Bedraggled, but Safely Home! by auntietk
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Hi Everybody!
I had a wonderful time at Jill's, and now I'm home, safe and sound.
I'm tired and a bit bedraggled (much like my heron friend, here!) but boy, did I have a good time!! :)
(The heron is from a day at the beach at Edmonds, Washington, and has nothing to do with my vacation to Oregon, other than how he looks is pretty much how I feel!)
The West Coast had quite the little heat wave this weekend. We had planned on temperatures in the mid-70s when I booked my flight, but it was over 90F every day I was there. Yikes! Central Oregon is high desert (and it's a DRY heat!), but still - that's really hot.
I'll be posting pictures of the wonderful places we saw, but not tonight! It took forever just to load all my photos from my camera to the computer. I shot 991 images in three days!!!
Thanks to Jill (JillianElf) for a great weekend. I had SUCH a good time! :)

Comments (51)
Welcome home Tara, and glad you had a good time:0...This is a great capture :)
glad you had such a great time, can't wait to see all those photos!
Great shot of the heron... Welcome back; and I have a little gift for you in my gallery :0)
I agree, 90º, even if it's dry, is hot!!! Glad you had a good time anyway, looking forward to some high desert scenes. Cool bird shot too : )
Having lived in Phoenix for 13 years, I know all about dry heat~~~~pshaw, hot is hot!!! Just got home myself, aren't we the travelling fools?? Course my next trip is THERE and how cool is THAT?? BTW, love your heron, besides portraying that completely bedraggled look you mention, it's a very great shot!!
Beautiful and lovely TARA!!!--------------------------------------------♥ ROBY :o)
Hi Tara May So glad to hear you had a good time I like this capture so cute and drenched sweet smile to you warm hug and love, Linda Kaye
fantastic work. you were at the right place and right time.
Good to hear you had a great time. Get rest and work on those wonderful pictures, we like to see them all I am sure. About this bird, poor thing looks washed but like a greyis tones.
Bedraggled indeed............poor heron.........but I expect he has a full tummy to account for his wet plumage! Glad you had fun!
Wow, sounds even hotter than it was here (if that's possible! It was miserable!) Glad you had a good time, and only 991 shots? Did you sleep the whole time? Man, I can do nearly 300 in just an hour and a half! Great capture of the heron, I can't get close enough to any to get this kind of quality; mine all look like Sasquatch!
Welcome back.Fantastic capture.
......hey Tara ! ----like the Phoenix ( er - Heron ) --you too will rise again ! -after a few good night sleeps you'll be as right as rain - can't wait to see some of your trip pics after you get through wading through all of them ---- oh - and I quite like this bedraggled bird.
That's an awesome photo to show after a long trip...I usually look like that too, when I get home!! smiles Beautiful capture and glad you had a great time... looking forward to the photos...get some rest, friend!
Well, the safely home part is good to hear, and I guess bedraggled is unavoidable. You didn't miss much on this side of the mountains; it was 95 here yesterday. I like the heron. He really says "bedraggled."
For pity's sake! this bird is the most pitiful thing I've seen in a very long time. LOL It was only 99 degrees here today...cooler than the 102 of yesterday. Awful no matter how you look at it. This really is a fabulous shot and glad to have you home safe.
Guardian of the beach...... Nice capture. Aloha
Hey, Tara ... I'm sure you don't look anything like this comical bird - but I'm glad you had a good time. Great photo btw. Mike
I love your appropriate pic!
Fantastic capture.
fantastic capture my friend, excellent image
991 images? WOW! This is an excellent, perfectly captured moment. Excellent work!
Glad you had a good time and are home safe n sound :o) ....can't wait to see the piccies !!!!....and this is a really neat shot too ! *** H u g s ***
Glad you are safely back home. Sounds like you had plenty of fun. Super mood in the shot and easily understood. Looking forward to your uploads from the trip
Excellent pick Tara! Glad your home safely! :)
Glad you are home safe and sound, Tara. That is soooooo hot! Wonderful shot here. Diane.
welcome back
Beautiful shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL, great shot to exemplify that "bedraggled" feeling. We have all had days like that!
Welcome home again Tara. I am so glad to hear you had a great time :) Go and have a rest, my friend, because if you look like this heron, you sure need rest GGG. No, the heron here looks very proud and I bet he had a lovely bath and feels refreshed :)))