It was cold, dark and wet on this Sunday afternoon but that wasn’t enough to keep these springtime flowers from showing off their colors. Technical: Taken with my Pentax K-50 camera using a Sigma 70-300mm lens set on macro.
About Ted Werth
Posts by Ted Werth:
How do you Filter the Noise out of Your Life?
Traveling down the straight, flat and non-descript stretch of highway between Salem and Springfield I found myself lost in thought. Winter in Oregon can be many things. Today it was cold, damp and foggy. Very foggy. The radio was off. There was only my thoughts and and buzz of car tires on the fog dampened […]
Piles of Rubble
It was fourteen years ago today that the Seattle Kingdome came crashing down leaving nothing but a pile of rubble. I remember my first trip to the Kingdome. It was to see Curt Warner, Jim Zorn and the Seahawks take on the Cleveland Browns in football. Later on I would visit to watch Ken Griffy […]
Springtime Surprise
My wife Cheryl loves spring flowers so, unbeknownst to her, I stuck some miniature daffodils into our front yard. This is the result. The flowers are only 1″ across. If you want to try this in the fall just stick a shovel 6-8″ deep and push forward. With the shovel still in the ground […]
Destination: Heaven
January 17, 2014 Reaching the bottom of the stairs, surrounded by a flood of fluorescent lights and endless concrete, we stepped to the side and leaned against a dull grey rail. In front, a bright red digital sign indicated our subway train was 8 minutes away. As other early-arrivers entered the waiting area my dad […]
JFK – Sometimes the Simple Answer is the Best Answer
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of President Kennedy. It seems like an eternity and yet in someways, for me, it seem like yesterday. Now I was only 4 years old at the time of JFK’s death but I do have a few recollections. The clearest recollection is that of being at my aunts […]
Oregon Ducks vs Stanford Cardinal — Football Analysis for the Common Fan
The big day has arrived and all the talking will fade away once Oregon and Stanford take to the field. Oregon’s path to the National Championship is simple — win their last 5 games and play either Alabama or Florida State for the BCS National Championship. For Stanford, if they win their last 5 games […]
2013 Oregon Duck Football Preview
What’s not to like about the Oregon Ducks this year? Two top 10 Heisman candidates.  An offensive line with 3 of 5 starters projected to be high NFL draft picks.  A freshman running back
Two Walls – Thoughts on Memorial Day
As the large bus rolled through the gates and around a corner I was a taken aback. The conversations on the bus suddenly got quiet compared to chatter on the trip through town and across the river. There was really no way to prepare for this. All the maps, the printed figures and the various […]
Principle – Thomas Paine
“A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.” ~ Thomas Paine
What I’m Currently Reading
All the knowledge and adventure of the world is available to those who will read. As much as I enjoy a good documentary or movie, nothing provides the depth of learning and experience as a good book. So I thought it would be useful to share what I have been reading lately. Nothing Like it […]