Murray saying hello to us on the trail cam the other morning 👋🏻
I learned marmots usually only exist in high elevations around 6,000 ft but Murray and his Central Oregon relatives have done well below 3,000 ft 🐿️
#thecommune #animalfacts #trailcam #marmot #centraloregon
Twilight soundtrack in Central Oregon the clouds turned into Glory of gold
#Sunset #Twilight #Dusk #Clouds #Colors #FadingLight #Mountains #CentralOregon
In a green grassy spot amongst the juniper trees is a yellow bellied marmot with his head up looking to the right enjoying a mouth full of grass. To the left of him is a white butterfly fluttering along it's way
A new bombshell has entered the villa 💣
A few days ago we spotted a yellow bellied marmot on the commune and today I was able to snap some photos, even got this one with a butterfly 📸
Everyone, please welcome Murray the Marmot 🐿️
#thecommune #marmot #centraloregon #anewbombshellhasenteredthevilla
Central Oregon Sunset The Sky Is Burning oranges to dark Blues the service clouds creating shaded layers
#Sunset #Twilight #Dusk #Clouds #Colors #FadingLight #Mountains #CentralOregon
Mount Jefferson framed by the Setting Sun the Shadows falling over the nearby houses and trees the clouds turned into a glorious golden Riot of color
Take a breath
enjoy a sunset
#CentralOregon
An overall view of Smith Rock, a series of prehistoric volcanoes forming a semi-circle around hiking trails, flora (including a lot of juniper), a creek, and fauna
This day in 2012: Smith Rock, Central Oregon
This view from the parking lot inspired me to say, "It looks like Middle Earh."
#SmithRock #hiking #Oregon #CentralOregon #MiddleEarth
Ah! Feels like spring…
#bend #centraloregon #holdmybeer
So last night, I just wanted to top it off. I used my $.16 off a gallon for being a member of Chevron and two more cents off a gallon for using my gas ⛽️ buddy card .. but #WhatTheFuckingTrump 🖕🏼 It’s like 2008 all over again. I still PAID $4.23 a gallon even with the discounts. #CentralOregon
Some of the participants in the No Kings protest today in Redmond, Oregon.
#NoKings3 #Redmond #Oregon #CentralOregon #FreedomHub
Tomorrow, let's make HISTORY! #NoKings3 #NoKings #Indivisible #IndivisibleRedmond #NoKingsRedmond #Resist #StandUpForDemocracy #Redmond #CentralOregon #IndivisibleCentralOregon #NoKingsCentralOregon #WeThePeople
Graph showing Bend MSA total nonfarm employment over time.
Central Oregon's labor market has cooled relative to the immediate recovery period following the pandemic. Job gains are led by health care and social assistance.
Learn more at www.qualityinfo.org/web/guest/-/...
#CentralOregon #data #economics
This is what the climate crisis looks like in real time. #CentralOregon can't afford to continue relying on fossil fuels like natural gas that warm the planet and our winters.
"Jeremy Giffin, the Deschutes County Water Master, noted that the current snowpack levels are among the lowest recorded […]
Happy birthday to my sweet bean who passed away 11 years ago. 💚
Last year I hiked along the McKenzie River in Oregon to spread her ashes.
#trisomy18 #centraloregon #mckenzieriver
A selfie of me, with luxuriant trees and vegetation behind: With colorful green streaks pervading the photo, displaying negative sprocket holes. -JBF
Selfie; Central Oregon, circa 1991. From a negative. #analogphotography #analogselfie #centraloregon #negative #realfilm
#Oregon ’s #estate #tax structure would significantly change under SB1511—closer to passage than any other recent estate tax bill: www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2026/03...
More: www.bartholomewlaw.com#news
#taxes #estatetax #estatetaxes #estateplanning #trusts #wills #centraloregon #bendoregon #bend
Cline Buttes with snow topped Black Butte peering over their shoulders. Feb. 2024
#BlueSkyArtShow #nature #centraloregon #iphone #photography #scape
A photo of me as a child, wearing a 1970s shirt, sitting on a cement/rock throne, at Petersen's Rock Garden. -JBF
A photo of me; Petersen's Rock Garden, Redmond, Oregon; 1970s. From a negative. #analogphotography #centraloregon #negative #oregon
When I need a break from Portland’s rainy season clouds and grey, I often head up Mt Hood and over to Dufur.
#CentralOregon
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Images featuring "Animals of a Sagebrush Ranch" book promotion.
Images featuring "Animals of a Sagebrush Ranch" book promotion.
Images featuring "Animals of a Sagebrush Ranch" book promotion.
New from OSU Press this February is "Animals of a Sagebrush Ranch" by Alice Day Pratt featuring a new foreword by Rosanne Parry.
Order today. Publication date: February 24, 2026.
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#CentralOregon #OregonLiterature #AnimalStories
Wet paint! Shevlin Aspens, oil on linen panel, 8" x 6"
I enjoyed experimenting with more playful and expressive brushwork on this one and am pleased with the outcome.
#aspens #originalart #landscapeart #oilpainting #shevlinpark #centraloregon
5500'm, oil on hardboard, 8" x 6." Late autumn in the Cascade Lakes area brings golden grasses and red leafless willows to the banks of Tyee Creek where it flows into Devil's Lake.
#landscapepainting #originalart #oregoncascades #cascadelakeshighway #centraloregon
We have openings tomorrow! Snow is sparse, but we have enough to run :-) Book your ride while we still have it. #CentralOregon #Activity #FamilyFun #Snow #Winter #Fun #Love #Dogs. go.theflybook.com/book/1483/Li...
A selfie, showing my face washed out by a flash, against a dark sky, and the sun, with its corona flaring, eclipsed by the moon; 21 August, 2017. The whole has a psychedelic appearance. -JBF
Another photo from the total solar eclipse of 21 August, 2017: Selfie at totality; Madras, Oregon. #centraloregon #corona #eclipse #selfie
Silhouetted trees and rosy bars of dusk clouds, and a building; Madras, Oregon, 2017. -JBF
Sunset; the evening before the total solar eclipse of 2017. Madras, Oregon (photo from 20 August, 2017). The eclipse was the second total solar occultation I've experienced -- the first was also in Oregon, in 1978 (though it was an overcast day). #centraloregon #eclipse #sunset
Our life circumstances are keeping us away from our happy place this year but posting pictures from a year ago lets me go back…
#BlueSkyArtShow #iphone
#photography #sunset
#centraloregon #happyplace #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #cascades
A year ago today…missing those pink morning skies.
#morning #iphone #photography #BlueSkyArtShow
#centraloregon
Looking to minimize #estate #taxes? Learn more about the new 2026 thresholds at www.bartholomewlaw.com/news/2026/01...
More: www.bartholomewlaw.com#news
#tax #estatetax #estatetaxes #annualexclusion #gifting #estateplanning #trusts #wills #willsandtrusts #centraloregon #bendoregon #bend #oregon
Bright blue surrounds the pines of Camp Sherman, Oregon. The forest is deep. Early fall 2025
#ForestFriday cheers from #CentralOregon. #EastCoastKin #WeThePeople #ChinUp #ForestBathing #GetOutside #trees #nature #hike #PNW
12/21 – Bend Cars & Coffee at 8:00am
12/21 – Rosland Cars & Coffee at 8:00am
Don’t forget to support the local community this Holiday Season. #BendCarCulture #BendOregon #bendcarculture #CarShow #carevents #carmeets #CentralOregon #ClassicCars #LocalMeetup #oregon
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