Category Archives: flora

Hibiscus Hand Tattoo

By Halle | Published: October 22, 2008

Recently a client asked me to scout for a woman’s tattooed hand for a possible shoot. Not a fancy Beverly Hills French nails and all kind of hand. I found this hand today at lunch. The potential hand model was super sweet and is keen to moonlight as a hand model.

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10 lb. Chanterelle

By Halle | Published: October 7, 2008

Yup, that’s me. Me and the biggest Chanterelle I’ve ever found. The photo’s by ‘Whatia’ Howell. Claudia and I went picking Sunday and were utterly clueless that it was the 2nd day of rifle deer season in Oregon. After meeting several nice fellows with rifles over their shoulders we avoided parking near other vehicles and [...]

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autumn harbinger

By Halle | Published: August 14, 2008

After a surf along the northern Oregon coast Tuesday I found my first Chanterelles of the 2008 mushroom season:  They were exactly where I found my first patch in 2007 only 2 weeks or so earlier.

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macro photography day

By Halle | Published: May 27, 2008

I couldn’t pass up this moment: It was more than a moment actually and definitely more than 6 minutes that these 2 tangoed. As a gardner it’s somewhat reassuring to see these Hemiptera(the order aphids fall into) chow hounds getting busy in your yard. I hope that they were hungry and feasted on aphids after. [...]

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Chanterelle Hunting redux

By Halle | Published: October 23, 2007

Claudia and I visited a favorite spot recently and came away with many mushrooms! We saw a fair number of moldy ones:

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Chanterelle Hunting

By Halle | Published: October 7, 2007

Autumn in Oregon means many things. One of my favorites is chanterelle hunting. From the Oxford American Dictionary: “chan•te•relle | noun. an edible woodland mushroom with a yellow funnel-shaped cap and a faint smell of apricots, found in both Eurasia and North America. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, from modern Latin cantharellus, diminutive of [...]

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Autumn in Portland

By Halle | Published: September 30, 2007

It’s raining hard here and the leaves are turning and beginning to drop.

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Red Bartlett Pear

By Halle | Published: May 24, 2007

After 3 years in the ground our espalied pear tree finally bore fruit: It did actually put a few on last year but, following instructions from a friend, we cut the fruit early in order to focus growth on the roots. Here’s to growing your own and not letting the dogs get to the goods [...]

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Guerilla Gardening

By Halle | Published: May 18, 2007

This is a fine piece of guerilla gardening.

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Cypripedium Japonicum dos

By Halle | Published: March 22, 2007

These 2 pictures were shot in a friend’s Portland garden three days ago with assistance from Mark Clawson. The flowers were lit with sliver and gold reflectors held very close to the flower.

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