tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86381688003857473732024-03-14T02:25:26.301-07:00printed mAtters c r e e n p r i n t i n gPrinted Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comBlogger286125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-69250291646187849462015-08-15T01:41:00.003-07:002015-08-29T19:42:06.924-07:00Will Commute For CapesJune 27, 2015<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view north from Cape Meares Lighthouse. Nesting Peregrine Falcons, a couple different types of cormorants, Oystercatchers and sea lions were visible with binoculars and a handy scope.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cape Meares Lighthouse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a tiny hike to the Octopus Tree we decided to head to the Cape Lookout Beach.</td></tr>
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Cape Lookout.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beach seemed empty until closely looking and realizing the sand was covered with California Beach Fleas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this early bird had some prime pickings before the other gulls slowly crowded in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">The only picture I have from the town of Lonerock, which was a rocky dirt road, a couple bigger structures, a few houses and a big lone rock. There was a Red-Tailed Hawk and Golden Eagle chase. Eventually, there was also a fence across the quickest route towards the Umatilla National Forest, our final destination for camping away from the heat. Oh yeah, there were some of these Blanket Flowers too.<br />
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June 12, 2015<br />
Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waking up in Southeast Oregon somewhere between Malhuer NWR and The Steen Mountains.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After we woke to neighboring Mule Deer foraging, this Blackbilled Magpie watched us closely all morning waiting for dropped food. It even got inside the truck while we weren't paying attention. Picture through binoculars.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A juvenile California Quail. Quick, shy and hard to get a cellphone picture of.<br />
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After exploring a few different areas around Malhuer NWR, we decided to begin driving towards Fort Rock. While in Malhuer we sighted a Muskrat, a Cottontail Brush Rabbit, Loggerhead Shrikes with babies, a Northern Harrier, Black Terns, a California Quail family, Whitefaced Ibis, Great Egrets, Song Sparrows, an American Kestrel, a Burrowing Owl, a Yellow-headed Blackbird, Forster's Terns, Belding's Ground Squirrels, Mule Deer, American Coots, Gadwalls and a number of other birds. What we did not see was any water where at this time of year there should be no shortage. </div>
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We stuck to the highways, avoided "nearby" distractions like the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge and headed through Christmas Valley so as to get to the Fort Rock area before dark. We set-up at the Deschutes National Forest border, poured 5-gallons of our water into a water reserve for animals and hung out in the wooden blinds with our binoculars waiting to see what showed up.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Lewis' Woodpecker which, unlike most woodpeckers, primarily feeds by catching insects in mid-air. They also shell acorns before storing them in tree crevices. Picture through binoculars.</td></tr>
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A new place to call home for the night. <br />
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Jeff was first out of his tent. He reheated some leftovers and packed to head over to the bird blind to get some pictures. The night before we put about 5 gallons of water in the guzzlers. Around 6 am while I was making coffee on the gate of Jeff's truck a car came driving up the dirt road, pulled up and parked near the truck. The driver was a friendly woman who began unloading a lot of gear from the vehicle. We briefly chatted as I continued heating water for coffee and then she packed her gear over to the blind in multiple trips. Her name was Lynda Goff. She is a research biologist and naturalist visiting the area from California. She takes lots of pictures of animals, birds in particular. You can see her pictures here: www.lyndagoff.com<br />
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After an hour or so of taking pictures of animals and talking with Lynda, Jeff and I gathered our gear and made off towards Fort Rock to see some nesting Prairie Falcons, Cliff Swallows, some quick and shy Sage Thrashers, Canyon Wrens soaring in place, Say's Phoebes, Green-tailed Towhee and some Northern Harriers if I recall correctly. While driving we saw a family of Pronghorn Antelope, one giving us a panicked escort until finally reaching an area with a more easily jumpable fence line. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am not really sure how we did it when looking at this picture but we managed to off-trail scramble up and over a big portion of that thing to exit down the interior side. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half way up and still so far from those soaring Prairie Falcons.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost to the top, kinda. This is where I had a close-up eye-level view of the Cliff Swallows nesting just below where I was standing. I am not sure why I do not have a photo of one?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting a picture of the sage-brush sea with a Cascades backdrop while on the way down the interior-side of Fort Rock.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That typical photo angle for Fort Rock while making our way back to a highway to begin the drive home. And as we were just reaching the summit of a pass near Mt Hood we realized how we were on empty. I even put the truck into neutral and mostly coasted down the mountain until finally winding our way to the only gas station in town. Finally we could breathe again and rest assured we would make it home before nightfall.</td></tr>
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With only a day to prepare, I left for a couple nights in Eastern Oregon with a friend. We had no real goal in mind other than to get out of Portland by heading to the high desert and seeing wildlife. Not only the destination but even the travel route changed multiple times mid-trip. The choice ultimately narrowed down to either the Fort Rock area or head further SE to Malhuer NWR and the Steen Mountains. The preferred McKenzie Pass remained closed for a couple more weeks despite the mild winter so we drove through the Santiam route and afterwards passed the vicinity of some places I have been interested in like Lost Lake, Black Butte, 4-Mile Butte and Sunlight Cave. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willamette National Forest. A small portion of the 90,769 acres of forest burned in the Central Cascade Range during The B&B Complex Fires in 2003.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Columbine wildflower near Cold Springs outside Sisters, Oregon.<br />
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Deciding to first head SE towards the Steen Mountains and then drive to Fort Rock for the following night, we stopped in Riley for gas at a station with a small wall of free maps and brochures. We looked through some maps and picked what looked like a 4WD road and asked each station employee if they had ever taken that road all the way east. No one had. Since we did not care so much about the destinations and mostly wanted to see wildlife, we chose to drive the dirt roads not caring if a fence or a dead-end eventually forced us to turn around. <br />
After a couple slow drive-bys and a few pullovers at various unlabeled dirt roads, we finally felt confident we found the correct road we wanted. Within the first few miles we encountered the first of various groups of grazing cows blocking our route. Calves quickly ran from the vehicle. The older ones slowly walked to the side. A few stared as we passed. All eat the landscape dead. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cliffs we hiked through the sagebrush to so we could check out some nesting Common Ravens and look for American Badgers and Western Rattlesnakes. We did not find any badgers or snakes. However we repeatedly saw Pronghorn Antelope.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loggerhead Shrike. Not pictured but also seen: Ferruginous Hawks, Horned Larks, Warbling Vireos, Dark-eyed Junkos, a Yellow-headed Blackbird, Forster's Terns, Kangaroo Rats, a Yellow-bellied Marmot and Pygmy short-horned lizards amongst other animals I am forgetting. Picture through binoculars.<br />
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<br />Printed Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-35344823078330471642015-07-21T01:03:00.004-07:002015-08-12T22:08:52.835-07:00Bald ButteMt. Hood National Forest, OR.<br />
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With my legs still sore from a couple hikes with 1,000' elevation gains within a mile or so I have no idea why I decided to do the Bald Butte hike. <br />
Maybe because it was short? It's less than a mile to an elevation of around 7,500'. <br />
Maybe cause the drive's last half mile is on a high clearance road? I always like driving dirt roads. Basically you follow the power-lines up the butte and park under them when the road ends.<br />
Maybe for the wildflowers? This time of year the hike's perpetual view of Mt Hood from up-close is continually accented with blue Lupine, red Paintbrush and yellow Balsamroot. The beauty of a Dog Mountain hike for way less effort, no day-use fees and most importantly no crowds. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My cellphone repeatedly hates to focus on wildflowers.</td></tr>
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At the start of the hike the power-lines are right above you with Mt Hood in the background. There were a group of turkey vultures circling nearby further up so I hiked off-trail towards them. When I got closer and with the steepness of the hill they were sometimes soaring only 30 ft above me.<br />
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There was a great payoff for such a short hike. At the top in a single spot you can see the Cascade Range from Mt St. Helens to Mt Adams to Mt Rainier to Mt Hood.<br />
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The trail continues around the butte but offers no more special views. There also were some trails that went down through the woods that I did not venture too far into. Instead, I ate some snacks on the hillside and headed back to my truck.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cake the Truck at the end of the road. There is a mountain bike trail that starts here as well.</td></tr>
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Charles cleaning up the Kluge so he can use it as a die cutter.Printed Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-90479587829866224532015-07-20T01:08:00.001-07:002015-07-28T01:20:12.884-07:00Trout Lake Ice Caves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The Trout Lake Ice Cave is really a lava tube formed from a pahoehoe basaltic lava flow dating possibly as far back as to the late Pleistocene era. Originally known to pioneers as the Guler Ice Cave, it supplied ice for the towns of Hood River and The Dalles. Mostly for the taverns I am sure. A sign declares it has been known about for almost a hundred years but I am a pretty sure the local indigenous tribes knew about it way longer than a hundred years ago as they were the ones who originally showed the pioneers the cave along with how to find and access it. Today, for better or worse, you can drive right up to the entrance.</div>
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Despite there not being much ice it was really just a pit stop on a loop drive on dirt roads. On an extremely pothole ridden dirt road around the Big Lava Flow a young barred owl almost flew into the car through the driver's side window. Although I quickly got out and visually followed it to its new perch deeper in the woods, it did not sit long enough to take a crappy cellphone picture through binoculars. <br />
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Although not a new design for the band, this was the first time I printed the zombie art. Then the favored wolf classic again with discharge grey ink.<br />
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The first time printing this job it was a little bigger and had "North America" written at the bottom. <br />
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For the Austin bands' west coast tour I think. Printed with discharge white ink. There were two jobs with oversized prints and stippling detail but this is the only one we have pictures of. Printed Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-69987282405537521472014-04-08T23:30:00.001-07:002015-07-20T00:42:40.137-07:00Graves At Sea<br />
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A rush reprint with white discharge ink for a far away tour. <br />
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<br />Printed Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-46807863416638418162014-04-08T22:11:00.001-07:002014-04-08T22:11:46.434-07:00Taurus<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/04/08/1510.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/04/08/s_1510.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Oversized 2-color plasticharge ink print. About 14.5" x 26" if I remember correctly. Custom orange and a silver ink. <br />Printed Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-43898329454797385632014-04-08T22:03:00.001-07:002014-04-08T22:05:49.429-07:00Food Fight <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/04/08/1475.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/04/08/s_1475.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='214' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />Most of these reprints were on black shirts this time. A limited few were on pullover hoodies. Art by that guy Matt. <br /><br />Printed Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-51351242906646899062014-04-02T23:40:00.001-07:002014-04-02T23:40:23.265-07:00Happy birthday to Curtis. <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=14/04/02/1379.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/14/04/02/s_1379.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='209' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />7 years old. <br />Printed Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-42834739233174667662012-11-11T00:42:00.000-08:002012-11-11T00:42:19.955-08:00Arrow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Arrow helping put shirts through the oven.Printed Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-45104634666468872082012-11-11T00:33:00.000-08:002014-04-08T22:06:48.033-07:00Owl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6A_W2pgm2kCtpf80RL-9UypJMBRSX8-OuowttTNRQi6tQ641T53NN7T9QTPl8gnPPIYUSXo7Q6t4M28Xr9A9kXU8QA4UabBGNjS3LZUFouDWyyj1Aom8SQhUF3jqDBs-82h2YNirEM0/s1600/R0011819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6A_W2pgm2kCtpf80RL-9UypJMBRSX8-OuowttTNRQi6tQ641T53NN7T9QTPl8gnPPIYUSXo7Q6t4M28Xr9A9kXU8QA4UabBGNjS3LZUFouDWyyj1Aom8SQhUF3jqDBs-82h2YNirEM0/s320/R0011819.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MSK-VbU8rJ_VoWibB1alefVrPkbDWB4dKo8IThLFaM_zWJcvKMd08G3m5fNwKeeV_O7ItoLEeACOgRuyC3HaGGfNPz90PQTkP5Tsr0pzErD2dkppEA3yR4xA9gU6Lzupv1ly26ZaAwU/s1600/R0011820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MSK-VbU8rJ_VoWibB1alefVrPkbDWB4dKo8IThLFaM_zWJcvKMd08G3m5fNwKeeV_O7ItoLEeACOgRuyC3HaGGfNPz90PQTkP5Tsr0pzErD2dkppEA3yR4xA9gU6Lzupv1ly26ZaAwU/s320/R0011820.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br />Last minute rush job while they were mid-tour. Light grey plasticharge ink.<br /><br /><br /><br />Printed Matter Screen Printinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13824972877773173954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638168800385747373.post-88245997235137585502012-11-11T00:30:00.000-08:002012-11-11T00:36:07.141-08:00Nu Sensai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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