This most remarkable rainbow appeared over La Grande in April. Fortunately I had enough time to drive to Gangloff Park and compose it there.
Rainbow over La Grande
Category Archives: Eastern Oregon
Ladd Marsh Bird Refuge, Peach Lane sunset
Ladd Marsh Bird Refuge, Peach Pond Union County
Ladd Marsh Bird Refuge, Peach Lane Union County
Ladd Marsh Bird Refuge, Peach Lane Union County
Ladd Marsh Bird Refuge, Peach Lane Union County
Ladd Marsh Bird Refuge, Peach Lane Union County
Ladd Marsh Bird Refuge sunrise
Quiet seeking
“What I know of the divine sciences and holy scriptures I learned in woods and fields. I have had no other masters than the beeches and oaks.” St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Sometimes we need to rediscover the basics that the shepherds of the Psalms knew long ago.
Outside the Painted Hills
The iconic view of Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is off limits to exploring. However, there a couple “mini” colorful ash areas outside the unit where you can hike and explore and let your mind wander in the stillness that is uninterrupted by vehicles and viewers. Here are a few pictures from May. I hope to hang out there more in the future.
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, morning
After a sunset that filled my mind and heart, I woke up to this sunrise and early morning scenery near Hat Point in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area in the far corner of Wallowa County. Its massive grandeur never ceases to lift one’s spirits.
Hat Point, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area
The joy that awaits us
“Put Your song on our lips and in our hearts, and remind us of the joy that awaits us when we put our trust in You. Guide us into the light of Your unwavering, never ending, and grace filled love. Amen.”
God loves us because He is God
“God is love, so His loving is not something He may do nor not do at His will. Loving us is not an intermittent act or series of acts which God does in between other acts. His love flows steadily out upon the whole human race in an unbroken and continuous fulness. There is not a time, not a fraction of time, when God’s love is not active toward us. It is as constant as the being of God, for it is the being of God in unforced, normal expression…
“We are often tempted to wonder how God could love us, but honest as this feeling is, it is nevertheless the result of a wrong way of looking at things. God does not love us because we are hard or easy to love; He loves us because He is God, not because we are good or bad or more attractive or less so. God’s love is not drawn out of Him by its object; it flows out from God in a steady stream because He is love.” A.W.Tozier
The light of the Painted Hills
Friday late afternoon and early evening two weeks ago at the Painted Hills, near Mitchell OR in Wheeler County–the light changes softly but distinctly, subtle but intense, drawing me into an ever deepening mood of peace and relaxation, wonder and joy.
The Painted Hills
The Painted Hills, located near Mitchell OR in the John Day country, represent over fifteen million years of geological history. The colored layers were created by a variety of plants that we covered from intermittent volcanic ash deposits. The wildflowers this year at the Painted Hills were the best ever–truly a super bloom!
