Gary Benny (@grbenny) · DIRTY

Gary Benny

@grbenny

Retired in Oregon, current full time job: grandparent, former IT, arthritic bass player, Way Left-of-Left, OAF, physics curious. I post a lot of music, mostly jazz ☕️ 🎶 🎸🎣 🍔🥧🐶📚🎦 Profile Pic 1971 *No DMs Unless I Know You*

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Gary Benny@grbenny· 28d

Same acoustic. What about first electric? Here’s me with my first. As you can see, I had an amazing sense of style 😂

12 year old boy wearing a sweater vest playing an electric guitar. Standing next to a record player.

Gary Benny@grbenny· 28d

Picture of Eisenhower.
Text: Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold are not clothed.

Gary Benny@grbenny· Jun 17

Lots of water in my general area! Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge

Narrow waterfall down a rocky cliff. Footbridge in foreground over lower portion of falls

Gary Benny@grbenny· Jun 16

T.W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant, Willamette River and Willamette Falls. viewed from Canemah Park, Oregon City (06/15/2026) @muz4now.com @stevewfolds.bsky.social @jilllovesjazz.bsky.social @classicvibe.bsky.social @rickmclaughlin.com @robklippel.bsky.social #photography #photosky

T.W. Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant, Willamette River and Willamette Falls. viewed from Canemah Park, Oregon City (06/15/2026) picture framed in tree branches, Willamette River flowing away from camera toward Willamette Falls. Power plant in center of picture

Gary Benny@grbenny· May 18

Same kid, different dog. Waiting for dad to get home.

Gary Benny@grbenny· May 18

Lilly - the dog - and granddaughter. Adopted Lilly Nov 4th 🐶

Gary Benny@grbenny· Apr 12

I get it. Everyone I know is scared right now. Except the really dumb ones. 🙄 But hey, the dog in your picture looks like my dog!

Gary Benny@grbenny· Apr 1

Great. You went to Paris, but all I got was this t-shirt 😂

Gary Benny@grbenny· Mar 27

I can go for that 😂

Gary Benny@grbenny· Jan 23

Some possibilities?

Gary Benny@grbenny· Jan 14

Hoh Rainforest Olympic Peninsula, WA

Huge ancient tree - possibly multiple trees grown together - in rainforest. Person standing next to it to illustrate size - base of tree possibly 15x wider than a person. Massive tangle of roots taller than a person.

Gary Benny@grbenny· Dec 15

Flock of Seagulls Beach at Seaside, OR

Flock of Seagulls on beach at Seaside, OR. Kids playing amid the gulls

Gary Benny@grbenny· Dec 9

Bryce Canyon, Utah #utah #photography

Sheer red rock walls on both sides, forming a “v” in the center with cloudy sky in the background. Evergreen trees in the foreground between the walls

Gary Benny@grbenny· Nov 21

Allerton Gardens, Kauai #photography #Hawaii #Kauai

Lazy stream flowing away from camera. Tropical greenery both sides. Palm trees, bamboo

Gary Benny@grbenny· Nov 12

Silver Falls, OR. Taken from path behind the falls #photography

Photo taken from behind the waterfall, foreground, left side. Falls into river. River flows away from falls into background of greenery and tall evergreen trees.

Gary Benny@grbenny· Nov 11

Sundown at Mazatlan #photography

Waxing crescent moon high in dark blue sky, over red ocean sunset.

Gary Benny@grbenny· Nov 6

Silver Falls, Oregon

Narrow waterfall. Mossy green rocks behind it. Pathway behind the falls

Gary Benny@grbenny· Oct 1

Ainsworth House, Oregon City

Two story colonial style house, snow on walkway and trees lining the walkway

Gary Benny@grbenny· Sep 17

Gary Benny@grbenny· Sep 15

The fact that Trump is putting the flag at half staff for a white supremacist and never once lowering it for murdered school children tells you everything you need to know.

Gary Benny@grbenny· Aug 19

Cooper’s Hawk (I think)

Cooper’s Hawk on lamp pole

Cooper’s Hawk on lamp pole

Gary Benny@grbenny· Aug 13

Morning moon in blue sky

Waning moon in a blue morning sky

Gary Benny@grbenny· Aug 8

Mt Hood hovering over Oregon City today

Mt Hood above Oregon City treeline.

Gary Benny@grbenny· Aug 8

Gary Benny@grbenny· Aug 8

Gallows scene from Clint Eastwood movie, Hang ‘em High

Gary Benny@grbenny· Jul 27

Gary Benny@grbenny· Jun 25

My granddaughter insisted her kitty be buckled in ❤️

Gary Benny@grbenny· Jun 9

The moon is cheese tonight 😂

Yellowish full moon above tree line

Gary Benny@grbenny· May 10

Thanks Darren. Good plan to wait a while for things to settle down! Here are a few more pics.

Face of Hoover Dam

Octagonal copper colored mostly glass building at Hoover Dam

View of water from top of dam

Gary Benny@grbenny· May 9

Hoover Dam

Looking down on Colorado River from Hoover Dam. Bridge spanning river in distance

At Hoover Dam - the "Winged Figures of the Republic," a pair of 30-foot-tall bronze statues created by Oskar J.W. Hansen.

Structures at Hoover Dam. Tall, cylindrical, joined by elevated walkways