A blog of my botanical misdeeds and potentially interesting floral photos. All Photos Copyright Ross Kouzes

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2004/12/31

2004 Favorites

I recently found the digital stack that contained all my old pictures. I was looking through and thought it might be fun to post some.

On a hike along the Clackamas River, we found this log that was a waterfall.
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Early spring at the Portland Chinese Classical Garden. An Iris.
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Nearby, a Cornus.
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LOL. Xzibit: "Yo Dawg. I heard you like mating bugs..."
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Early in the year, with lots of snow.
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Closest I've ever come to a wild owl. This one was ready to pounce! and he was nearly the size of a Robin. Actually, their first line of defense is to stand still. Second line of defense is to defecate. Third line of defense is to run away. Northern Saw Whet Owl.
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We bought our first house in 2004.
Front.
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Backyard.
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Things sure did change.
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2004 was the first time I ever saw Cypripedium montanum in the wild.
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Forma welchii w/spiderian.
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That fall, we visited NM. The Zozobra festival was going on and we burned him to the ground, for some reason.
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Meanwhile, at Tsankawi, a thousands-of-years-old Zozobra stood watch. Either that or robots enslaved the native people long before Western reckoning.
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Also at Tsankawi, Apache Plume.
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It was only mid September, but the Aspens were already changing.
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Gentiana parryi.
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Mimulus luteus.
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Some sort of Caterpillar.
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Lisa in a lovely mountain meadow.
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Back in Portland, we hiked Larch Mountain.
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Lots of Fungus were among us.
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I made Cairns at the White Salmon River.
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After a long day of hiking, David was tired and his "friends" weren't.
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During X-mas break, we went up to Lake Tahoe/Reno to visit family. Here's Lisa next to the lake.
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In the hotel room, somewhere. That's right. I hope you've been getting proper authorization.
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Last, here's Magoo being warm and unhelpful.
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