Reader photo: Rain, rain go away, so we can play pickleball another day. Douglas R. Smith captured this photo of the courts in Lithia Park between February storms.

Reader photos: Carlyle Stout of Ashland took these photos in Lithia Park after the last storm on March 1.

Shayne Foley of Ashland took this photo from a drone hovering over the railroad tracks through Ashland on Aug. 17. North Mountain Park is at left center, the end of Russell Street at lower left, the east end of Railroad Park at bottom center with Eighth Street going off to the right, and North Mountain Avenue crossing the tracks about halfway to the horizon.

Julie Raefield of Ashland took this photo of the sunrise over Grizzly Peak Wednesday morning, Sept. 7.

Lawrence Nagel of Ashland took this study in texture and shades of umber at Bandon Beach this summer.

Mike Gardiner took this photo of a brightly hued dragonfly in his backyard on — where else? — Orange Avenue in Ashland recently.

Tony Kilcollins took this photo of The Fairy Ponds along Ashland Creek at Lithia Park on May 28, 2022.

Lawrence Nagel of Ashland captured this double-rainbow photo from Ashland Loop Road in the spring of this year, and a picture of an artist (who didn’t give his name, but did give his permission) in Lithia Park near “Dipper Bridge.

A semitrailer on fire stopped on the northbound Interstate 5 overcrossing at Crowson Road on the southeast corner of Ashland before 8 a.m. Monday morning. A witness said the rear tires on both the tractor and the trailer were on fire, but both fires were quickly extinguished by firefighters.

Reader Photo: Julie Raefield of Ashland shot this photo of a double rainbow from the Oak Knoll Golf Course on June 11.