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Life and Death and Blue Lake (Photos/Video)

August 21, 2023 by Joe Gray in Macro Photography, Nature Lover, Photo Journal, Photography

Shot with Canon 80D

Canon 100mm Macro Lens

Blue Lake, Oregon

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August 21, 2023 /Joe Gray
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Macro Photography, Nature Lover, Photo Journal, Photography

Book Review: Artemis by Andy Weir

July 29, 2023 by Joe Gray in Book Review, Fiction, Sci-Fi

Jazz soon becomes the city’s most wanted criminal after she takes a sketchy job for a rich businessman named Trond. This job goes sour quickly and the aftermath uncovers a city-wide conspiracy that might lead the city into ruin. It is up to Jazz and an assortment of her motley friends to sabotage the conspiracy to save the city from the gangsters that want to turn it into an industrial dictatorship.

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July 29, 2023 /Joe Gray
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Book Review, Fiction, Sci-Fi

Watermelon Bugs and Macro Photos from Powell Butte 7/17/2023

July 17, 2023 by Joe Gray in Macro Photography, Nature Lover, Photo Journal, Photography

Shot with Canon 80D  

Canon 100mm Macro

Kenko Extension Tubes

Edited with Adobe Lightroom

Powell Butte Park (Portland, OR)

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July 17, 2023 /Joe Gray
Canon, flowers, biology, bugs, wildlife, natural, nature, naturephotography, Parks, photoblog, photography, photojournal, photos, Portland, PowellButte, insects, macro macros, macrophotography, travel
Macro Photography, Nature Lover, Photo Journal, Photography

Birds at my feeder (Photos) 7/10/2023

July 10, 2023 by Joe Gray in Nature Lover, Photo Journal, Photography

Shot with Canon 80D

Sigma 150-300mm Contemporary

Portland, Oregon

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July 10, 2023 /Joe Gray
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Nature Lover, Photo Journal, Photography

Planes Fight Wildland Fire in Mt. National Forest (Photos) at Timothy Lake 7/8/2023

July 10, 2023 by Joe Gray in Nature Lover, Photo Journal, Photography, Travel

Shot with Canon 80D

Sigma 150-300mm Contemporary

Timothy Lake, Oregon

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July 10, 2023 /Joe Gray
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Nature Lover, Photo Journal, Photography, Travel

Book Review: Foundation by Asimov

July 07, 2023 by Joe Gray in Book Review

I recommend this book to those that want a more subtle look at how people obtain power on large scales and the tools that people use to manipulate others.

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July 07, 2023 /Joe Gray
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