Category: Landscape
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Monster | East Wenatchee, WA | 2015 The owner of the commercial pumpkin patch had installed an inflatable castle, complete with dragon, to attract families. But the giant lizard was too scary. At the field’s edge, a handful of kids shook their heads: “Uh-uh, no way” were they going near that snarly beast, even if…
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Grazing | Colockum, WA | 2015 “The strongest animals on earth are plant eaters. Every creature we’ve enlisted to do the work we couldn’t handle — the horse, donkey, elephant, camel, water buffalo, ox, yak — is an herbivore
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Calling the Dog | Pacific Beach, WA | 2015 “In choosing a dog to share your life, you have an incredible opportunity to
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Crop Circles | Window seat at 30,000 feet | 2015 “At this height, Kansas is just a concept, a checkerboard design of wheat and corn no larger than the foldout section of my neighbor’s travel magazine. At this stage of the journey
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Schoolhouse, Study #2 | Coulee City, WA | 2015 Two months ago, I posted a winter photo of this lonesome one-room schoolhouse, the Highland School. It oozes mystery, so I stop almost every time I drive by. On this particular day, a summer storm raced towards us — that is, me and the century-old structure.…
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Tufts | Wenatchee, WA | 2015 I never much enjoyed mowing grass, but my Dad insisted that it built character. He always said the chore demanded a certain discipline (every two weeks, or 10 days if rain caused a growth spurt), a knowledge of machines and skill in their use, and a sense of
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Pole with House | Badger Mountain, WA | 2015 Our arid landscape in Central Washington has vast areas of treeless terrain and unbroken sky. The natural emptiness means that man-made verticals — flagpoles, grain silos and power poles — are often scorned as visual blights. I’ve come to appreciate them, however, as welcome elements that
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Grove | Moses Lake, WA | 2015 Each of us grows in our own way, in our own direction. We might stretch toward the spotlight for acclaim and accomplishment. Or we might find soulful success in solitude and silence. Some would argue that
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Leaves on Snow | East Wenatchee, WA | 2014 As living sculptures, leaves are strong evidence of beauty in function. They’ve evolved into thousands of shapes and sizes. Their process for converting sunlight into useable energy — photosynthesis — could be considered a miracle. And humans use leaves for
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