Madrona Café in Lakebay, Washington
I have my first photography exhibit in since 2015 starting Saturday, March 6, 2021. It will be a washington-centric show, with only one Oregon picture showing (this post’s Featured Image – Under Rowena Crest, Autumn 2020). A few of the...
My Portland
Portland was my home from 1992 until 2015. These are my impressions of Oregon’s largest city. Under construction Caboose! ©2007 Gary L. Quay This one was just sitting pretty in NW Portland when Happened upon it. It deteriorated dramatically over...
Portland Bridges
Portland Bridges Portland has some of the best bridges in the world. Here’s some of the pictures I’ve taken of them over the years. Portland Across the Willamette River ©2009 Gary L. Quay Another shot of my favorite Bridge in...