Hells Canyon

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

-Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce Tribe, whose traditional homeland was near Hells Canyon, Idaho

(Can you see the deer?)

Seven Devils Mountains near Hells Canyon, ID. July 2010

Cle Elum and Colchuck

People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
-Barbara Kingsolver




Cle Elum River and Colchuck Lake, WA. July 2010

Olympic National Park

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

-Ansel Adams

On the Lena Lake hike with my outdoor photography class

Olympic National Park WA, May 2010

Wallace Falls

Something about these woods

Something I like

Moss and an old man's beard

Dripping rain from a branch in the fading daylight

-Deb Talan "Whetstones"

Wallace Falls State Park, WA. March 2010

Gas Works Park

We're extremely fortunate
to know precisely
the kind of world we live in.
....
Get to know other worlds,
if only for comparison.
-Wislawa Szymborska

March 2010, Seattle WA

Tacoma Waterfront

Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no question, they pass no criticisms.
-George Eliot


January 2010, Tacoma WA

Parkland Flora

At my feet the white-petaled daisies display
the small suns of their center-piece, their--if you don't
mind my saying so--their hearts. Of course
I could be wrong, perhaps their hearts are pale and
narrow and hidden in the roots. What do I know.
But this: is it heaven itself to take what is given
to see what is plain; what the sun
lights up willingly; for example--I think this
as I reach down, not to pick but merely to touch--
the suitability of the field for the daisies, and the
daisies for the field.
-Mary Oliver



Spring 2009, Parkland WA

Blue Lake

For my family, summer is both the best and the worst time of year.

June 2008, Cascade ID

Idaho Sunset

To fling my arms wide

In some place of the sun,

To whirl and to dance

Till the white day is done.

-Langston Hughes

August 2009, Caldwell ID

Idaho Sunrise

I see you rising
On the horizon
Bringing light into the day
And I'm coasting on your rays
-Brett Dennen

January 2007, Caldwell ID
I captured this image at my parent's house. It was really my first artistic photo. I remember looking at it on the screen of my mom's old camera and thinking "wow."

November 2008, Caldwell ID
Took this one driving to my sister's house early one morning. It was a beautiful moment and a lucky shot.

North Cascade Mountains

A lifetime isn't long enough for the beauty of this world

and the responsibilities of your life.

-Mary Oliver

August 2009, Copper Basin in the North Cascades and Lake Chelan, WA

Idaho Skyscape

There is something about that wide open Idaho sky. I cannot get enough of it.


July 2009, Caldwell ID

Idaho Flora

"There were so many miracles at work: that a blossom might become a peach, that a bee could make honey in its thorax, that rain might someday fall. I thought then about the seasons changing, and in the gray of night I could almost will myself to see the azure sky, the gold of the maple leaves, the crimson of the ripe apples, the hoarfrost on the grass."
-A Map of the World, Jane Hamilton


August 2008, Caldwell ID

Baby Tavin

Anything's possible in Human Nature...Love. Madness. Hope. Infinite joy.
-The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy

September 2008, Caldwell ID

December 2009, Caldwell ID

Animal Dreams

I know several lives worth living.
Listen, whatever it is you try
to do with your life, nothing will ever dazzle you
like the dreams of your body...
-Mary Oliver "The Humpbacks"

April 2009, Caldwell ID

January 2010, Tacoma WA

Lake Managua

Ay, Nicaragua, Nicaragüita, la flor mas linda de mi querer...


October 2008, Isla de Ometepe Nicaragua

Parkland Sunset

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile, the world goes on.
-Mary Oliver

Spring 2009, Parkland WA

Fun in the City

You said, "Life has no limit
If you're not afraid to get in it"
And oh, baby, I jumped to you
Since then there's nothing I can't do
I'm never gonna give you up
What do you got if you ain't got love?
-Mason Jennings






































January 2010, Seattle WA

Lake Ingalls Trail

Branches are bare with a pulse underneath
Flowering slowly inside
Your hands are warm and my body is wide
To hold all the promise of blue-velvet dark and stars
All it takes is a little faith and a lot of heart
Sweetheart
-The Weepies


October 2009, Alpine Lakes Wilderness WA

Cape Disappointment

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting --
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
-Mary Oliver

January 2008, Cape Disappointment WA