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 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....
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...
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...
Large Format Large format is the Holy Grail of film photography. It’s elusive, mythological to all but the most devoted, and rare. When asked what camera to take along for a photo shoot, Ansel Adams replied “The biggest on you...
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:...
I have been concentrating on my Location Galleries on the website lately. I have opened galleries for Hood River, The Columbia Gorge, The Eastern Columbia Gorge, The Oregon Coast, Terra Incognito, Mount Hood and Environs, Portland, Oregon, and now, The...
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...
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...
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...