Local News VP debate poll interesting results so far

Interesting results so far on the KTVZ website for who won the VP debate considering the strong support for Obama in Bend.

At 2:20 it was Palin 55% to Biden 36%

http://www.ktvz.com/Global/category.asp?C=98358#poll76019

Course this is just a local stations poll.

Abominable Snowman captured on film

While Snowshoeing on the AC/DC loop at Edison, I saw something out of the corner of my eye.

It looks like the Abominable Snowman hiding in the snow.
What do you think?
No photo trickery or anything. Just a cool shot.

Evans Valley in Rogue River and home in Bend

Evans Valley

Chains of ice

Man boobs, The Frank Anderson

Orit's short film is worth seeing if you stumble across it at a local movie house.
It was at the Bend Film Festival
Check out the myspace site for upcoming showings

icky cold.. more snow

I am growing anxious for the snow.
This week was cold and icy, but no snow.

Our friends are in town from San Diego...Refugees of the fires. Well not really but they were ready to get away. The cold weather is clearly tough for them, but they are being good sports and bundling up and trying to survive.

I hope we get some snow soon so they can get a taste of that white magic.

cloudbanks

Had to stop and take a picture of this cloud from my Cellphone. A plane flew through it seconds later and ruined it. But it was worth the few moments I caught.

Bend in glow Aug 30th

Last night we had a nice lightning storm pass through.

It seems in our new house the lightning strikes are becoming more and more predictable where they are going to strike as the cloud masses pass around Awebrey Butte and pass over the river.
I have always wanted to shoot photos of the storms, but never been able to capture them.
I took some shots using a medium photo quality so I could get the most out of the moment. The next time I will raise the quality level and possibly try a different lens.

My pbase site has the photos, but here is a sample: