Seven

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The 7th fairway and basket at the Memorial Park Disc Golf course sits in a serene landscape featuring a grassy field bordered by trees under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

Sunday Service

#Photography #MakeToEscape #Oregon #LandscapePhotography #pnw A favorite trail in Tryon Creek State Park. This trail is wide and allows access to State Park vehicles. They are rarely seen however and mostly it’s just a well groomed, walking path with towering Douglas Fir trees on either side.

Winter River

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The Willamette River bordered by trees reflects the partly cloudy blue sky above.Monochrome: The Willamette River bordered by trees reflects the partly cloudy blue sky above.

Sundog River

A sundog is a concentrated patch of sunlight occasionally seen about 22° to the left or right of the Sun. Sundogs often form in pairs on either side of our daytime star when sunlight refracts through icy clouds containing hexagonal platecrystals aligned with their large, flat faces parallel to the ground. Technically known as parhelia (singular parhelion) they are often white but sometimes quite colorful, looking like detached pieces of rainbow, with red on the inside, toward the Sun, and blue on the outside. -skyandtelescope.org

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A full circle Sun Dog over the Willamette River A full circle Sun Dog over the Willamette River

Sunrise Over Paradise (Park)

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The morning sun rises over Paradis Park, just above the tree line on Wy'East. I post using the hashtage "make to escape" to convey, in some small way, the utter despair and hopelessness I feel about the state of our community. Have people been so utterly horrible my entire life and were only constrained by the norms and restrictions of polite society? How is it that we are witnessing in real time the utter destrutions of all that is good. I "make to escape" what now feels like a simulation of the worst of all possible outcomes.The morning sun rises over Paradis Park, just above the tree line on Wy'East. I post using the hashtage "make to escape" to convey, in some small way, the utter despair and hopelessness I feel about the state of our community. Have people been so utterly horrible my entire life and were only constrained by the norms and restrictions of polite society? How is it that we are witnessing in real time the utter destrutions of all that is good. I "make to escape" what now feels like a simulation of the worst of all possible outcomes.The morning sun rises over Paradis Park, just above the tree line on Wy'East. I post using the hashtage "make to escape" to convey, in some small way, the utter despair and hopelessness I feel about the state of our community. Have people been so utterly horrible my entire life and were only constrained by the norms and restrictions of polite society? How is it that we are witnessing in real time the utter destrutions of all that is good. I "make to escape" what now feels like a simulation of the worst of all possible outcomes.

Sunrise Over Paradise (Park)

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A dramatic black and white landscape features a rugged Wy'East with swirling clouds above and patches of snow.A dramatic landscape features a rugged Wy'East with swirling clouds above and patches of snow.A dramatic landscape features a rugged Wy'East with swirling clouds above and patches of snow.

Lenticular Zoom

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A dramatic cloud formation arcs over a jagged mountain peak against a backdrop of a textured sky.

Winter’s Willamette


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A calm Willamette River reflects the surrounding trees and cloudy sky, creating a serene natural scene.

Gone

What. Else. Will. We. Lose.

[Where are the swifts?] (https://birdallianceoregon.org/blog/where-did-the-vauxs-swifts-go/ )

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A Portland birders seasonal milestone in years past, an impossibly large flock of vaux swifts is flying around the Chapman Elementary chimney against a cloudy sky. Very few swifts returned this year.

Grand Canyon: Aerial Tour

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A dramatic black-and-white aerial view showcases the deep layers and rugged formations of the Grand Canyon.A dramatic aerial view showcases the deep layers and rugged formations of the Grand Canyon.

Peak Fall

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A snow-capped Mt Hood towers over a forested Government Island in the Columbia River in the foreground under a clear blue sky.

Full Color, Monochrome.
Light snow weaves together.
Branches of the Trees.

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Peak

We call this Wy’East. No matter what Google does with it’s cartographic annotations.

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A snow-covered Wy'East peak is set against a clear blue sky.

The @pinksky.app is looking pretty pretty good friends

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Pinksky app iconPinksky app profile page Pinksky grid of my media posts to Bluesky

And what is good, Phaedrus,
And what is not good—
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?

-Robert M Pirsig

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Monochrome: A narrow forest path is surrounded by tall, bare trees, creating a peaceful and slightly mysterious atmosphere.A sunlit forest path is surrounded by tall, leafless trees under a clear blue sky.

Winter Volcano

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A snow-capped Mt St Helens stands in the distance beyond a forested area and the Columbia River.

My first sighting of Hair Ice.

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A delicate, feathery formation of "hair ice" clings to a branch amidst mossy and leafy surroundings in a woodland setting.iNaturalist: Hair ice, with its delicate, white, hair-like structures, is shown on a branch, alongside a map highlighting its observations in various regions.

Hidden Bounty

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Monochrome: A cluster of mushrooms grows at the base of a tree surrounded by ferns.A cluster of mushrooms grows on the forest floor surrounded by ferns and a tree trunk.

Autum, Winter, Spring
None are Summertime
Each a Favorite


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A wooden bridge surrounded by leafless trees under a dramatic, cloudy sky in a black and white setting.A wooden bridge spans a path in a forested area under a partly cloudy blue sky.A wooden bridge crosses a path in a forested area under a vibrant blue sky with fluffy clouds.

Winter Respite

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A narrow dirt path winds through a dense forest with tall trees and a glimpse of blue sky above.B&W Version: A narrow dirt path winds through a dense forest with tall trees and a glimpse of blue sky above.