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Three Friends Spokane, Washington 2013

Out on the town on a rainy Friday evening.

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Shelter From the Storm Harrison, Montana 2014

I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form “Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

                                                                              –Bob Dylan

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Dusting Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2014

Because of what the hot springs do to trees, Yellowstone is a great place for me to add to my bare trees collection of images.]]>

Snow Fence Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2014

I guess technically it’s a fence in the snow, that wouldn’t make a very good title.

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Yellowstone Sublime Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2014

One thing I love about the hot springs in Yellowstone is they have great potential for creating images with the kind of lavish visual impact worthy of Bierstadt, J.M.W. Turner, and the Hudson River School of painters.

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Exoskeleton Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2013

An interesting twist of tree branches, dead and alive.

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The Ragged Edge of Winter Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2014

A thin film of water flowing over the travertine at Mammoth Hot Springs; another example of a hot springs fighting back winter.]]>

Frost in the Air Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2014

Hot water and steam  at Mammoth Hot Springs keeps snow and ice from building up on the ground yet actually forms heavy frost on the trees above.]]>

Yellowstone Thumb Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2014

I always think of this dormant hot springs feature as being a giant thumb, but the official name is Liberty Cap. It was named that in 1877 because of it’s resemblance to the shape of the peaked red hats (bonnet rouge) worn during the French Revolution.  ]]>

Snowblind Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2014

We have good friends who are among the ranks of Yellowstone National Park’s serious wolf watchers, spending hours and days looking for and peering through spotting scopes observing wolves and other wildlife. (Hi Ned and Teresa!) I like viewing wildlife as well, but am mostly content to wait for them to present themselves to me unexpectedly. That’s exactly what this wolf did a few weeks ago when I was driving back to Mammoth Hot Springs after skiing. I got some easy close-up photos of the wolf, but they didn’t really distinguish themselves from all the excellent photos that the wolf watchers have amassed since the wolves’ reintroduction into Yellowstone a couple of decades ago. So I felt compelled to take a little artistic license with this one.]]>