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A white bird perches on the top of a tall evergreen tree.
Jagged, snow-dusted mountain peaks viewed through a circular lens.
Three American bison standing in a grassy field.

A few photos taken through binoculars at the national parks over the last few days.

A person stands overlooking a calm lake that reflects a distant mountain range.
A side view of a dark blue BMW coupe parked on a road.

Jenni checks out the Grand Tetons. 17th September, 2014.

A panoramic view of a winding river flowing through a wide valley with mountains in the distance.

A few miles outside the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park.

A hand reaches toward a grid of colorful abstract paintings.

J. Pepin Art Gallery in Portland, OR. 4th September, 2014.

A young girl sitting in an outdoor chair holds a red cloth over the back of her seat.

SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR. 5th September, 2014.

A polished chrome abstract sculpture with flowing organic curves.

Portland Art Museum. 24th August, 2014.

A hand reaches through a chain-link fence to pet a black goat.

I think his name is Carl. At the Belmont goats plot in SE Portland, OR. 24th August, 2014.

A black and white photograph of a white dog wearing a harness.

Portland, OR. 4th September, 2014.

A man in a white polo shirt and blue jeans stands on a sidewalk, looking upward.

Downtown Portland, OR. 14th August, 2014.

A vintage dB Spectrum+ personal computer with its original box and accessories.

Over the last weekend I vacated my apartment and gifted, or donated, or discarded about ninety percent of my belongings. But I couldn’t let go of my first ever home computer. My parents bought it for me in 1991 or so. Made by Sinclair, it was marketed as the dB Spectrum+ in India. In the US it was known as the ZX Spectrum+, as can be seen on the manual.