Ashland- Home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Sometimes the star attractions are hiding along the side of the road....

 Off the beaten track, such as this lovely wander up through Lithia Park.

 

Oregon may be the land of the hyper conscious and only pockets of it really do something about it, like Ashland - a college town and home to a terrific theater scene.

 

Getting some Elizabethan theater background from one of the actors who leads a 'Backstage Tour' - come rain or shine, the show will go on.

And they do......

Something so beautiful - peonies. When the find their way to trader joes, I always buy a batch.

Wow, completely brilliant.

Early morning prowl

Heron meet up

 

Egrets and a couple of young blue heron's are hanging tough in the wake.

 

The Ballona bike path down to the marina.

Meeting Nubians and watching them feast!

Meet a couple of swell goats....

Babette at the very top, gets some solo feeding as her peers - Shasta, Tablia will buck her for that food.

And Tablia below....showing some pearly whites, and looking inquisitively at me. Her pupils are extraordinarily large and it is said she has a peripheral vision of 270 degrees. The long hanging ears are particular to Numbians.  Tablia although smiling like a cheshire cat, can be quite deceiving because she will buck you at any given moment. Such behavior got her the "Alpha bitch" moniker.

So there, Tablia....here's to hanging a bit below the radar...and in the safety zone!

Some stunning sunrises and sunsets

Small fry

This struck me as funny.....a tiny razor and a rather large helmet.

Tiny efficiencies.....big moves.