“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

#ocean #pnw #pnwcoast #upperleftusa #oregoncoast #explore #nature #parks #oregon

#publiclands #forestranger #nationalparks #pnw #explore #nature

"There is a place I go
When life gets too static
And civilization seems far from civil
A place where they all know me
And everyone is free
Where I can sit in solitude...
Be at peace with everything around me...
A place where I can speak
The secret language of the trees"
#trees

Sunday morning city view.

#pdx #sundaymorning #cityviews #portland

"We've got to live,
No matter
how many skies have fallen"
D.H. Lawrence

#portland #pdx #everydaylife #calm #mornings #citymorning #fog

The fog always lifts...

#forest #fog #hope #pnw

"Breathe, darling. This is just a chapter. It's not your whole story."
S.C. Lourie

#ocean #hope #nature #photography #pnw

"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something." Howard Zinn

#nature #pbw #waterfalls #hope #forest #hiking

Stuff I saw today, including the sun.

#pdx #intheneighborhood #explore #juststuff #portland

“No, we don’t need more sleep. It’s our souls that are tired, not our bodies. We need nature. We need magic. We need adventure. We need freedom. We need truth. We need stillness. We don’t need more sleep, we need to wake up and live.” ~Brooke Hampton

#nature #pnw # forest #waterfalls

"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing." - Arundhati Roy

#forest #pnw #change

"'If everybody minded their own business,"'the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, 'the world would go round a deal faster than it does.'". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

#mushrooms #pnw #oregon #oregoncoast #intheforest #amanita

"What we must do, I suppose, is to hope the world keeps its balance; what we are to do, however, with our hearts waiting and watching - truly I do not know..." Mary Oliver
#ocean #beach #pnw #cascadiaexplored #photography #hope #nature #peace

Considering all the chaos that we currently live in, it's all the more important to recognize the beauty we are surrounded by. It reminds us that we are human.

#photography #pnw #nature #forest