Even beneath a multi-layered canopy of needles and leaves, the light leaks in #ForestPark #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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This lake is crowded with orange-brown newts and sodden, grass-topped logs #SoapstoneLake #ClatsopCounty #Oregon

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I was crossing the Willamette on foot and looked down to see what the sun was doing #TomMcCallWaterfrontPark #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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Some of these downtown Newberg houses seem so huge from the sidewalk until I compare them to the sky #GeorgeFoxUniversity #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon

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I caught this cloud mid-transformation from leaping lamb to cow resting in meadow #Oregon

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I'm not sure which is more meaningful, the rooftop talisman or the open sky #Nampa #CanyonCounty #Idaho

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The way it's tucked into the trees made it seem humble, accessible, just a little bit shy. And I was glad to be there #Golden #CoyoteCreek #JosephineCounty #Oregon

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I think about this view, and I wonder if it feels the way I remember it #HorseshoeBend #BoiseCounty #Idaho

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A barn. A tree. A field. Some days, it's all I really need #Woodburn #MarionCounty #Oregon

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There's something about a barn on a hill that feels safe to me #McCall #ValleyCounty #Idaho

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This place is a state park, open to the public, but the doors on this building were padlocked. A crack in the glass was just big enough for my camera to capture a sense #Golden #CoyoteCreek #JosephineCounty #Oregon

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We descended from that far rim on our way into the first lake on the trail and then two miles further before we camped for the night #StrawberryMountainWilderness #Oregon

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I spend a lot of time looking out of windows and thinking. Sometimes I like to walk outside and try from the other direction just to see how it feels #GeorgeFoxUniversity #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon

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There's something about the Owyhee Mountains that feels just a little bit lonely. But in a good way #OwyheeMountains #SilverCity #OwyheeCounty #Idaho

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We parked in the massive lot at Timberline Lodge and then walked away from Mount Hood, out toward a spot where we might get a better view of Jefferson, and these trees #TimberlineLodge #MountHood #ClackamasCounty #Oregon

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I used to drive between Portland and Boise about once every five or six weeks. As a kid, I thought the stretch between Huntington and Ontario was boring. Now that I'm older, I've changed my mind #ThreemileHill #MalheurCounty #Oregon

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Most of the time that I end up at Pittock Mansion, it's for the view of the city. And Mount Hood. And the sky. #PittockMansion #Portland #MountHood #MtHood #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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Most churches I know turn the lights on bright for Sunday mornings. Sitting in this sanctuary in southern Oregon, I wondered if we might try leaving the lights off for a week or two, let what filters in through the windows be enough for our time together #Golden #CoyoteCreek #JosephineCounty #Oregon

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Everywhere I go, I find friends. Sometimes we chat. Sometimes we just watch one another #GeorgeFoxUniversity #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon

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Something about the size, scent, and texture of these petals. They calm my brain #GeorgeFoxUniversity #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon

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I'd never live in a place like this, but it still feels like family #PittockMansion #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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This van looks like a road trip to me #Nampa #CanyonCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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Find a seat and wait for awhile. Watch the light move across the floor. Let your thoughts do whatever they want #Golden #CoyoteCreek #JosephineCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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I grew up going to Skate World on Wednesday nights and Thursday afternoons. But when I moved to Idaho, they had this place - the Rollerdrome #Rollerdrome #Nampa #CanyonCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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Every year I see these blossoms and remember that I've seen them before #CanbyGrove #ClackamasCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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It was a hospital and then it was a care facility and then it was abandoned #Nampa #CanyonCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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Early last week I drove past this field. They had flats piled high and a trailer pulled off to the side of the road. The raspberries were ready #StPaul #YamhillCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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If you're ever bored and need something to do in Idaho's Valley County, drive up in the hills and look for old barns #McCall #ValleyCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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I drive by this church almost every day on my way to and from work, but I've never gone inside. I plan to fix this #StPaul #YamhillCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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I hiked in to this lake with friends in the summer of 2013. It snowed the next night and all through the day #StrawberryMountainWilderness #MalheurNationalForest #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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Almost every time I walk across campus there are people gathered under this tree in groups of three or four or five. And there's always room for one more #GeorgeFoxUniversity #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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This wilderness area joins two national forests and has some of the greatest storms #MonumentRockWilderness #BlueMountains #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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You can see where the snow usually goes #TimberlineLodge #MountHood #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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Open lots like these help me remember how I used to feel #Nampa #CanyonCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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They dammed up Mud Creek to make a reservoir and boarded over some of the marshy parts. It's a good trail #TrilliumLake #MudCreek #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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Alleys - tight spaces between buildings - feel a little more human and a lot more real than the wider streets and clean storefronts of downtown #nampa #canyoncounty #idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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I think these are my favorite summer colors #GeorgeFoxUniversity #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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I used to drive by these two doors several times a day. I never tried to enter, and it seems - looking back - like an illustration of how so much of life goes so much of the time #Nampa #CanyonCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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The light's in just the right spot. The pulpit is ready #Golden #CoyoteCreek #JosephineCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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In his books, Douglas Adams equipped spaceships with S.E.P. fields (somebody else's problem), as it was the most efficient way to make a thing invisible without actually making it invisible. I think the work of a photographer (or of any artist) is to spot S.E.P. fields and remove them #Nampa #CanyonCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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I think the reason places like these have so many mosquitoes is to keep the people away #Golden #CoyoteCreek #JosephineCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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This part of the highway has two lanes in both directions. I usually drive it too fast to really see what I'm seeing #HorseshoeBend #BoiseCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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It bid me enter #Golden #CoyoteCreek #JosephineCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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The best time to be out on the lake is early in the morning as the sun comes up over the rim of mountains and lights up these trees #PayetteLake #McCall #ValleyCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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Stuck in traffic. Noticing things #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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When I was a kid, there were no turbines on these hills. It's easy to remember that time when I unconsciously assumed things would always be the way they always had been #ColumbiaRiver #ColumbiaGorge #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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If I'm stuck on a project, I like to walk down the road to a creek that runs through the middle of town. There are bushes there, a good place to look for birds #GeorgeFoxUniversity #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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There's something about mountaintop places, something about being able to see to the bend of the earth on the horizon, something about how the air feels here #StrawberryMountainWilderness #MalheurNationalForest #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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This flower is hanging just outside the building where I once taught writing for a semester. It seems like a long time ago #GeorgeFoxUniversity #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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It's a long slow drive into the ghost town of Silver City. If you go there, make sure to stop along the way and look around as much as you can #OwyheeMountains #SilverCity #OwyheeCounty #Idaho - patreon.com/ericmuhr (link in bio)

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