Jon's gorgeous picture of Paulina Falls. He slowed down the shutter speed to make the falls appear blurry. Nice touch with the rainbow. We liked this one so much that it's hanging in our bedroom.
Sunday, February 05, 2006
paulina falls
Jon's gorgeous picture of Paulina Falls. He slowed down the shutter speed to make the falls appear blurry. Nice touch with the rainbow. We liked this one so much that it's hanging in our bedroom.
sunset
Jon captured this sunset somewhere along the coast 2 years ago with his Aunt. He'll have to help me finish this caption!
pdx
Our beautiful city from the viewpoint atop the hill at Japanese Gardens. Notice Mt. Hood looming in the distance. Very cool.
claymation
We had to show the big man's zest for photography! Clay's a popular guy...this is his 4th appearance on the blog. Here he's lining up his shot, getting the tripod ready for his capture of the waterfall at Strawberry Mountain.
awww...
The dude and I posing after our hike out to Cape Lookout at Manzanita area. We camped at Oswald West. Highly recommended. You might even try out a surfboard here...
Newberry Crater National Monument
It's dark in this picture...but behind Jon and I is a geological wonderland. Crater upon crater created by volcanic eruptions. Most recently (last 200 years) was an obsidian flow of lava which hardened to form jagged, sharp rock. You can maybe make out the flow behind us also. We are standing atop Paulina Mountain.
hiking chic
Me at Smith Rock. I was really in for it that day...it was hot, dry, and the hike around the rock was beefy. However, after taking the most difficult way to Monkey Face I was proud of myself.
proxy falls
I have another proxy falls picture on the blog, but this one is a tad better. If we had been there earlier in the day we would not have encountered the shadow. You can still see how gorgeous it is.
benson lake
This beautiful mountain lake is so pretty that we have this picture in our bedroom also. My pic of this on the blog was not quite as good. enjoy!
oregon coast
This pic is of the Oregon coast when Jon and his Aunt Lisa traveled the coast from Cannon Beach to Pacific City in 2003. There's Aunt Lisa!
Saturday, February 04, 2006
uprooted
One of the giants with its bottom exposed...gasp! It's huge!
--Stout Grove, Redwoods National Forest, California
--Stout Grove, Redwoods National Forest, California
The road less traveled by...
The Road Less Traveled By....
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-- Robert Frost
thomas family minus nena
Nena! Where's Nena??
The Thomas clan posing in front of Mom's pink Christmas tree. Poor Nena-- all my pics with you in it didn't turn out. We'll have to get your mug on the blog after your visit to the left coast. :)
"Tree Hugger"
Yep, they said it would happen. Consider me an official tree hugger. A true Oregonian. Ahhh.... what a hunk of wood.
beauty and the beach
Typical cool rock formation on the Oregon coast. Captured during our Thanksgiving coastal romp. Don't remember exactly where this is at because I'm a slacker now. I'm pretty sure this was south of Lincoln City and before Bandon.
rivers and mountains
This shot was taken by Jon. We pulled over on the side of the road because we saw this cool river. Looks more like an estuary...not sure.
misty
This is just a beautiful picture. One of those typical beautiful rivers reminiscent of those I saw out in Colorado.
close up
We took this extra shot to see if we could get more of a close-up on the "Jediah Redwoods National Forest: Stout Memorial Grove" sign as proof that we didn't conjure up the ginormous trees nor did we perform any "Honey I shrunk the kids" antics.
arm rest
We just wanted to show how beefy the trees were. A downed tree was cut in half in order to provide a walking path in the grove. We couldn't believe that the tree's girth was taller than Jon. jeez.
who let the pimps out?
Yeah, that's right. D-town's finest. My faithfully devoted fans that showed up to say they love me at our friends gathering at Bradley's. Christmas break.
Ren and Stimpy, Beavus and Butthead, ying and yang...you get the idea
Look at the two cheeseheads. Don't know which is cuter. Let the voting begin....
pure zen
I couldn't decide which of the 4 seascape pictures of the Bandon coastline I liked best, so here's all 4. The best one is getting blown up to go with our Paulina Falls picture in our bedroom.
the last bandon shot
These shots would have arguably been better were it sunny, but the fact that it was so crappy and cloudy made the shot look black and white and very cool.
It's alive!
So Jon and I bought this really cool looking tropical vine plant this summer. I didn't know (duh!) that it needed so much moisture and sun. I thought it was going to die, when all of a sudden, it's flowers bloomed for the first time since we bought it. Weird, we thought for winter, but we had 4 other blooms after this one. The flower itself is just gorgeous. This vine resides on a dowel in the window in front of our desk.
close up of our cool plant
A close up shot of our cool plant. It is a Passiflora caerulea Blue Crown. "Blue Crown Passion Flower."
Ireland?
No, silly. It's the Oregon coast again. I know it's green, rocky and there's an ocean but get real!
The sky brightens..
After a cloudy day full of rain, the sun suddenly appears and we catch the blue sky in its glory.
Thanks to everyone for being patient...I haven't given up the blog. Once this 2nd job is over you betta look out! :) Hopefully it won't be too long before we get some more pics. Jon and I have either a Vegas or LA trip coming up and a 10-day mystery trip in August which might just be interesting.. stay tuned.
Friday, February 03, 2006
going going, back back to cali cali
Our 2005 Thanksgiving trip involved traveling west to Cannon Beach and heading down south the entire coast of Oregon to California. Our final destination was stout grove. The following pictures are of the coast as we "mad dashed" along.... trying to make time so we could get to cali and back in two days.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Been so long...
Hey guys. It's been two months and no new postings. Ahhh... I've taken on a 2nd job which means no blogging time. I have some time off soon so stay tuned...
Jon and I just took a road trip over Thanksgiving break. We drove west to Cannon Beach and followed the Oregon coast (hwy 101) south all the way to California. While in Cali we stopped off around Crescent City at stout grove to check out the redwoods. Then we came all the way home. We made a pitstop at Newport so we could have seafood at Georgie's on Thanksgiving eve. Yum.
Did I mention that we did this in two days? It was raining anway :)
Jon and I just took a road trip over Thanksgiving break. We drove west to Cannon Beach and followed the Oregon coast (hwy 101) south all the way to California. While in Cali we stopped off around Crescent City at stout grove to check out the redwoods. Then we came all the way home. We made a pitstop at Newport so we could have seafood at Georgie's on Thanksgiving eve. Yum.
Did I mention that we did this in two days? It was raining anway :)
Sunday, October 02, 2005
New Haircut
This pic is for you, Katie. I'm not too crazy about the blunt cut. I like it a little longer in the front, but I LOVE the color. Dark brown (my natural) with red highlights. This is Jon and I before we caught the UM/ MSU game and the Winterhawks (hockey) game yesterday.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
The look
Can you smelllllll what the rock is cookin? This is the same look Jon used to entice me the first night we met.
Getting ready for the big walk...
Dave gets one last drink in before walking down the aisle to collect his beautiful bride.
Dave and Betsey's wedding
The weekend of Dave and Betsey's wedding, September 17th 2005. Leo and Jon hangin' out in pure black and white.
....lookin' out my back door
Ah, the city life. Tonight as I was working on the blog I noticed the beautiful sunset before my eyes. I just wanted everyone else to see the view from our balcony. Sweet huh?
It's been a little while...
Well, now that the dust has settled in the new place--(again!) here are more pictures to add to the collection. Included are Crater Lake pictures from our trip in August as well as Jon's friend Dave and Betsey Poniatowski's September nuptuals in Denver, CO.
Phantom Ship
Phantom ship is the name given to this unique rock formation in Crater Lake. It was once part of the rim, but its neighboring softer rock gave way to erosion. This island of rock looks like one of those old ghost ships from far away.
From the top of Wizard Island
After the cataclysmic collapse of Mt. Mazama, a caldera was formed encompassing what is now Crater Lake. After the explosion, ash covered an area as far east as present day Nebraska. Additional volcanoes erupted in the following years above and below the surface of the lake. From the boat tour we were able to summit Wizard Island-- the lone visible volcano at the surface. This image is atop Wizard Island.
A Clear Reflection
Notice how Crater Lake appears glass-like. Jon caught the reflection of the rim's sides just before we motored by during the boat tour.
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