Thinning Ice - Missoula, Montana

"It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water." - Franklin P. Jones (1908-1980)

Ice Shore Tracks - Missoula,Montana

"I was just thinking, if it is really religion with these nudist colonies, they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime." - Will Rogers (1879-1935)

Cozy Cup Weather - Missoula, Montana

"Brew me a cup for a winter's night.
For the wind howls loud and the furies fight;
Spice it with love and stir it with care,
And I'll toast our bright eyes,
my sweetest fair."
- Minna Thomas Antrim (1861-1950)

Winter Riverbank Trees - Missoula, Montana

"Of winter's lifeless world each tree
Now seems a perfect part;
Yet each one holds summer's secret
Deep down within its heart."
- Charles G. Slater


(My apologies for the lack of hyperlink to Mr. Slater - found myself frustrated in a search for the right Charles G. Slater. Should you find a bio for this poet, you'd also find me much obliged if you shared!)

Wise Pine - Missoula, Montana

"The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship." - Norman Douglas (1868-1952)

Wider Snowy World - Missoula, Montana

“If we were tomorrow morning snowed up in the street in which we live, we should step suddenly into a much larger and much wilder world than we have ever known.” – from Heretics by G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

Rooftop Snow Rows - Missoula, Montana

"Just 'cause there's snow on the roof doesn't mean there's not a fire inside." - Bonnie Hunt