It's a matter of perspective

A frosty twig pokes through the frozen surface of the Umpqua River near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. The region as been hit with unusually cold temperatures recently. 

Cool! My frozen photo was picked up by ZUMAPRESS.com in their Pictures of the Day gallery.

Snow day

A herd of wild Roosevelt graze on a snowy hillside near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013.

A small songbird perches on a barbed wire fence on a snowy morning near Elkton. 

S is for slug

A slug forms an "S" shape as it explores a fungus bloom on a cool and damp fall morning in a forested area near Roseburg, Ore., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. 

Frosty morning

We had a frosty morning in southwestern Oregon today. 

Liquid jewels

Like liquid jewels, raindrops cling to a small clover growing in a pasture Roseburg, Ore., on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013.

Gossamer strands of silk

A very small spider sends out gossamer strands of silk as it attempts to parachute into the wind from its perch on an electric fence along a country road near Roseburg, Ore., on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The behavior called "ballooning" is used by small spiders to fly on the wind. 

Look carefully and you can see the silk behind this lovely little spider. A moment after I took this photo she sailed off with the wind.

This spider looks like it had a misfire and the silk is stuck to the wire.

The small jumping spider was not trying to fly. It seemed to just be enjoying the sunny afternoon on the electric fence.

Magnificent mushrooms

I stalked mushrooms in a pasture near our home in southwestern Oregon this afternoon. Just add a little off-camera light and even mushrooms look cool.