Wide River, No Hurry - Missoula, Montana

"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day." – A. A. Milne (1882-1956), Pooh’s Little Instruction Book 

Shadows Stretch To Shore - Clark Fork River, Missoula, Montana

"Who hears the rippling of rivers will not utterly despair of anything." - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Bee And Crocus - Missoula, Montana

"For better or worse, honeybees are often much too busy to be bothered with personal reflection." 
- Susan Brackney, Plan Bee: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Hardest-Working Creatures On The Planet

Fresh Grass - Missoula, Montana

"I asked the waiter, 'Is this milk fresh?' He said, 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass.' " - Phyllis Diller (1917-2012)

Evening Light At Mount And Russell, Mountain Standard Time - Missoula,Montana

"Life is a web of intersections and choices. Your 1st choice is to recognize an intersection. Your 2nd choice is to be grateful for it." - Ryan Lilly

Shattered - 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)

Green Grass Under Snow - Missoula, Montana

"The work of the sun is slow,

But as sure as heaven, we know;

  So we'll not forget,

  When the skies are wet,

There's green grass under the snow..."

- from The Green Grass Under The Snow 
by Annie A. Preston 
(published in varied periodicals & poetry collections in the late 1800s and early 1900s)