Life Finds a Way
Chamberlain, South Dakota
2026

Electric Liberty
Chamberlain, South Dakota
2026

I was walking down an alley in Bozeman a while back, doing some alley shopping as they say, and came across a pile of trash and a “free” pile waiting to be hauled away if no one took it. There was not much of interest in the pile except for three connected cutout letters that were painted black and stood about 18″ high. The letters spelled the word AND. I have no idea if it was a complete sign, or if it was part of a bigger message. It might also just have been an acronym for something. For whatever reason I took it home and it’s been sitting on a bench leaning against my workshop since. It’s certainly a conversation starter when people come to visit.

I don’t know why this Statue of Liberty replica is sitting on top of this otherwise plain industrial building that houses an electric contractor business, but my guess is they did some version of alley shopping of their own.

Rooftop Tent
Chamberlain, South Dakota
2026

Rooftop tents are all the rage for cars and pickups these days,for reasons I don’t really understand. But this takes that concept to a whole different level.

Born to Run
Bozeman, Montana
2026

Tea Time
Bozeman, Montana
2026

Double Trouble
Bozeman, Montana
2026

Earlier this summer we had numerous evenings like this. Now it’s so smokey we often can’t even see this ridge line much less any distinguishable clouds above it.

Lichen Bonanza
Stillwater River, Montana
2026

Defenseless
Bozeman, Montana
2026

Emoji
Stillwater River, Montana
2026

I’m not an advocate for defacing wilderness, but I have to admit coming across this made me smile.

Lectio #88
Bozeman, Montana
2026

Up to this point my Lectio series photographs have all been in black and white, but the colors here really make the image.