On Vision - Missoula, Montana

"Be stubborn on vision and flexible on journey."

- Noramay Cadena

Willow Leaves 2 - Missoula, Montana

They cluster
uproariously
with green grass
defying encroaching winter fade

still-vibrant variegations
flung from
wanton willow tresses
stripped now
And waiting

-ch

Willow Leaves 1 - Missoula, Montana

Loving the lean lines of the willow leaves strewn about a lawn I cross during my lunchtime walk.

First Snowfall In Town - Missoula, Montana

"A wet autumn morning, a garbage truck clattering down the street. The first snowfall of the season, blossom sized flakes falling languidly and melting on the ground, a premature snow fall delicate as lace, rapidly melting."

-Joyce Carol Oates

Cats Is Different - Missoula, Montana

"Treat a dog right and he'll treat you right. ... 
Cats is different, 
but I never held it against them."

- Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society