Storm

Instead of sleeping in the woods, I stayed home, we had this great storm. It would have been cool to experience out in the tent, but at any rate, I got pictures. We also got a useful amount of rain out of it.
What is harder to capture than pictures of lightning is the feeling of the storm, enjoying the warm dusty wind that blew before it, the early raindrops, the thunder that shook the house, yet I was unconcerned throughout.

Sleeping in the Woods: Day 2

Chipmunk from yesterday.
There is lots of cool lichens out on the exposed basalt. This one was strikingly round.
Closeup detail.
I'm working on getting a better picture of this hawk/eagle, but so far this is the best.

Camping spot: Didn't get any great shots this evening, did see a Great Heron though. Read Jonah and Psalm 104.

Sleeping in the woods: Day 1

I figured if I sleep out in the woods I'll be able to get some cool wildlife shots and become familiar with where and when the animals travel.


Moved out to woods. Tent full of mosquitoes. So I smashed them all. Mosquitoes all over outside of tent, they are making their noise in surround sound. Coyotes calling close. Forgot a flashlight, can't read. Road noise louder than inside insulated house. Moths thump against tent. Its quite cold. Must bring more bedding next time. Unexplained noises are far more surprising in the dark, but there isn't much chance of danger in these woods.


In the morning, woke up late. (7am) Saw doe and fawn out the tent door. It was a pretty good start.

All fireworks edition

It was a good night.

Irrigation time lapse

Its my first youtube video, and possibly my last since wind blew the tripod over and the lens barrel on my little digital camera got squished. I'll try to fix it though.



Changing handline irrigation sprinklers is a job I've done since I was little. Its not too bad, although at times there are clouds of mosquitoes, plugged nozzles and blow outs. Its good exercise. I hope to take better videos if I can get hold of a video camera again.