While much of the U.S. is greening up and experiencing signs of spring in the form of blooming azaleas and cherry blossoms, Montana is slowly awakening from its wintertime slumber. Trees are showing buds and a couple of early crocus flowers have shown their faces in the garden, but for the most part our landscape […]
Month: March 2012
Muzzleloading: A Dream
Powder, patch, and ball, or it won’t shoot at all. Follow this and you’ll be okay, unless a dream gets in your way. I’ve been down more muddy Montana roads this spring than ever before and the narrow one-lane road to the muzzleloading range can be particularly scary because it is winding and steep. I am […]
“Pinch Me” Moments
On Facebook my cousin posted the question, when was your “pinch me” moment. Immediately upon reading it, I typed in “living in Montana” and hit enter. _________________________ There have been numerous “pinch me” moments in my life, and as such, I feel grateful to have had them. Marriage at 17 with 3 children by the […]
A Purrfect Dinner at the Table
What an exciting and happy moment it was when I was invited to sit at the table and have my dinner. I no longer felt like a pet, but part of the family. What I cannot understand, however, is that I was the only one eating. No one else joined me in the feast. […]
Abandoned Property: A Photographer’s Dream
From the look of the abandoned property as we approached from the road, it was a photographer’s dream. I envisioned my shots when I saw several run down buildings with tattered wood and collapsing roofs. It was too good to pass up. But from the moment we pulled over, parked, and grabbed our cameras, I […]
May You Find Your Pot ‘O Gold
A bearded old man seen living in these hills spending his time busily making shoes, was seen hiding gold coins over the hill at the end of the rainbow. The little old man was a fairy-like creature and always into mischief. Each time he was seen, the bearded man in the green coat with […]
Meow!
Meow, Meoow, Meooow, Meoooow!!! That’s how I felt after Kitty came in for a visit, hopped on one of my cushy blankies, then scratched me across my face. What an ungrateful cat she is. I was just trying to be nice when I jumped on the bed and gave her my little gurgle purr. […]
Hunter Education: Tea, Toast, and Duck Eggs
The truck has been a muddy mess since the Sunday drive, and our week of traveling down the sloppy road to hunter education has added additional layers of grime to its running boards. For five nights and two days we drove a mucky, rutted, single lane road to a ranch in the valley […]
7 Things to do in Montana
What I loved about the drive to hunter safety last night was that it took us off the beaten path over a sloppy road out to a ranch under the big sky. It made me feel like a Montanan and I am still awestruck that I live here. Someone once told me that […]
What’s in the Tub?
I was asking for a meal one night when I was coerced in to taking this picture. At first I couldn’t figure out why my adopted grandmom had put a dab of food on the tub instead of in my food dish. As I was famished, and am not a complainer, I simply stood […]