More in January

Hi folks!

Left you about 10 days ago and am making the commitment to sit down at the PC and get some more blogging done. Seems our very cool or frigid for Willamette Valley standards is turning just a bit. Now that we seem to be getting away from mid 30's for highs we are getting back to rain! I don't think you can win when it comes to the weather here, but hopefully it will not freeze tonight or it is going to be a really bad Sunday.

I got in a run today and did get some bike commutes this week but not much in the way of mileage on the bike this year, maybe a 100+ miles so far? I am getting another new bike put together, a redline conquest pro frame set, with most of the other stuff hijacked off my older Cannondale. This will become my commuter and Cross-Racing bike if I get the motivation to race in the fall.

Hey, I know last time I said something about posting a shot or two of some bighorn sheep, but changed my mind for now. I am posting a shot of an icicle that was by this metal art thingy hanging by one of the doors at my folks house. I spent about twenty minutes shooting this icicle trying to catch drops coming off the damn thing. In this one you will see a drop just getting ready to be free from the main icicle and start its journey downward.

I am hoping to get out to one of the NWR's close to Salem to see about what birds might be hanging around and get some shooting in. Am also planning on heading up into the Cascades one of these weekends to do some skiing, snowshoeing, or sledding and getting away from the rain. Will hopefully get some good shots along the way. This week I plan on updating to my smugmug account with some animals and landscapes.

Thanks for stopping in!

Tim

New Year - New sights

Wow! Over the past month and a half I have been looking at the blog but doing nothing about it. It is time to get serious and this is the year! Part of it has been laziness and the other part finding the time, but like I tell my honey bunny, you have to make the time. I should live by that same thought.

Well, December came and went with no updates so here we are mid-way through January and I am starting again. In December, my wife, daughter and I went back to Cody, Wyoming to visit my folks for the Christmas holiday. Good times, with a 3-4 inches of light powdery snow on Christmas eve and plenty of Mule deer coming into the yard for a little extra feed. Yes, my dad gives them a little bit of cracked corn to munch on, but not a whole lot and I don't think you could really say that it enhances their diet to much. Anyway, they get around 10-14 deer almost everyday and I have included a shot of one of the bucks that was around.

When not playing games with family or sitting around having a beer and talking I did get a chance to drive up the North Fork (Main Hwy) towards the East gate of Yellowstone Park. I will get you a shot or two of some Big Horn sheep that were hanging out near the road along some drainage's. Pretty nice to just sit there and watch them graze, had a few feisty males ramming their horns with each other. Makes you appreciate the animals in this world and being away from larger communities, cars and way to many people!

Well, this is just a start. I am going to work on some of the animal photos and check some of the local places in Salem to start getting some showing's on the walls of their businesses. I will post out when I have some out and about in the community.

So long for now, and thanks for stopping in! I promise to be more jazzed about getting stuff out and since I would like this to be my job someday maybe I should "make the time."

Bye, tim