Autumn Sunshine Apolied - Missoula, Montana

“I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.” - Joan Miro, painter, sculptor, ceramicist

Wee Beautiful Snail - Flathead River below SKQ Dam, Polson Montana

“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.”​
― T.S. Eliot, The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism​  (Thanks to the ever-actively-curious Tim Ferris for this great quote share.)

True Fandom - U of Montana Griz Football - Missoula, Montana

True UM Griz fans - undeterred by tonight’s 45F rain and gusty wind -  basked in the gorgeous sunset light AND the rainbow that graced the National Anthem ahead of tonight’s ESPN game against Sacramento State.  

See Change - Missoula, Montana

“We've also grown to believe in the theory: when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”  -Bob Arrington, in his article Accept & Adapt, POWER & MOTORYACHT / NOVEMBER 2023

Faithful Fall Geranium - Missoula, Montana

My little porch geranium,  still faithfully blooming bright in Missoula, Montana’s cooler fall sunshine.

State of the (License) Plate - Missoula, Montana

In correlation with its vast and varying vistas (!), Montana holds pride of place for the State with the most options for personalizing your vehicle license plate (for added fees, albeit some of which support worthy causes of your choosing). Admiration is always due clever wordplay within the tight character limits, as with today’s aptly crafted example.(I could have titled this “Wordplayt”!?!)  (Thanks Budget Blinds for the bonus commute guffaw! Photo snapped while fully stopped at the light, of course….Safety first, people!)

Long Sweeping Hwy 12 View - Near Garrison, Montana

 “An old cowboy once told me that memory rides a quiet horse, taking you to the tops of high hills with long sweeping views. Well, this quiet horse would be riding until the day I died, with a view so pretty it would always pain my heart.” - p 299, Sun Dance (Sam Keaton, Legends of Laramie) by Sigmund Brouwer

(Click here to read first-person bits about Garrison, Montana.) 

Autumn Urban Grasses - Helena, Montana

In front of someone else’s home, it was easy to focus on the fall beauty of these sidewalk invaders on this gorgeous blustery autumn day in Helena, Montana.