The Story Behind The Photo I photographed this barn in Idaho’s Boundary County while driving across the Northwest with my cousin Ron. I took the photo on January 3rd, 2012. Boundary County got its name because it is the northernmost …
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By now, you know I’m selling my photographs. I have placed this image in my Etsy shop, www.lightintoart.com. At that site, you will find a selection of landscape photographs. I took them mostly in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and …
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The Snake River in Springtime Hell’s Canyon and the Snake River The state of Idaho lies just to the east of Oregon and Washington State. Most of its western border is a straight line just to the west of 117 …
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A Bit of Personal History I’ve had a camera in my hands most of my life. In 2006, I went to California to take care of my mother during the last year of her life. I have to admit that …
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Who was Isaac Lee Patterson? Isaac Lee Patterson (1859-1929) was the 18th governor of Oregon, serving from January 10th, 1927, until his death on December 21st, 1929. He was the first of Oregon’s governors to be born in Oregon, his …
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How I found myself in Wahkiakum County I’ve mentioned this before. Please bear with me. I’m not proud of the fact that on Labor Day Weekend, 2016, I got very angry at a houseguest. I took off with the excuse …
Don’t all little boys love trains? Trains have fascinated me ever since I got my first Lionel 027-gauge train set. That set had a locomotive painted with the colors of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the main line that crossed southern …
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A Personal Introduction In 1980, I found myself in the small town of Stanford, Montana. Stanford, the county seat of Judith Basin County, had fewer than 600 people at the time, yet the grandest building in town was the County …
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A Personal Intoduction Although born in Montana, I grew up in California, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area. There I attended junior high, high school, college and grad school. I lived at home through my master’s degree, avoiding the …
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A Bit of Background In 1980, I drove through the small town of Stanford, Montana, the county seat of Judith Basin County. The county courthouse caught my eye. In this town of fewer than 600 residents, the courthouse stood out …
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