POTD

Inverted  Lightning Bozeman, Montana 2014

The profile of this old skeleton of a hunk of sagebrush has the look of lightning striking.]]>

Organic Lava Bozeman, Montana 2014

The swirling, twisted wood grain patterns in this old tree stump reminded me of the patterns that lava flows often produce.]]>

Forget-Me-Not #2 Bozeman, Montana 2014

Probably 25 years ago or so, when my parents were out visiting from Kansas one summer,  my mother got enamored with the forget-me-nots and said that if you put flowers in Ivory Soap Flakes it would dry them out nicely and also preserve the color. So we went into town and bought some and she poured them in a shoebox, added a bunch of forget-me-nots and took them home. I don’t know what she did with them, if anything, but a few years back (even before her dementia set in), when I mentioned that incident to her she didn’t remember doing that at all. It’s funny what little events we remember that others who were there do not. While my mother forgot all about the forget-me-nots, I didn’t and every June when they come out in profusion around here they still remind me of her. Especially today which would have been her 88th birthday.]]>

Bitterroot #2 Bozeman, Montana 2014

The Montana State Flower, just starting to bloom.

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Woodland Star #2 Bozeman, Montana 2014

Some woodland star blooms; blue background courtesy of forget-me-nots.]]>

Sticky Geranium #2 Bozeman, Montana 2014

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Leather Bell Bozeman, Montana 2014

Every spring the wildflowers come out in abundance around our mountain house. And every year I remind myself I’ve photographed them so many times I don’t need to do it again. Some years I listen to myself; this year I didn’t.]]>

Missing Message #2 Lewistown, Montana 2014

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Missing Message #1 Lewistown, Montana 2014

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Standout Lewistown, Montana 2014

In a large eastern city, Lewistown’s Montana Building might not be particularly noteworthy, but in a small town out west it’s mixed neoclassical and revival architecture is pretty impressive. The Montana Historical Society plaque on the 1916 building agrees, calling it the architectural anchor of the central business district.

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