Montana Outdoors

October 27, 2015

They’re not wild flowers…

Filed under: Autumn — Tags: — montucky @ 10:09 pm

but they don’t know it.

Red-osier Dogwood

Red-osier Dogwood

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Red-osier Dogwood

Red-osier Dogwood

Wild rose

Wild rose

Wild rose

Wild rose

October 24, 2011

Colorful afternoon

Filed under: Autumn — Tags: , — montucky @ 8:51 pm

After taking advantage of a clear, sunny morning to finish up some work on the house, getting it ready for winter, I went out for a bike ride this afternoon and encountered some nice fall colors. It’s so good to see a more normal fall after the rather drab one we had last year. These photos were taken along a one mile stretch of a stream (Lynch Creek) about five miles from my home.

October 22, 2009

In the spotlight

In the spotlight

Western Larch are magnificent trees and even the small, young ones have the ability to dominate a scene.

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October 30, 2007

A few more autumn leaves

The drops on the leaves came from snow that had melted just minutes before.

Autumn leaves

Autumn leaves

October blossom

Autumn leaves

A couple of miles up the trail (and a thousand feet higher), this mullein had a pretty coating of frost,

Fosted mullein

and this fungus peeked out from under a blanket of fresh snow.

One cold fungus

(These are photos of a few of the small treasures along the trail on a hike into the Cherry Peak roadless area in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains of western Montana on October 4, 2007.)

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