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AUTUMN IN OREGON. THIS FALL, WITH THE ELECTION NEAR, THE SCENERY ALERTED MY SENSES TO OUR WONDERFUL LEGACY, THE GREAT COUNTRYSIDE OF AMERICA.
MY FORM OF PATRIOTISM: GREAT FLAGS OF VINE MAPLE DECORATE THE FORESTS OF OREGON.
LET FREEDOM RING!
VINE MAPLE SHOWING ITS COLORS
PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
THIS TREE, STANDING TALL BY ITSELF, STRUCK ME AS A SYMBOL OF ALL OF US WHO STAND FOR WHAT WE ARE, AND WHAT WE BELIEVE, AND WHAT WE KNOW OUR COUNTRY CAN BE.
LITTLE ELK STORE
ALLOWED TO REMAIN AFTER IT'S USE IS GONE, A COUNTRY STORE SITS QUIETLY IN THE WOODS JUST OFF THE HIGHWAY, LITTLE KNOWN TO NEWCOMERS. IT STILL ADDS PERSONALITY TO THE LANDSCAPE AND REMINDS US OF OUR HERITAGE.
GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE LAND
BORDERING THE OREGON FORESTS AND PASTURELANDS BLAZE THEIR LIGHT ALL AROUND. THEY STAND TALL AND STRAIGHT AS OUR PIONEERS WHO DEVELOPED THE LAND.
POPLAR TREES STAND TALL AND STRAIGHT, BLAZING THEIR LIGHT ALL AROUND.
HARRIS CREEK, WREN OREGON
WINDING WAY OFF THE HIGHWAY, THROUGH FARMLANDS AND GRASS FIELDS, SITS HARRIS COVERED BRIDGE. BESIDE IT IS THE PASTORAL BEAUTY OF HARRIS CREEK.
NATURAL PANORAMA
VINE MAPLE SHARES THE FOREST FLOOR, SUPPORTING THE TALL TREES THAT RISE OUT OF IT. THEY ACCOMDATE EACH OTHER.
TRAVELIN' DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD
JUST OFF THE COAST, A ROAD WINDS UPWARD THROUGH FORESTS, BYPASSING THE LITTLE OLD TOWN OF ONA, OREGON, JUST A MARK ON A MAP NOW. THE ROAD GOES ON THROUGH HEAVY GREENERY AND AUTUMN COLOR AND FINALLY BRINGS THE TRAVELER BACK TO THE COAST HIGHWAY AND CIVILIZATION.
IN APPRECIATION OF OUR FORESTS
A LITTLE BIT OF SATIRE CREPT INTO THE TITLE OF THIS PICTURE AND THE NEXT. BESIDE HEALTHY, PROUD, FLOURISHING FORESTS ARE DEAD SPACES WHERE THE LAND HAS BEEN MUTILATED BY CLEAR CUTTING.
OH BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES
ALTHOUGH I LOVE OREGON AND ITS BLUE SKIES I AM SADDENED BY THE ENDLESS AND SENSELESS DEMOLISHING OF IT. A TALL OLD FOREST WITH ITS LUSH UNDERGROWTH OF WILD PLANTS AND ANIMALS CAN NEVER BE REPLACED BY PLANTING SAPLINGS.
PEACE AT HEART
IN THE OREGON VALLEYS, PASTURES AND GRASS SEED FIELDS ABOUND. EVERY SPARE CLEARED GROUND IS GIVEN TO GRAZING OR RAISING. THE FORESTS CREEP UP TO THE EDGES BUT DON'T VERY OFTEN GET IN THE WAY OF AGRICULTURE.