Three weeks early

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A Poet’s Message

Their shadows silent in the dark,
His people’s future dim,
The empty page, white and stark
No words of hope from him.
Then on a breeze, small flakes of white
Lit dimly by a star,
Descended from the dark of night
And settled near, and far.
Upon the dawn the poet’s eye
Awakened by the snow,
Saw scenes from magic days gone by
Of beauty [...]

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Winter moss, 4

In two previous posts about moss, the subjects were very small, about the size of golf balls. Today the targets were much larger. The moss in the first photo is only about six inches long, but the rest are all quite large, roughly two feet or so across. These reside on large rocks near the [...]

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Six word memoir

My friend Sandy at My Inner Edge tagged me for a new meme. It’s a six word memoir, inspired by Hemingway, who once bet ten dollars that he could sum up his life in six words. He came up with: For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Here are the meme rules:
1. Write your own six word [...]

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Two lookouts

For me, old lookout towers hold a sort of mystique, especially in winter, and I was pleased that from the highest point of yesterday’s hike it was possible to take long range photos of two different ones. At a range of eight miles, Big Hole Lookout was visible atop Big Hole Peak (in the Cabinet [...]

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Lunch spot

We all have those places we especially like to go to for lunch. Today I went to one of mine. It took three hours on foot to get there, but it wasn’t crowded and so there was no need for a reservation. The lunch was just a sandwich and a long drink from a canteen, [...]

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A favorite winter place

There’s a place close by on the river that’s a favorite place.
To the east you can see the Deemer Peak area like this:

or this:

and to the west, the peaks of the Cherry Peak roadless area.

In winter, I can only admire the peaks from below: in summer, after a few hours of hard work, I can [...]

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A new friend

Intermingled with the joys of life there are also times of sadness. In May of last year, our family entered into one of those sad times when our Labrador Retriever friend of ten years succumbed to an incurable problem with his immune system. His name was Colonel, and few have ever had more loyal, forgiving [...]

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So typical

In the future, when I’m asked what a typical whitetail deer looks like, I will refer to this photo that I captured today: it is so typical.

The brush in which she is lying and through which she is peeking is also typical of her habitat with which she is perfectly in tune. It is a [...]

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Winter moss, 3

This is just a continuation of my previous post and that post can serve as an introduction to these beautiful little plants. In these brief glimpses into their tiny world, I’ve become quite  addicted to them.

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