Bend, Oregon
We
have >300 days of sunshine every year. In the dry months from April
through November the weather is gorgeous. We get most of our 11" of
annual precipitation in the winter. The tree in our front yard is a 90'
tall ponderosa pine. Bend is one of the fastest growing cities in
the US.
Hobbies
I am into ham radio. DX chasing, contesting, and making friends on the air. This has been my passion since age thirteen back in 1960.
I am an engineer. I make big RF transistors and design power amplifier application circuits to show how they can be used. Some day, solid state broadband ampifiers using transistors like these will obsolete the manually tuned tube amplifiers that currently dominate the amateur market.
My wife and I are into gardening but there is competition here in Bend. A new crop of mule deer shows up
every June. We don't grow flowers, we grow "deer salad". These fauns are
sampling our wares and taking a drink from the bird bath, about 30' from
our back door. Deer-resistant gardening is an art. Look carefully and you can see foxglove and two varieties of thistle.
Christmas 2008
Deer outside the kitchen door feeding on birdseed