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A lovely week

The week was as lovely and varied as this photo taken this afternoon on the way back from Bigfork.

The week…mostly ups, just a few downs.

A productive work week as we push to finish the current version of software.

Up and down for Bob…we’re changing his food to hopefully help get his blood sugar more stable and it caused some fits with his digestion but minor and mostly he was his normal curmudgeonly self and my nighttime snuggle buddy!

Bear continues to do well off leash with the exception of some critter last night and early this morning. I really can’t blame him. I’m thinking it was the raccoon that passes through. He alerted last night and we did the dark o’clock last walk on leash. The night was quiet so I thought whatever had moved on, but no…and this morning in the dark, he treed whatever and wouldn’t “leave it” until I got the Jeep out. Peril of the long nights that will get longer before they get shorter. All in all, though, he is doing so very well – even the few times when I’ve been distracted by phone or this week, the guy here to work on my range…on his own outside, he stayed on the property and came when called.

But, the range…fixable and should be done next week. AND, it is only the lower oven not working so I am hardly bereft for that :)!

Motorhome, back from the shop and though nothing definitive on the battery failure, it is currently holding its charge and all seems normal…tentatively planning a next weekend, close to home, shakedown of motorhome, Bear travelling and Bob staying home with a new house/cat sitter.

And in honor of Friday: Pumpkin Carrot cupcakes with Pumpkin cream frosting.

A lovely end to a lovely week.

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The Swan River …backdrop Swan Range.

The Swan Range sequeing into Jewell Basin.

The first gold larch branch…in my own woods, right in front of the house.

Fall color

This midpoint of October usually marks the height of the Aspen Fall color. The larch are yet to come.

I took Bear in the Jeep and drove to West Glacier taking these photos on the way back.

Low clouds and fog obscured the mountains but that gray light cannot dim the gold of the Aspens.

Fall color in Northwest Montana.

Later this afternoon…sunshine and a different sort of Fall color :)!

Electric Avenue

I took the Jeep, with Bear in it :)! – into Bigfork this morning for a lube-oil-filter service. It is a small service center that does the quick and easy services. Rosie, a black lab, is a helper…she does tire checks…

We got right in and had 15 minutes to do something with.

Although Wayfarer’s is nearly across the road from the service place, I decided to take Bear in the opposite direction, to the riverside park near the electric plant and the confluence of the Flathead River and Bigfork Bay…and the bridge that spans that confluence providing a picturesque entrance to Bigfork from the south.