The Orange Honeysuckles (Lonicera ciliosa) are finally in full bloom. They have many moods.
June 30, 2010
June 28, 2010
Catching up ~ little critters
Here are a few of the small critters that I’ve encountered during the last month or so: it wouldn’t be right to leave them out because they were kind enough to let me photograph them.
A Pine Siskin, maybe not the best groomed, but the friendliest of all our local birds. I think they are pretty special.
Crab spider: I thought they came in many colors until I found that they have the ability to change color, although it takes them a while to do it.
Not everyone has a hundred-pound bat hanging (literally) around the place. This one is a year-round resident.
This bull snake was pretty good sized and did his very best rattlesnake imitation for me complete with a hiss that sounded very much like a rattle and a quite professional strike at my hand. He’s a very pretty and beneficial snake!
A yellow-headed blackbird: I had never seen one before and thought I had quite a find until I read that they are actually very common.
Don’t pay any attention to this frog… he’s hiding.
On a hot day
this is a nice place to sit for a spell!
Spring-fed stream in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains
June 27, 2010
Catching up ~ from May 28
For one who loves the outdoors, summer time in Montana provides a full schedule; so much to do and see and so many remote places in which to just be. Somehow I’ve gotten far behind in posting stuff and now will try to play catch up, knowing that as I do, things will backlog even further. Oh well…
A month ago on a very cloudy day it seemed good to walk in the high country, in the clouds and the rain. Here are a few photos spread through that ten miles of outdoor bliss.
For those who are familiar with this area, the hike was along the old logging road (Forest Service Road 5587) after the gate at the trail head to Big Hole Lookout, to the intersection with the Spring Creek Trail (Trail # 370) then along it to it’s intersection with the Munson Creek trail (Trail # 372) and then back out. I have promised myself that sometime soon I will leave a car at the Munson Creek trail head and then complete the hike from Road 5587 all of the way down Munson Creek. It will be a full day.
Soft on the eyes, quiet underfoot
The mystery of the canyons below
This trail sign is very old, but in pristine condition; no vandalism 5 miles from motorized access.
Flirting with the ridgetops
Peering through a window in the clouds
June 25, 2010
Flower in a flower
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