R.I.P.
Willow Creek, Montana
2024
In an ironic twist (given the message here), it’s amazing how certain phrases that would seem rather pointless or meaningless “in the wild” gain potential import when viewed in the context and confines of an art gallery (in this case Aunt Dofe’s).
The Conversation
Willow Creek, Montana
2024
The Fashion Queen listens to an artist friend’s wife in the back room behind the exhibition space at Aunt Dofe’s art gallery. (It used to be called Aunt Dofe’s Hall of Recent Memory, an evocative name I really liked. I’m not sure why the new owner shortened it.)
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Bare Tree #130
Cedar Mesa, Utah
2024
Ultimately, as they (and we) all do, the tree died. But the tenacity of this tree root’s search for nutrients and water in a rugged terrain is something to be admired.
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Bushy Eyebrow
Cedar Mesa, Utah
2024
My first impression of this scene (aside from the eyebrow thing of course) is that the cactus grew out under the protection of the piece of wood. But I’m guessing it’s more the case that the cactus stopped the wood’s slide further down into the dry creek bed. Whatever the case, it is unusual to see a cactus growing straight out sideways on a near vertical slope.
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Shelter From the Storm
Bozeman, Montana
2024
One morning during a rainstorm this little bird smacked into to the glass on our patio door and knocked itself out, if not dead altogether. I picked it up and brought it into the house to see if I could revive it somehow. Once I got in the house I realized that was a bad place to bring it because of our cathedral ceilings–if it did revive and decide to fly off, we’d have a really hard time corralling it or steering it outside, so I carried it out to our mudroom on the other side of the house and set it down there. I was going to go find a little box and some bedding for it but before I got a few steps away it jumped up and flew around, landing where you see it in this photo. I opened the door and after a little coaxing (and after it left its calling card on the windowsill), it flew off looking no worse for the wear.
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Patriot’s Dream #89
Maryhill, Washington
2024
The little sign up behind the flag says “No Trespassing, I own firearms and a backhoe. Not very subtle at all, to say the least.
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