On an almost 99 degree day this past weekend, this was our escape (and reward). Enjoy! One of Oregon’s finest trails, this is off of Rho Ridge trail in the Mt. Hood National forest. It’s also one we’d never hiked. It’s about 4 1/2 miles, and only slightly challenging for me (due to fussy feet.…
These were the sights and sounds today as we hiked Riverside Trail, one of our favorites. As you can see, it’s a very friendly trail. I hope you had a lovely weekend. Enjoy.
The writer in me is forever on alert for settings. Deep in the forest lies a grandfather tree with dense, green moss coating its scraggly branches. It doesn’t lie alone. Eerily creepy is the shady, dank stillness beneath a canopy of firs. The silent, electric air precedes danger. That something will happen, that the THING…
As I get older, I seem to notice more and more of life’s simple things, like whether or not a flower is fragrant. I notice the shape and color of the petals. I look at hue, at stems and leaflets, at thorns and tender buds. I took a stroll in the yard yesterday and found…
“…if eyes were made for seeing, then Beauty is its own excuse for being…” Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ The Rhodora A few more, just because. All photos property of klhoskins 2016~copyright.
OK, they aren’t blue, those are serious, hot eyes, maybe even a little attitude eyes, and they brought me to my knees, as does the song. Elton can do that with his deep, melodious voice. The song makes me melt. But that’s another post. There are some things in life that stop us in our…
finding merle 