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2012 

  Speechless Sunday - Let Sleeping Dogs Lie   Literally! This is our Australian Cattle Dog, Tucker, sacked out on our living room sofa on Sunday afternoon. We rescued Tucker from "A Home At Last" animal shelter in The Dalles, Oregon three years ago. We'd say he has it pretty well now days. We're ...
01/08/2012
  Hood River Valley 3-6th Grade League Basketball Starts   Another season, another sport begins. In our household, you can tell what time of year it is by what sport our boys are playing and we are very pleased with the variety and quality of choices available to us here in the Hood River Valley....
01/07/2012
  Here is Waldo! Come Meet This Little Sweetie... He Could Become Yours!   This little guy has been through a lot and somehow ended up with two fractures on his hip joint. He has taken the problem well, remains happy and cheerful and has been content to settle into shelter workers' laps while he ...
01/07/2012
  New Listing:  Incredible Opportunity To Build Your Custom Home Overlooking The Columbia River   This stunning view could be yours and, for a change, NOT at a millionaire's price tag! Located in the Columbia River Gorge, about half an hour east of Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington, this...
01/06/2012
  Friday's Foto - Dog Creek Falls   It's funny how you can pass great spots along a highway without even knowing they are there. I stopped to take a photo of Dog Creek last weekend as I drove along Highway 14 between the towns of White Salmon and Stevenson, Washington. Along that stretch of the h...
01/06/2012
  Wordless Wednesday - Winter Mt. Hood From The Hood River Bridge   I shot this photo driving home from a client's house late on Sunday afternoon. It is taken from the Hood River Bridge as I crossed the Columbia River from White Salmon, Washington, to Hood River, Oregon. Yes, I drove and photogra...
01/04/2012
  Wordless Wednesday - Big Red Barn   I love to photograph what I like to refer to as pure "Americana", things in my daily life, where I live and the places I visit that represent home and America to me. This is a barn I pass every day on my way into town, along Highway 35, just outside Pine Grov...
01/04/2012
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