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		<title>A Photo Essay on Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[beauty of nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forests]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Great Basin National Park]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We invite you to enjoy the incredible beauty of nature in this photo essay by photo journalist Herb Everett of Oregon. Author and photographer Herb Everett is a retired graphic designer, avid hiker, and a world traveler living in Eugene, Oregon. To download a file (1.5 MB) of this photo essay by Herb please click [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px; color: #800000;">We invite you to enjoy the incredible beauty of nature in this photo essay by photo journalist Herb Everett of Oregon.</span><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6757" src="https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-1-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="1945" height="2560" srcset="https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-1-scaled.jpg 1945w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-1-228x300.jpg 228w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-1-778x1024.jpg 778w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-1-768x1011.jpg 768w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-1-1167x1536.jpg 1167w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-1-1556x2048.jpg 1556w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-1-624x821.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1945px) 100vw, 1945px" /><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6756" src="https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-2-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="1973" height="2560" srcset="https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-2-scaled.jpg 1973w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-2-231x300.jpg 231w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-2-789x1024.jpg 789w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-2-768x996.jpg 768w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-2-1184x1536.jpg 1184w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-2-1579x2048.jpg 1579w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-2-624x810.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1973px) 100vw, 1973px" /><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6755" src="https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-3-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="1960" height="2560" srcset="https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-3-scaled.jpg 1960w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-3-230x300.jpg 230w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-3-784x1024.jpg 784w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-3-768x1003.jpg 768w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-3-1176x1536.jpg 1176w, 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https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-4-1807x2048.jpg 1807w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-4-624x707.jpg 624w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2259px) 100vw, 2259px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6753" src="https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-5-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="1965" height="2560" srcset="https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-5-scaled.jpg 1965w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-5-230x300.jpg 230w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-5-786x1024.jpg 786w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-5-768x1001.jpg 768w, https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay-5-1179x1536.jpg 1179w, 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<p><span style="color: #800000;"><em><span style="font-size: 16px;">Author and photographer Herb Everett is a retired graphic designer, avid hiker, and a world traveler living in Eugene, Oregon. To download a file (1.5 MB) of this photo essay by Herb please click <a href="https://skippingstones.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SKip-Stones-tree-essay.pdf"><strong>here</strong></a>.</span></em></span></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 02:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>East Meets West! Photographs of the Western United States</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 02:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The 2018 Multicultural Children’s Art Exhibit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 01:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>ACT_SO National Award Winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 05:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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