✍️ • 🕑 July 2022 • Series: 52 Frames • Tags: flowers
I’m back with another month’s worth of weekly photographic challenges. We’ve got five photos, none of which were taken with a phone. Will increased intentionality lead to increased quality? Find out!
Also, not using a phone means I can stick my lens way up in a flower’s biz just to see what would happen.
Speaking of…
✍️ • 🕑 • Series: Califorests & Shoregon • Tags: military installations • shipwrecks • World War II • National Historic Parks • State/Provincial Parks • Oregon • Pacific Ocean • Pacific Ocean • Places: Fort Stevens State Park • Lewis and Clark National Historical Park • Astoria, OR
On my last morning of the trip, I awoke with a splitting headache, and decided I didn’t really need to hang out around Cannon Beach.
Nearby Ecola Creek State Park was inaccessible due to sinkholes, so I proceeded north to the town of Seaside. I stopped for a bagel and coffee. They were almost passable.
Afterwards, I stopped at Fort Stevens State Park. My expectations were low, but this park, nestled in the northwestern-most corner of Oregon, turned out to be quite a beautiful place…
…for a military base.
✍️ • 🕑 • Series: Califorests & Shoregon • Tags: beaches • landmarks • ghost towns • icecream • Oregon • Pacific Ocean • Places: Bayocean Peninsula Park • Tilamook Creamery • Nehalem Bay State Park • Cannon Beach, OR
After I awoke in my hotel room, I had an ambitious day ahead.
Work, yes. But I also wanted to see some natural beauty, enjoy some culinary treats, and visit one of Oregon’s most famous attractions.
Today was the day I was going to visit both Cannon Beach and the Tilamook Creamery.
✍️ • 🕑 • Series: Califorests & Shoregon • Tags: bird photography • sunsets • State/Provincial Parks • Oregon • Pacific Ocean • Places: Devils Punchbowl State Natural Area • Boiler Bay • Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge • Neskowin, OR • Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge • South Tilamook County Library, Pacific City, OR • Sitka Sedge Natural Area
I was texting a friend from Los Angeles, and I was jokingly complaining that I regretted leaving California behind. Ever since that moment, I was again absorbed into the drab lack of sunlight I had left Seattle to avoid.
And though I was joking, there was some truth there.
Why would I stop at overlooks when I couldn’t see anything, or get sopping wet on a short walk?
What joys could this day possibly bring?
(Spoilers: many, many joys)
✍️ • 🕑 • Series: Califorests & Shoregon • Tags: sea lions • lighthouses • Oregon • bays • Places: Newport, OR • Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site
And thus, after a hiatus, I return to writing about a visit to the Oregon Coast this past January…
On my way to Waldport, Oregon, I bought two postcards to send to friends.
One was of the Sea Lion Caves. I lamented my blurry sea lion photos, and the fact that the lighting was lackluster in the cave. (What did I expect!?)
The other was of the “Lighthouses of Oregon.” I lamented the fact that I had missed pretty much all of them as they weren’t super visible in the fog and rain. (What else did I expect!?)
So, what did I do immediately after writing those except go see sea lions in better lighting, and glance at a historic lighthouse?
This is what I got up to during my downtime on a workday…
