A Week in Montana

Rocky Mountains Magesty

sunshine beauty summery day

turns to clouds and rainy days

flowers thrive

mushrooms push through the earths crust

eye candy at every turn

jelly fungi nestled in moss

forest friends

wander in our days and nights

summer in Montana

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Happy Summer to You!

journeyed to the NW corner of 

Glacier National Park 

for Solstice

 took to heart wildflowers as they opened to the longest day of the year

walked in a forest where flowers mingled with sun

 

and shade

 

the tiny creatures busy as can be

 

vistas

that inspire pause and  we have water!

 large swallowtails dinning on nectar

greens and blues

summer hues

are abundant

 

 

wild strawberries  bring us to our knees

to dine

 

 Summer has arrived

and

I wish you a lovely summer!

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Threshold of Summer

June is our rainy month

time of storms

and beautiful skies

a time when life is giving birth

fawns

flowers
wild roses:

Indian paintbrush:

 owlets:

great gray owlet

a lovely time

on the threshold of summer

i paused to consider sharing a story with you

i use this blog as a spirit helper

to remind us that nature has the ability to uplift our spirits

as i paused i thought that intense things in nature are good for us too

they remind us of what is real

teaching us respect and awareness:

three black bears hunted in my yard recently

a mamma and her two large cubs

 i heard the bleating of a fawn....

 

it was entirely dramatic in 

motion and sound

as i could hear them growling, grunting and chomping their feast

one bear climbed up and down a cottonwood tree 

with ease

they might have caught the fawn's scent as they wandered

or the protective mothers scent

the mother deer was entirely distraught

my heart went out to her

I have been looking at humanized bears in art in a different way 

this week

but

we all eat

and something must die for this to happen

so it is simply real

bears are seriously strong and wild creatures

i most certainly witnessed this
and living in the wilds of Montana
is indeed wild 
 

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Abundant Spring

(as the storm moves on)

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Tuesday afternoon

into evening

we had a storm

lightning hit a nearby tree

sending bark and shards flying

struck my modem out

no internet for me

it was such a dramatic storm

thunder lightning rain and hail

for hours

now we enjoy the most lovely spring days

lush and green from rain

a few mushrooms fruit through the earth

sky is full of dreamy clouds

and 

little robins learn to fly

butterflies

 like fairies grace our days

sunsets kiss our nights

wishing you safe storms

if you have any

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