Moss growing on a stump showing the first signs of spring. Along the Clackamas River.
       
     
 Shapely stump is all that is left of a burnt tree at the Fish Creek Campground, closed since the Riverside Fire three years ago.
       
     
 Color in Meinig Park, Sandy.
       
     
 Color around Frog Lake, Mt. Hood National Forest.
       
     
 Farewell to Summer, Wildwood Recreation Area.
       
     
 Early Fall, Wildwood Recreation Area.
       
     
 Wind shapes the sand around a rock on the beach in Lincoln City, Oregon.
       
     
 Lost feather in the sand, Lincoln City, Oregon.
       
     
 Treasures left behind, Lincoln City, Oregon.
       
     
 Mahonia bush and fruit, McIver State Park near Estacada. (According to a Wikipedia article, there are more than 40 species of Mahonia plants.)
       
     
 Peaking through the snow along the Clackamas River near Three Lynx.
       
     
 Late Sunday afternoon on North Fork Reservoir near Estacada, Oregon.
       
     
 Gull on the beach, Siletz Bay, Lincoln City, Oregon.
       
     
 Early Spring Skunk Cabbage ( Lysichitum americium ) at the Wildwood Recreation Area near Welches, Oregon.
       
     
 Snow on a light, Sandy.
       
     
 ‘Shroom with a view. Oxbow Regional Park near Gresham.
       
     
 Less than a week into Fall, leaves are changing on many trees around Frog Lake in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Most leaves have turned a golden brown on this Sitka Mountain Ash.
       
     
 Weathered wood along with rusty hinges and hardware are leftover from a time when the Sandy River Delta near Troutdale, Oregon, was a working cattle ranch.
       
     
 Leaves in a driveway.
       
     
 Ebony & Ivory, Light & Shadow. Light and shadows on a piano along with the ebony and ivory keys with light through a window.
       
     
 Fire in the sky during sunset over Sandy, Oregon.
       
     
 Moss growing on a stump showing the first signs of spring. Along the Clackamas River.
       
     

Moss growing on a stump showing the first signs of spring. Along the Clackamas River.

 Shapely stump is all that is left of a burnt tree at the Fish Creek Campground, closed since the Riverside Fire three years ago.
       
     

Shapely stump is all that is left of a burnt tree at the Fish Creek Campground, closed since the Riverside Fire three years ago.

 Color in Meinig Park, Sandy.
       
     

Color in Meinig Park, Sandy.

 Color around Frog Lake, Mt. Hood National Forest.
       
     

Color around Frog Lake, Mt. Hood National Forest.

 Farewell to Summer, Wildwood Recreation Area.
       
     

Farewell to Summer, Wildwood Recreation Area.

 Early Fall, Wildwood Recreation Area.
       
     

Early Fall, Wildwood Recreation Area.

 Wind shapes the sand around a rock on the beach in Lincoln City, Oregon.
       
     

Wind shapes the sand around a rock on the beach in Lincoln City, Oregon.

 Lost feather in the sand, Lincoln City, Oregon.
       
     

Lost feather in the sand, Lincoln City, Oregon.

 Treasures left behind, Lincoln City, Oregon.
       
     

Treasures left behind, Lincoln City, Oregon.

 Mahonia bush and fruit, McIver State Park near Estacada. (According to a Wikipedia article, there are more than 40 species of Mahonia plants.)
       
     

Mahonia bush and fruit, McIver State Park near Estacada. (According to a Wikipedia article, there are more than 40 species of Mahonia plants.)

 Peaking through the snow along the Clackamas River near Three Lynx.
       
     

Peaking through the snow along the Clackamas River near Three Lynx.

 Late Sunday afternoon on North Fork Reservoir near Estacada, Oregon.
       
     

Late Sunday afternoon on North Fork Reservoir near Estacada, Oregon.

 Gull on the beach, Siletz Bay, Lincoln City, Oregon.
       
     

Gull on the beach, Siletz Bay, Lincoln City, Oregon.

 Early Spring Skunk Cabbage ( Lysichitum americium ) at the Wildwood Recreation Area near Welches, Oregon.
       
     

Early Spring Skunk Cabbage (Lysichitum americium) at the Wildwood Recreation Area near Welches, Oregon.

 Snow on a light, Sandy.
       
     

Snow on a light, Sandy.

 ‘Shroom with a view. Oxbow Regional Park near Gresham.
       
     

‘Shroom with a view. Oxbow Regional Park near Gresham.

 Less than a week into Fall, leaves are changing on many trees around Frog Lake in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Most leaves have turned a golden brown on this Sitka Mountain Ash.
       
     

Less than a week into Fall, leaves are changing on many trees around Frog Lake in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Most leaves have turned a golden brown on this Sitka Mountain Ash.

 Weathered wood along with rusty hinges and hardware are leftover from a time when the Sandy River Delta near Troutdale, Oregon, was a working cattle ranch.
       
     

Weathered wood along with rusty hinges and hardware are leftover from a time when the Sandy River Delta near Troutdale, Oregon, was a working cattle ranch.

 Leaves in a driveway.
       
     

Leaves in a driveway.

 Ebony & Ivory, Light & Shadow. Light and shadows on a piano along with the ebony and ivory keys with light through a window.
       
     

Ebony & Ivory, Light & Shadow. Light and shadows on a piano along with the ebony and ivory keys with light through a window.

 Fire in the sky during sunset over Sandy, Oregon.
       
     

Fire in the sky during sunset over Sandy, Oregon.