Archive for ‘September, 2008’

Sunday’s story

Even though I did the mega shopping trip on Friday – and I do mean mega! And even though I had a list…argh!! – I ALWAYS forget something(s). So Karl and I took off early yesterday – stopping to walk in Somers before heading back to the grocery to get the forgotten items.

It was clear at the house but a large fog bank sat between the road near the top just below the house and the main highway. The main highway and the valley floor were clear. During our entire walk the fog stayed at that midpoint.

The sky above, around and to the west was clear and blue.

And along the walk path, against that upper and western blue, in a garden I always admire…

the sunflowers were blooming!

Misty silhouettes

From this morning’s walk – 48 degrees, the sun was above the mountain tops but the cool moist ground was sending up a thick mist. It rolled up from the small valley below our path – not a fog bank such as rolls in to San Francisco, but still a roll of mist that moved up and over us. Here in Montana, I’ve woken to fog and mist but this was the first time I was able to watch it.

And, it followed me home…my desk looks out the window to the east and the woods which was clear is now topped with fog.

Flathead Lake scenes from the archives

aka a “blast from the past”… September 2002, I put my Whitefish home for sale and moved into a furnished rental on Flathead Lake for the winter. The furnished lake rentals are very inexpensive through the winter – rent for a month is less than 1/2 of the summer weekly “cottage” rental price. It was an opportunity to leave my home furnished for sale appeal and try out Bigfork area as well as be “on” the lake for a wee bit. As it turned out, it was a glorious late summer/early fall and the boys and I got to enjoy our beach many afternoons.

All photos taken October 2002 with my Canon Digital Elph – a whopping 2.1 megapixels – circa early 2001. I was remembering that fall and the photos from that time – I want to try some Photoshop techniques on the photos of the boys near the water…to bring them out and blur the background. Fun for the future! – for now, these still jog the memory.