Peak-ing trough…

Mt. Hood in Oregon peeking through the rolling clouds. Still heavily loaded with snow. View from the Wamic, Oregon area.

Black Butte (Oregon)

in the near distance, while hiking along the Oregon Cascades (1996).

red clouds…

from a nearby forest fire in the Oregon Cascades (a mountain range). 

Sanctuary

“Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” John Muir

looking back…

at the beauty…Mt. Hood to the West and the Cascade Mountain range…Portland beyond. 

forest for the trees…

How often do you slow down and walk into the woods and truly look about? There is a magic to the forest in all light, in all weather, for all moods that enter.

Tall firs & clouds…

while hiking in the Oregon Cascades