By Elizabeth Enslin on March 3, 2010
A photo from the Joseph Canyon overlook in Northeastern Oregon…
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Images, Pacific Northwest travel, Recent | Tagged beauty, canyons, photography, rainbows
By Elizabeth Enslin on February 5, 2010
I try not to blog about my pets too much, but I came across a blog post this morning that prompts me to defend my dog’s honor….
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Posted in Pets, Recent | Tagged dogs, photography, standard poodles
By Elizabeth Enslin on January 6, 2010
Moss growing behind my ears, moss for brains, hiding under moss….
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Images, Recent, Wild Plants | Tagged moss, photography, winter
By Elizabeth Enslin on January 1, 2010
I woke to the first day of 2007 in a treehouse in Northern Laos. That set a standard for New Year’s celebrations that I’ll probably never live up to again. It was just me, my partner Jerry, and all the wildlife of Bokeo Nature Reserve. We could have joined eight other travelers at the main treehouse for a night of revelry, but we longed for solitude….
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Posted in Eco Travel, Recent, World Travel | Tagged creative nonfiction, nature writing, photography, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 28, 2009
I’ve spent most of my life among Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga sp.) Although I love other trees and plant communities, Douglas fir forests still speak to me of home. In the Pacific Northwest, they’re ubiquitous from the Cascades to the coast. Douglas fir and other conifers of the region are why I’ve never felt at ease in the deciduous forests of eastern North America (as lovely as they are), where bare branches in winter make me especially homesick….
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Posted in Around the Northwest, Biodiversity, Recent, Species of the Week, Wild Plants | Tagged Pacific Northwest, photography, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 9, 2009
Writing experts tell us to never, ever open a story with the weather. And while a brief comment on the weather can sometimes be an ice breaker, extended conversations about it more likely signal that both parties have run out of interesting things to say. That’s all changing now….
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Posted in Humor, Recent, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged climate change, Humor, nature, photography, Writing
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 3, 2009
On Thanksgiving, we couldn’t bear to slice and roast this huge homegrown potato face. Nor could we boil and mash it….
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Posted in Humor, Recent, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Gardening | Tagged food, holidays, photography, Sustainable Gardening
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 2, 2009
A photograph of winter light on water through an almost leafless willow tree.
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Posted in Explorations, Images, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged nature, photography, winter
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 28, 2009
Series of photographs of trees turning color in mountains of Northeastern Oregon.
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Posted in Explorations, Images, Seasons and Rituals | Tagged beauty, nature, photography
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