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Everyone Else Is Doing It So Why Shouldn’t I?
Bozeman, Montana
2020

There are many, many photographs out there on the internet featuring the comet NEOWISE in some very stunning settings, so I felt no need to add anything to that collection. But the other night I succumbed to the temptation and took a few shots from our west porch. It was an true stellar evening (pun intended) as in addition to the comet I saw the International Space Station pass overhead, three moons around the planet Jupiter (through my binoculars), a few of the other four planets also visible that evening, and two meteorites, one of which I swore passed in front of the camera when I was taking this 10 second exposure (but alas it did not show up in the image). I don’t plan on doing anything with my comet photos, except it’s possible that NEOWISE will end up in one of my composite photos one of these days.

Harebell #2
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Blanket Flower #3
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Blanket Flower #2
Bozeman, Montana
2020

I’m used to seeing blanket flowers on our land that have a lot of red on the petals, like this one. But this year I have not seen any that had more than a smidgen of red.

Lost Youth–Spent Beauty #42
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Swift Justice–Yellowstone Dystopia #4
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Darrell learned the hard way the value of social distancing in Yellowstone.

The Art of Docking
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Coming back from a flower walk, I discovered the Fashion Queen at our pond practicing the fine art of docking–a variation of the more common activity of porching which we practice with regularity as weather permits.

Bare Tree #43
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Time to Shine
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Of late, when out photographing flowers on our property, I’ve started coming across some interesting fungi as well. I’m having enough trouble trying to keep my wildflower varieties straight, so I’m not even going to attempt to identify species of fungi, not even to the point of declaring these mushrooms or toadstools.

Meadow Chickweed
Bozeman, Montana
2020

A.k.a. field chickweed, a.k.a. cerastium arvense. This is a native plant to North America, not to be confused with the less showy common chickweed (Stellaria media) or common mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum), which were introduced from Europe and now grow in all 50 states.