Posts from the ‘Nature’ category

Beardog in the mist

From this morning. That bit of blue at Karl’s chin is his lighted collar.

After a short spurt of Winter, we are back to slush and a dreary mess. But the gray and the mist have their own beauty. And it is both the wonder of “what will it be today” and the mix of things that weave the tapestry of life…and I’m not speaking of only the weather :).

Happy Wednesday!

Mountain mystery

Karl’s and my Christmas Day tradition has been a decadent breakfast followed by a long snowshoe run. It continued this year.

Snow is scarce in the valley. We headed around Flathead Lake on the way to Blacktail Mountain Road and higher elevation.

Driving along the lake, a few mountain peaks of the Continental Divide were visible in sun holes in the cloud cover.

We drove up the road through the low inversion layer of foggy clouds and emerged above it all.

It was a world of sunshine, snow ghosts and mountain mystery.

Coffee Klatch?

I had just asked Steve about the best times for hunting and been told that when the moon is full and near full, the animals feed all night so are not out in the open during the day – hunting is not the best near the full moon. Coming in my driveway yesterday, he saw this group sleeping in the grass. Despite the fact, that FedEx roared in with a delivery, the group was still there when we left an hour later.