Montana | The Road Home

Moonrise from the road home

Not the usual wide shot of the road home, but I took this from the same spot I have taken the The Road Home Series photos.

Moonrise near Bigfork MT 9/3/2009 8:24 p.m.

Clouds piling up over the mountains yesterday afternoon. It was near 90 at its hottest and some moisture and instability (in the higher atmosphere – dry air on the ground) made for huge anvil clouds over the mountains.

Photos taken from near Somers, MT, September 1, 2009.

Sunday: From the Front Porch

My favorite way to start a Sunday morning.

Yes, the painting is done, the front porch has been water sealed.

My idea of “peace on earth”.

And then the morning walk with magic clouds and the bluest of blue skies.

And my good dog for company.

The mountains, the sky, the grass, the dog…on a Sunday morning walk.

Completing the circle.

Sunday: From the Front Porch

Morning shadows and other stuff

About 7:45 on this morning’s walk. It was cool and quiet, though we are forecast to hit 90 today and tomorrow – probably the last very hot days of the summer.

I’m fairly sure this week’s sun and heat is due to the fact that my birthday Wellies arrived on Monday:

I ordered them last week when it was wet and rainy. It will be wet and rainy again. In the meantime they are brightening up my entry way!

The house painting is done. I have rollers and pans and water seal stuff all ready to apply to the front porch – hopefully during today’s lunch break. Finish photos on the weekend!

Last evening’s sky

Views from the dump

I like to do my supply gathering and errand running mid-week, even if it means working a bit evenings or on the weekend to make up for it. But the San Francisco trip resulted in a large project with tight deadlines and it has been head down and work, work, work during the week. And then the weed control, septic fixing, house painting…yikes! It has been somewhat busier than House de Summers is used to!

We never, never, never skip walks or stomach rubs…but the supply gathering and errand running and hair appointments have slipped to the week end (say that as the Brits do – emphasis on “end”…).

The drama continues this week and I find that yet again, I am doing the aforementioned supply gathering, etc. on a Saturday.

But, mitigating the “pain” of being in the weekend “crowds” was today’s scenery. Along the route, this morning on the Somers cutoff (Rt. 82), were these views from that dump site*:

The green box dump site on the Somers cutoff affords a view across the fields of Flathead Lake from the northern tip to the southern, where sits Polson, MT.