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In Search of my Future Favorite Place

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This week’s Daily Post photo challenge is to “share an image of your happy place, a secret spot you love, or a faraway location you return to again and again.”

Hmmm. I’ve thought about this for a couple of days now, and I’ve come to the truly sad conclusion that I really don’t have such a place. My subsequent conclusion is that I really need to find such a place.

The closest setting I could think of is the trail that runs along Burnt Bridge Creek not far from my house. It’s got some scenic spots that I like to return to and watch the ducks swimming down the creek, or watch Great Blue herons fishing from the banks.

But the “trail” is really an eight foot wide path of asphalt which roughly follows a strip of land cleared for a utility right-of-way, where hefty power lines hum and crackle overhead as they span from bulky tower to bulky tower. So, yeah… it’s not really a “commune with nature” kind of experience.

Nonetheless, I keep returning to the trail. Below are photos of one place on the trail where I have photographed the creek on a number of occasions.

(Note to self: venture out and discover my new favorite place.)

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November 2014

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April 2015

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May 2016

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March 2018

The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Favorite Place

Within this World (photo essay)

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Galaxies within galaxies within galaxies. The penultimate frontier.

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Top to bottom: small cannonball, civil war era; light bulb; soap bubbles (negative); black-light bulb; water bubbles (negative); granite sphere on grave monument.

The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Out of This World

Nature, naturally

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When I think about the best parts of living in the Pacific Northwest portion of the United States, I think of the diversity of nature. With my home situated near Portland, Oregon, I am just hours away from beaches, forests, mountains and high desert (with the occasional urban area thrown in).

This week’s Daily Post photo challenge asks us to show images of where we live. I just happen to have a ton of photos 😉 , but I’ll narrow it down to a handful.

Oregon Coast

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The Pacific Ocean near Oceanside, Oregon

Forests

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Ochoco National Forest, Oregon

Mountains

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Mt. Saint Helens in Skamania County, Washington State. This volcano erupted most recently in 1980.

High Desert

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Painted Hills near Mitchell, Oregon

And of course, the city where I live, Vancouver, Washington

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Columbia River and the Vancouver, Washington river bank.

To see the sights of where others call home, go to The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Tour Guide

One Spoke

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I am but one spoke in the wheel.
I carry only a small portion of the load.
The wheel could function without me.
It sustains itself as a whole.

I am but one spoke in the wheel.
I do my part.
I carry my share of the load.
I hold strong.

We are but spokes in a wheel.
We support one another.
We rely on one another.
We work together to carry a load that
none of us could sustain on our own.

Without each spoke,
the wheel weakens.
Without us all, the wheel would collapse.
The vehicle’s motion would cease.

We cannot steer the vehicle.
We must rely on other mechanisms to
choose our direction.
We must trust in others, as others trust in us.

Together, in faith, we make the journey.

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The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Weathered

tenacity

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Sometimes growth isn’t about new beginnings and fresh starts.
Sometimes it’s about perseverance through tough times,
when stagnation would be so much easier;
giving up easier still.

Sometimes growth comes with refusing to wilt.

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The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Growth