hi there friends ~ ahhh vacation time is just right around the corner for me, as i look forward to a week on flathead lake in just a few days with my girlfriends… reading, playing in the water, farmers market, cooking, {maybe a little crafting — go figure!} and sweet… sweet fellowship with each other! below, i’ve featured one of my …
montana. fields of gold {in the making} that is. from winter wheat to summer canola. each season, i am drawn in to the intrigue displayed by the colors and textures of the green wheat as it begins it’s perfect ascent into it’s golden age, becoming ripe for harvest in it’s season of time. the color of the wheat ripening is luminous, …
june.beautiful june.it’s a bit of a tease with the hint of sunshine, and perhaps of slightly warmer days to come… but just stopping to take in that lush green… amazing. and the sweet freshness of wonderful rains is definitely take-your-breath-away goodness.here are just a few of my favorite views from the past week in our ‘montana backyard’ ~{my favorite dogs int …
“oh build me a home… where the buffalo roam, and the skies are not cloudy all day!”well, there’s no buffalo here… and the skies are full of clouds. but it was one afternoon full of all kinds of montana landscape drama.big and bold blue sky, with ‘as-far-as-the-eyes-can-see’ amazing clouds in a build-up of stormy and dramatic skyscapes.such a treasure: wide open prairie …
hi there! that’s a mouthful for a title, huh? and it truly was a spectacular day, and weekend, in the western part of montana, lakeside at the flathead on finley point. celebrating this bride-to-be’s birthday. making plans. and making coffee. {see the post on rachel and weston ~ i took the engagement photos december 2013} i planned the menu. …
that’s a mouthful for a title, isn’t it?! photos from our big sky tres dias women’s christian retreat! this is just an awesome camp, nestled up against the rocky mountains of montana, near “steamboat mountain.” such a beautiful, and quite modern camp. we had such a wonderful God-sweet time at this retreat! snapped this from the outskirts of the tiny …
morning ~ indeed, it was a frosty one, just last week. but you wouldn’t know it from the warm glow of that glory sky.i caught only a glimpse of it from my city windows… but my soul beheld what it could be… so, still in my pj’s, i pulled on the necessities: socks, shoes, a coat, and grabbed my camera.ahhh yes. …
dear friends ~today ~ what a wonderful day of teaching, of meeting new faces, and renewing good friendships. a special thank you to those ladies who blessed me so much, coming out on a snowy day to learn, listen, share, laugh and grow ~ together. {awesome!}may we always be kind and encouraging, and a blessing to those we see, speak …
happy monday and president’s day {america} ~ first, thank you to all of you for the kindness in the comments on my watercolor cards ~ p.s. to rike… i will be posting {soon} a “how to” with microbeads… {not that it’s difficult} but just because you asked ~ thank you! and speaking of thanks… so grateful for… one. more. day. …
hi there ~listening to the news forecast, it’s certainly been an interesting winter season across america this year…. lots of challenges for so many. in montana, we get a bit of snow, then it melts, then it blows… then it starts over again! so… we’ve been snow-free for the past couple weeks… time for a change! so in between the chinook winds that …
hello winter ~ one of the bonuses of a montana winter season is the rare, but totally amazing snowy and frosty morning. so delightful ~ and incredibly beautiful. a light snow. a bit of frost. sparkle. and an early morning on the prairie. a perfect excuse to get off the main road and see … and listen. my favorite, below: and a …
hello ~ ah… yes… it was beautiful, merciful rain! it wasn’t exactly what i was hoping for. but it was ~ what i was expecting! these are pics from our most recent “rocky mountain” road trip~adventure. by the time we reached the western side of the rockies, it began to cloud up, and rain steadily. still. it was absolutely gorgeous, and the rain …
hello and good friday morning to ya! it’s hard to top getting into the mountains on any day {unless it’s a blizzard, then it’s not so easy} lol. it was a spectacular day, last weekend, as we headed west, and while it started out bright and sunny on the ‘east side’ {as we call it} it was quite different once we …
happy morning glory ~ thank you for your sweet responses to the posts! they are precious jewels and i love hearing from you all!!! these are the last of pics from our sunday drive last weekend. i loved how all of these montana rural scenes had their own special beauty. six hours later, and over 100 miles, we had a …
good morning~! up and over the foothills of the little belt mountains we went, and we came out of limestone canyon i’ts those beautiful, vistas of the prairie to drink in… but first… a morning break and a couple photography shots on my knees, {and belly}. there is so much to see. i loved the simplicity of this old windmill on the …