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| A oak tree stands on a foggy ridge as the sun sets on a damp cool day in near Elkton in Southwestern Oregon on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. |
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| A small cluster of buttery looking mushrooms grow on a wooded trail. |
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| Ever get the feeling of being watched while hiking in the woods alone? |
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| A northern alligator lizard basks in the sun on a fence post on a hillside near Elkton in rural southwestern Oregon, on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. |
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| The sun burns through fog and low clouds as seen from near our home in Kellogg, Oregon on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. The trees in the foreground are Italian prune trees. On the hill across the valley are old growth Douglas fir trees. |
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| A herd of Roosevelt elk gather on an open hillside near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Roosevelt elk are the largest of the four subspecies of elk in North America. The bulls generally weigh between 700 and 1100 pounds. |
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| The herd is typically led by an older experienced cow elk matriarch. |
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| A bunch of elk butts |
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| Frosty Thanksgiving Day on the ranch in southwestern Oregon on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. |
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| A frosted maple leaf. |
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| Walking with Lily our Border Collie in a frosty pasture. |
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| My border collie, Lily, likes to climb trees when we hike in the forest near our home in southwestern Oregon. |
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| A bathtub makes an interesting watering trough as seen on our hike on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2105. |
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| A small jumping spider climbs on a fern growing on a damp forested hillside. I used my hand-held flash on a cord to give this photo the dramatic light. |
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A large spider hangs in her glistening dewy web on a hillside near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Sunday Nov. 22, 2015. |
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| Our border collie Lily shows our new rescue dog Cocoa how to play "chase the stick". |
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| On a rainy Oregon morning, a rough skinned newt looks up while crossing a road in a forested area near Elkton on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. Rough skinned newts produce powerful toxins in their skin. The bright underbelly of the small amphibian is believed to be a warning to possible predators. |
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| A flock of sheep feed in a pasture with a colorful fall backdrop along a country road in southwestern Oregon on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. |
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| A Pacific sideband snail slowly crosses a rain-slickened country road near Elkton in southwestern Oregon, on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. |
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| The United Nations tweeted my photo which was published in the Guardian via ZUMAPRESS.com and Corbis Images. |
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| An old cow skull hangs on a fence as the sun sets early on the first day of November after the end of Daylight Saving Time as seen from rural Douglas County Oregon. |
