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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Spring's Abundance

forget me not

raindrops adorn tiny flowers

forest strawberry flower

promises of fruit

more forest food

morels

they have already been nibbled on

tiny forest orchids

striped coral

forest lace

as tender ferns

another portrait of fairy slippers for Noushka

sweet little violets

i am smitten!

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Jewels of Rain and More

 the joys of spring are amongst us

a few precious Fairy Slippers thrive upon the forest floor

raindrops capture setting sun light

forest mushroom choose a tree stump for their home

dandelions cloak the earth

precious orchids give me delight

entering a meadow

one never knows whom they will find

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sandhill crane and young buck

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Spring Walk

walking in the woods

a cool day

mixed with warmth from the sun

paused at a muddy spot

to consider paw prints

looks like a young lion passed by

a gentle breeze passed through

carrying the subtle scent

of skunk and pennyroyal

(photo not pennyroyal)

 I wonder at the story...

 who got sprayed by a skunk and why 

I smelled something similar this week

near my cabin

a lion killed a deer

I set a trail camera on the carcass

 checked the camera a couple days later

and this is what my camera captured:

 pausing in one spot

treasures found

a sleeping lady bug I spy

and a bumble bee flew by

new growth on Tamaracks

yellow violets sun bathe 

trees with vibrant buds

in one spot it feels 

as though the entire spirit of life exists

(moss flowers)

I find quiet joy in this

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Beltane 2014

we are

halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice

 

flowers raise their lovely faces

to the sun

cloaked in leaves

glacier lilies breathe

 

until the perfect moment to bloom

 

flower season has JUST begun

it amazes me

to find tiny succulents

that have lived beneath winter's snow

I am still in love

with the new buds on the tops of fir trees

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