It's strangely ironic to me that these flowers are almost completely gone from their ancient home in England and Ireland while simultaneously thriving outside their native range #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #McCallPoint #RowenaCrest #Mosier #cornflower #BachelorButton #CentaureaCyanus

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Balsamroot, lupine, and a tree #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #McCallPoint #RowenaCrest #Mosier

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All I see is more children being killed in Gaza -Muhammad Smiry

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The daisies in the garden were just tall enough this year to peek through the lower leaves of the Japanese fiber banana #Oregon #Portland #Banana #MusaBasjoo #Daisy #ShastaDaisy #LeucanthemumSuperbum

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We walked south on the beach at low tide, watching for sea stars, as the lighthouse slowly emerged from the mist ahead #Oregon #OregonExplored #MoolackBeach #YaquinaHead #YaquinaHeadLighthouse #Newport

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Israel has killed more than 500 people in Lebanon since October -Remi Kanazi

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Shades of blue, below and above #Oregon #OregonExplored #MirrorLake #MtHoodNationalForest #MtHood #SkiBowlWest #GovernmentCamp

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Israeli soldiers are systematically and intentionally killing Palestinian children

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Backlit #Oregon #OregonExplored #WillametteMissionStatePark #WillametteRiver #WesternBeakedHazelnut #CorylusCornuta #Hazelnut

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In spite of the name, they're not actually from Canada #Oregon #OregonExplored #WillametteMissionStatePark #WillametteRiver #CreepingThistle #FieldThistle #CanadaThistle #CirsiumArvense

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Our children are still being decapitated -Dr. Mohammed Harara

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I remember tasting the root of this plant when I was in gradeschool and realizing for the very first time how many edible plants are all around us. It completely changed how I think about nature. It's harsh but also generous. So incredibly generous #Oregon #OregonExplored #WillametteMissionStatePark #WillametteRiver #QueenAnnesLace #WildCarrot #DaucusCarrota

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We spent so much of our time here watching herons and admiring the old walnut and cottonwood trees. But there were also flowers #Oregon #OregonExplored #WillametteMissionStatePark #WillametteRiver

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I remember how much work my dad put into eradicating these plants wherever they grew on our property, and as a result, I was always afraid of them. But the little button flowers - bright yellow in summer - are always drawing my eye these days. My childhood fear has been replaced with respect and curiosity #Oregon #OregonExplored #Tansy #TanacetumVulgare #WillametteMissionStatePark #WillametteRiver

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The ground here was saturated with water #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #ColumbiaRiver #RoosterRockStatePark #SagittariaLatifolia #BroadleafArrowhead

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At least 186,000 murdered in Gaza

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In the distance, the line between water and sky was almost completely indiscernible #Oregon #OregonExplored #NeakhanieMountain #OswaldWest #OswaldWestStatePark #Manzanita

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It looked like it could be shelter, but something about the shape and size made me cautious, reverent #Oregon #OregonExplored #ShortSandBeach #OswaldWest #OswaldWestStatePark #Manzanita

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21,000 Palestinian children are missing in Gaza: trapped under rubble, detained in prisons, buried in unknown graves

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The heaviest sky #Oregon #OregonExplored #MtHoodNationalForest #RamonaFalls #UpperSandyRiver

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You feel the temperature drop. And then you hear the water. Every time I get to the place where I first see the falls, it feels like a miracle #Oregon #OregonExplored #MtHoodNationalForest #RamonaFalls #MtHoodWilderness #UpperSandyRiver

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Israel has killed 366 UN staff and family members

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Walking down to the river #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #McCallPoint #RowenaCrest #RowenaPlateau

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Even the plants that don't belong here offer up a kind of beauty #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #FairyFalls #Corbett #HerbRobert #GermaniumRobertianum #cranesbill

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No child gets shot twice by mistake by the world’s best snipers -Dr. Mark Perlmutter

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There are flat boards here so you can cross over the creek, and even though it's a fairly busy place on the trail, other hikers almost always wait on one side or the other so whoever's already there can get a quick picture of the falls and touch the water #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #FairyFalls #Corbett

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Mount Hood rises above Laurance Lake #Oregon #OregonExplored #LauranceLake #ClearBranchDam #MtHoodWilderness #MtHoodNationalForest #MtHood

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Every morning I wake up and check to see if there is a ceasefire in place -Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Tree portal #Oregon #OregonExplored #LauranceLake #ClearBranchDam #MtHoodWilderness #MtHoodNationalForest

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It was supposed to be hot down in the valley that day, so we drove up into the mountains and stayed close to water #Oregon #OregonExplored #MtHoodNationalForest #ColdSpringCreek #TamanawasFalls #PolallieTrailhead

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Israel has been engaged in mass slaughter of Palestinian civilians for nearly 300 days -Laila Al-Arian

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Water falling through rock #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #WahclellaFalls

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As we walked through the canyon, there was constant motion to either side and up ahead - flowers caught in spring breezes and a multitude of small birds #SwaleCreekCanyon #SwaleCreek #KlickitatTrail #KlickitatCounty #Washington

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More than 5,000 Palestinian children have lost limbs since October

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In the saddle #Oregon #OregonExplored #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #SaddleMountain #CoastRange #lonetree

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Solitary cloud #Oregon #OregonExplored #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #CoastRange

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Israel has dropped over 70,000 tons of bombs on Gaza since October -Tariq Kenney-Shawa

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A tree riding the waves of grass #RowenaPlateau #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #Oregon #OregonExplored #Mosier

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Looking out over the river from the Cape Horn Overlook #ColumbiaGorge #ColumbiaRiverGorge #CapeHorn #CapeHornOverlook #Washington #Highway14

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Israel has killed 539 people sheltering in UNRWA facilities

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Over on the other side #CurlyCreek #GiffordPinchot #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #Northwoods

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Through the trees #CurlyCreek #GiffordPinchot #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #Northwoods

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Israel is responsible for the highest staff death toll in United Nations history

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I mostly come here for the water, but that lichen on the rock is a major part of what makes this waterfall so particularly beautiful #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #LatourellFalls #GuyWTalbotStatePark

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River and sky #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #Mosier #McCallPoint

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No Palestinian life is expendable -Carlos Azevedo

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Although it's pretty much always crowded here these days, you can still have it mostly to yourself before 9 in the morning #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahFalls #BensonBridge

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Just another place in the woods where we waited next to water #Oregon #OregonExplored #ColumbiaRiverGorge #ColumbiaGorge #DutchmanFalls

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Israel killed four more international aid workers on Friday

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There are almost always small crowds of people on and around this historic wreckage, so it felt like a rare moment alone with the bones in the sand as the ocean slowly counted time in the background #Oregon #OregonExplored #FortStevens #FortStevensStatePark #Hammond #OregonCoast #PeterIredale

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