Rock Touch
Bozeman, Montana
2026

Just a simple still life from our patio.

A Horse Within
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Wyoming
2026

A statue called Buffalo Bill–The Scout by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney  as viewed through a horse sculpture titled Portal by Deborah Butterfield.

Charging Curly
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Wyoming
2026

I was taken by the extra curly hair on this sculpture. It’s not the real thing but this is certainly the safest way to photograph a charging buffalo.

Over Under
Bozeman, Montana
2026

Usually the magpies around here line up behind one another and wait their turn to get their chance at the hanging feeder. In this case I guess the one on the feeder itself was taking too long so the one behind it sidled up and squatted down to try and get the crumbs that fell through the feeder’s mesh bottom.

Desolation Row
Bozeman, Montana
2026

Every Day’s a New Day
Bozeman, Montana
2026

We’ve been living in this house most of the year for the last 12 years and the other day was the first time I noticed this abstract shadow pattern on the stairs when just the light at the top of the stairs was turned on at night. I guess sometimes you just have to be in the right frame of mind before you can appreciate what’s around you from an artistic standpoint.

Bare Tree #153
Bighorn Canyon, Montana
2026

Daffy is in the eye of the beholder.

Democracy Chained
Wichita, Kansas
2003

This image actually appeared as a POTD back in it’s early days in 2003 when but a handful of people had access to it. I repeated it as a POTD in 2010 with the following comment:

“[This image] has been coming to mind lately as I read about all the efforts to stifle voting in the upcoming national election. Voting rights are or should be sacred in this country and what is happening right now is a scary omen of what may be to come. Folks, this is no way to run a democracy!” (Little did I know how true that statement was to become the following January.)

Now some six years later, this image again comes to mind as the country faces not only a renewed assault on voting rights, but also a whole host of other attacks on the ideas and principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago. As a consequence I’m am truly ambivalent about whether or not celebrating this milestone for the country is what I want to do. Certainly what I said back in 2010 holds even more true today and is worth repeating. Folks, this is no way to run a democracy!

Bare Tree #152
Stillwater River, Montana
2026

Hidey-Hole
Stillwater River, Montana
2026