Category: Montana

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Monday morning gold

Gold on the morning walk.

Gold in my own woods.

The morning alternated between foggy, dark and cloudy with occasional bursts of sunlight that lit the trees and grass.

I looked up and saw this light as I was working this Monday morning. I had such a sense of peace with my morning, my day, my life…things accomplished this weekend and a clean slate feeling to the start of the week.

The day was blustery. It looked, felt and sounded like Fall.

Bob enjoyed the warmth of the front porch as he kept an eye on a squirrel chattering in a nearby tree.

Monday morning gold.

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Shades of Fall in Montana

It was a week of long work days to meet a Friday noon work deadline. I woke Friday not feeling 100% and decided then and there that this was not the weekend for Bear and my short road trip. As it turned out, the Bob/House sitter and friends we were going to visit were not 100% either so all worked out for the best and we’ll try for next weekend.

Meanwhile, the Fall light and weather remains perfect: cool, crisp, crystal clear air. The color continues with the larch joining the fun.

These are the kind of days I find it hard to stay inside.

So I didn’t!

I was outside with Bear or thinking up things to check on the motorhome.

And sometimes just walking through the woods looking at the sun on the larch.

Meanwhile…the rest of the party was enjoying the beautiful day from a comfy spot inside…

Shades of Fall in Montana.

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Suddenly gold

Suddenly, it is cold…low 20’s (F) overnight last night and it never reached 45 yesterday or today.

And the larch…from the valley to the mountaintop, they are…

…suddenly gold.

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Out the window…

On the way home…on the Somers cuttoff…the bridge over the Flathead River…there is a spectacular view upriver, especially with certain light. I thought today might be the day as the light was perfect and no traffic behind me…I thought.

But as I approached the bridge, with the camera already good to go…a car behind…RATS!

Out the window…moving!

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a Saturday in October

This photo…serendipity…

On the way to town I drove into a nursery…the entrance on a kind of blind curve.

But, I was too early, the nursery opened 30 minutes later.

I turned around in the lot and before getting back on the highway…the clouds and the light and the snow…and the birds: serendipty!

Another day of spectacular light.

Bear with me in the Jeep, we had a walk, fueled the Jeep, got groceries and other supplies.

We were home just before noon. Bear ran the property while I unloaded and put away.

Then…worn out from the morning and asleep in his chair, all supplies put away….Bob and I had our time…on the front porch.

Low tech pen and paper…I sat and thought and made my list for the rest of the weekend:
clean floors
roast tomatoes
roast cauliflower
cabbage soup
pesto mac n cheese
pot of beans
wild rice for this week…

Later.

Some of the list done.

Bob inside for a nap.

Bear and I outside. Gray skies. Drizzle.

The beardog patrols the property.

A Fall afternoon. The larch are lightening.

a Saturday…in October.