Wild Rose Season - Stevensville, Montana

Meadowlarks provide 
the quintessential birdsong 
of spring;
wild roses supply 
its fragrance. 

View From The Edge - Near Lincoln, Montana

"Out on the edge you see 
all kinds of things you can't 
see from the centre. 
Big, undreamed-of things - the 
people on the edge see them 
first."

- Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)

Plain Intimacy - Near Shelby, Montana

"There was a sense of intimacy 

and exclusion about 

the vast, open plains 

that always 

made her feel at home."

- from The Spider's Web by Margaret Coel, page 218

(By the way, today's oil painting effect is courtesy of PicsArt.)

Skies Wide Open - Near Shelby, Montana

Ahh, the welcome-home expanse of Montana's sky!

Border View Homeward - Near Coutts, Montana

"You can have more than one home. 
You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow."

- Henning Mankell (1948-2015)