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

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

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

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.

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