I popped this 2008 photo of a ranch gate in Harney County — that’s Oregon’s high-desert cowboy country, east of the Cascades — out of a frame to rotate in another photo this morning. Then I realized I had never put it on the website.

The picture was taken on a very cold day at Roaring Springs Ranch, south of Frenchglen.  It is very, very lightly colored, so that in some light it still looks black and white. Look closer, though, and you find subtle hints of winter color.

photo: Harney gate, 2008