tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41041040631129723462024-03-17T21:04:06.106-06:00Montana 1 a day.com...for when Montana is on your mind, but maybe not out your back door...Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.comBlogger2404125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-36236351158264054532024-03-16T06:30:00.007-06:002024-03-16T06:30:00.156-06:00Letting Go - Ice and Stones on Rattlesnake Creek, Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana <p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">“The truth about strong emotion is that it's difficult to sustain. Despite how victimized we feel, it's hard work hanging on to anger, even when it's tinged with righteousness. Holding a grudge against someone is (sometimes) more trouble than it's worth.” - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/kinsey-millhone" target="_blank">Kinsey Millhone</a> in <i>R Is For Ricochet</i> by <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/in-remembrance-of-sue-grafton-who-created-memorable-detective-kinsey-millhone-and-left-a-remarkable-literary-legacy/" target="_blank">Sue Grafton</a> (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1940-2017),</span> p. 231 </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAL16C5esNXeQ9oqpA5AKLEQXrZ_IdYdkYO-fU8GSVkfcRJjRxfb_AjRfjYeOgMRNnsfg8LoqBWvo-CLsozfo_jTJdnBz1ZrbOc_cb0iPbeyWBAFoV6n3BXMfLmzrqjeImCSurcArn9TwYqVpUW4p3g093N0JtFTslzZoQomz9vRJ4y7UXWSnmevaBJ4/s4032/IMG_6060.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAL16C5esNXeQ9oqpA5AKLEQXrZ_IdYdkYO-fU8GSVkfcRJjRxfb_AjRfjYeOgMRNnsfg8LoqBWvo-CLsozfo_jTJdnBz1ZrbOc_cb0iPbeyWBAFoV6n3BXMfLmzrqjeImCSurcArn9TwYqVpUW4p3g093N0JtFTslzZoQomz9vRJ4y7UXWSnmevaBJ4/w480-h640/IMG_6060.jpeg" title="Letting Go - Ice and Stones on Rattlesnake Creek, Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2024 Cyndy Hull" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-87332888598120263922024-03-15T11:44:00.002-06:002024-03-15T11:44:14.448-06:00Night Burgers - Missoula, Montana<span style="font-family: arial;">Food truck yumminess! <a href="https://m.facebook.com/garyslocalburgers" target="_blank">Gary’s Local $6 Burgers</a> are open late enough for a fast and easy supper - AND right by the library! Practically perfect in every way…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWCTk1llbwUfL9eEcTWN9qwkQbWHU0OGt0DK9v4xF2nZTXq4BaI3bFj8Y-jHr0vfmCpMYKvG-kcPaEXTDkZZ-nATo4On07Ho1t3K-z9GCEzH8eZnUyXE0mjQAIZjdGQASdCfmhZdSR3hqi5m9xT_CmzGPqr6rX7vSWscSYWHp0cDqws1Hma6dKIwfkyU/s4032/IMG_6029.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWCTk1llbwUfL9eEcTWN9qwkQbWHU0OGt0DK9v4xF2nZTXq4BaI3bFj8Y-jHr0vfmCpMYKvG-kcPaEXTDkZZ-nATo4On07Ho1t3K-z9GCEzH8eZnUyXE0mjQAIZjdGQASdCfmhZdSR3hqi5m9xT_CmzGPqr6rX7vSWscSYWHp0cDqws1Hma6dKIwfkyU/w640-h480/IMG_6029.jpeg" title="Night Burgers - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2024 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-63199456418462577592024-03-09T11:25:00.001-07:002024-03-09T11:25:34.885-07:00Reflecting On River and Life - Maclay Flats, Bitterroot River, Missoula, Montana<p><span style="font-family: arial;">“<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Rivers are magnets for the imagination, for conscious pondering and subconscious dreams, thrills, fears. People stare into the moving water, captivated, as they are when gazing into a fire. <span style="font-size: medium;">What is it that draws and holds us? The rivers' reflections of our lives and experiences are endless.</span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;"> “ - Tim Palmer, in </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><a href="https://islandpress.org/books/lifelines#desc" target="_blank">Lifelines</a></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDniacwZxZEj5kpOTjjR4-wKDtsOa2xFbwrTYyLXcRXJVhR4nF2mZYIww7J5q6bS44vq7o3e61vKAUlGsB7i1HbZvwvHMB9RvAzqGzPXjQDf_cFPhkhBbJUAmxR_xDKnkO8cbmy_-Vr14j-hD0cwSB_XrkX1BwWAJ63LWrFB6Hu7Vazq09nY199d7RSM/s3943/IMG_5898.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3943" data-original-width="2955" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDniacwZxZEj5kpOTjjR4-wKDtsOa2xFbwrTYyLXcRXJVhR4nF2mZYIww7J5q6bS44vq7o3e61vKAUlGsB7i1HbZvwvHMB9RvAzqGzPXjQDf_cFPhkhBbJUAmxR_xDKnkO8cbmy_-Vr14j-hD0cwSB_XrkX1BwWAJ63LWrFB6Hu7Vazq09nY199d7RSM/w480-h640/IMG_5898.jpeg" title="Reflecting On River and Life - Maclay Flats, Bitterroot River, Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2024 Cyndy Hull" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-82564784383156293162024-02-17T19:08:00.003-07:002024-02-17T19:08:51.890-07:00Frosted Glory - East Missoula, Montana <p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">"…<span style="text-align: justify;">the really precious things are thought and sight, not pace. It does … a man, if he be truly a man, no harm to go slow; for his glory is not at all in going, but in being.</span>" -John Ruskin </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">(1819–1900)</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">, in </span><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/38923/pg38923-images.html#Footnote_95_95" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" target="_blank">Modern Painters, Vol. III </a> <span style="font-family: arial;">1856</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_lT6ucepw4q5X1Sqev2KVulkYKr7Y2bTJfx32hll11r5OEXJK5Gh2Rp6kmg1uRQZUA8elL-7MxzWvzVdRiBWBL4k9K9i7uleqhJo_56dXvmLksoISrtxR_YUvlmIReylt5CYuoRU6sOXUybaZsEaJfOsQ8vFZySdc-aW7Q57R1KHlJFV_kfd61jXd7k/s2864/IMG_5768.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf282agdY-bnqCy1H-_FONxxiLjQcTjSn276q6X5xwXqv4UB4PyQNuP-R3vL2GKzAYs3PPr9Wed_Cv1dpvJKNZTv4YnWmhVa4flpfTQlfxBAiZdETNE7uU8JrqL0omMH9wtGtJW_FMRk2oDf9-13oCTjgG-3IkHNRiDlsCJiNCK6H5hivI2EWeyyz0Y8/s4032/IMG_5775.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf282agdY-bnqCy1H-_FONxxiLjQcTjSn276q6X5xwXqv4UB4PyQNuP-R3vL2GKzAYs3PPr9Wed_Cv1dpvJKNZTv4YnWmhVa4flpfTQlfxBAiZdETNE7uU8JrqL0omMH9wtGtJW_FMRk2oDf9-13oCTjgG-3IkHNRiDlsCJiNCK6H5hivI2EWeyyz0Y8/w640-h480/IMG_5775.jpeg" title="Sun-kiss Burns Off the Fog - East Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2024 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-32583712681199415632024-01-24T06:30:00.001-07:002024-01-24T06:30:00.138-07:00Frosted Walk (and Then More Reading) - Missoula, Montana <p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">“During those long afternoon walks in nature he came to believe that one must shut the mouth and open the eyes and ears, for nature only asked of him to look, listen, and attend.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">After the walks: more reading.”</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> -Young C.S. <a href="https://www.pintswithjack.com/lewis/" target="_blank">“Jack” Lewis</a>, in<a href="https://www.patticallahanhenry.com/once-upon-a-wardrobe" target="_blank"> Once Upon. A Wardrobe, by Patti Callahan,</a> LT p. 166</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zyqD0GZfKuyY1v6cGpclPqpJFWDx0yxOrlnUp_SXCXUCUVdwAInycHZ8Tgyf_o6EFeGP8Tiol7cR0HIETeLlokngYnKFt6nJACLCakn_yjeFrAySvqokcwZYepooKeChI_jKh4KI4kdiPU84hnT0I8dRzZAkID4-Zq2e9zZso-Av9nTbn_3gIKSTVo4/s4032/IMG_5914.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zyqD0GZfKuyY1v6cGpclPqpJFWDx0yxOrlnUp_SXCXUCUVdwAInycHZ8Tgyf_o6EFeGP8Tiol7cR0HIETeLlokngYnKFt6nJACLCakn_yjeFrAySvqokcwZYepooKeChI_jKh4KI4kdiPU84hnT0I8dRzZAkID4-Zq2e9zZso-Av9nTbn_3gIKSTVo4/w402-h640/IMG_5914.jpeg" title="Frosted Walk Weeds and Sky - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2024 Cyndy Hull" width="402" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-8163475077278958262024-01-23T06:30:00.001-07:002024-01-23T06:30:00.146-07:00Winter Sun and Frost - East Missoula, Montana <div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">“…"You don't have to</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">prove anything," my mother said. "Just be ready</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">for what God sends." I listened and put my hand</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">out in the sun again. It was all easy…..”</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/" target="_blank"> - William Stafford</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(1914-1993) from <a href="https://thedewdrop.org/2021/06/24/william-staffords-last-poem/" target="_blank">his last poem </a>"<a href="https://inwardboundpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/08/711-are-you-mr-william-stafford-william.html?m=1" target="_blank">Are You Mr. William Stafford?</a>"</span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Thanks to Maria Popova/<a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/" target="_blank">the marginalian</a> for her ponder of this bright light.)</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi519PIZqmmuedZuT4T8_HyiDBk5dm7miGE-DP-uacJYfoDyn5EUSz4uPid18N_GPF3CuKwoUk7lK9mwqjyNVWqBwm7e79HzBDX5miQKbGtoyjtm4otAQ-2HYsb4mFP4MlQ_sPwjaSdwTkWWhAXzA82bcgtEcZxqVeiPUgzCNyOlrveDIYm6aTX4R2yfnc/s4032/IMG_5786.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi519PIZqmmuedZuT4T8_HyiDBk5dm7miGE-DP-uacJYfoDyn5EUSz4uPid18N_GPF3CuKwoUk7lK9mwqjyNVWqBwm7e79HzBDX5miQKbGtoyjtm4otAQ-2HYsb4mFP4MlQ_sPwjaSdwTkWWhAXzA82bcgtEcZxqVeiPUgzCNyOlrveDIYm6aTX4R2yfnc/w640-h480/IMG_5786.jpeg" title="Winter Sun and Frost - East Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-61880153511753215822024-01-22T06:30:00.008-07:002024-01-22T06:30:00.256-07:00Winter Leaf Frost and Amazement - Missoula, Montana <span style="font-family: arial;">“…<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> When it’s over, I want to say: all my life</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span></span><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was a bride married to amazement. …” - <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver" target="_blank">Mary Oliver (1935-2019)</a> from her poem <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-102/when-death-comes/?loclr=lsp1_rg0001" target="_blank">When Death Comes</a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JO3Cqw27Dxv7Fw3IwgCXG7Ux3VGXtPqKqJ_8D4IKtTkm-LdMXWvk6rl8MHMvPCi9btna5eAwgSxiyJq7E1MNpOJWZ_orlyXJE2ZSo8nFV2joQeHjs4oyFv8Gr3nrRaLsUlyJmpfvBZ8xbtgCUBZY9txhvlYM1-fX3Fy33-xqGA0vol-oqhdnpnvMPVo/s2951/IMG_5926.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2951" data-original-width="1660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JO3Cqw27Dxv7Fw3IwgCXG7Ux3VGXtPqKqJ_8D4IKtTkm-LdMXWvk6rl8MHMvPCi9btna5eAwgSxiyJq7E1MNpOJWZ_orlyXJE2ZSo8nFV2joQeHjs4oyFv8Gr3nrRaLsUlyJmpfvBZ8xbtgCUBZY9txhvlYM1-fX3Fy33-xqGA0vol-oqhdnpnvMPVo/w360-h640/IMG_5926.jpeg" title="Winter Leaf Frost Amazement - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2024 Cyndy Hull" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1"><br /></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-78699408469611889942024-01-21T13:37:00.001-07:002024-01-21T19:17:56.305-07:00Frost At Eventide - Missoula, Montana <p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">“The day is gently sinking to a close,</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fainter and yet more faint the sunlight glows…</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Where Thou art present, darkness cannot be,</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Midnight is glorious noon, O Lord, with Thee.”</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<a href="https://hymnary.org/text/the_day_is_gently_sinking_to_a_close" target="_blank"></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvmWd_T-q8qpm3nHtkM0Tn1VYCZtIE2BQS5o6MV8Q1NHFuC4Y21p5D-IL7IaemXcfYaAzImFwgpKjgA6sDxhzzutfWiVL_g4eM4Ziit4QDJ3qvDWd8Trx0A2RDq3DCpfJABTjSdShyekkavbVOMh2eVA2PCHcaAfTzs_PC_DFqaqlXGwDGERcosLK8Pg/s4032/IMG_5921.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvmWd_T-q8qpm3nHtkM0Tn1VYCZtIE2BQS5o6MV8Q1NHFuC4Y21p5D-IL7IaemXcfYaAzImFwgpKjgA6sDxhzzutfWiVL_g4eM4Ziit4QDJ3qvDWd8Trx0A2RDq3DCpfJABTjSdShyekkavbVOMh2eVA2PCHcaAfTzs_PC_DFqaqlXGwDGERcosLK8Pg/w480-h640/IMG_5921.jpeg" title="Weedy Frost At Eventide - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2024 Cyndy Hull" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The Day Is Gently Sinking To A Close (1863) by <a href="https://hymnary.org/person/Wordsworth_Christopher" target="_blank">Christopher Wordsworth</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (1807-1885)</span></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Thanks to <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/author/juliaspencerfleming" target="_blank">Julia Spencer-Fleming </a>for this poem opening her fourth Fergusson/Van Alstyne mystery <a href="https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/to-darkness-and-to-death" target="_blank">To Darkness and To Death.</a>)</i></span></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-83591094055174408432024-01-10T10:48:00.000-07:002024-01-10T10:48:19.516-07:00Frost and Red Rose Hips - Missoula, Montana<span style="font-family: arial;">Contrasts draw us in, as with red rose hips amidst slender frost-outlined branches </span><span style="font-family: arial;">in the lingering evening light.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NvnFdpseEYy2Jr-g3AcqiArXbOBLWxHCsuCwN3JnM-ZSngpZTnaARu9OFp1nO-OXODEN-DK_z8DauE0ldPgA7oYxZn623B3H9xw99Z_KpEaOV86qmpgD8i_ATJKDA23VVZnObfZuXqZaiak_bYY5BSiph9GyK2IOH8lFT32QzxCWFLIMQuk-oFMgybw/s4032/IMG_5929.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NvnFdpseEYy2Jr-g3AcqiArXbOBLWxHCsuCwN3JnM-ZSngpZTnaARu9OFp1nO-OXODEN-DK_z8DauE0ldPgA7oYxZn623B3H9xw99Z_KpEaOV86qmpgD8i_ATJKDA23VVZnObfZuXqZaiak_bYY5BSiph9GyK2IOH8lFT32QzxCWFLIMQuk-oFMgybw/w480-h640/IMG_5929.jpeg" title="Frost and Red Rose Hips - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-85190899117914691682024-01-07T13:50:00.000-07:002024-01-07T13:50:04.409-07:00Cotton-Woodsy - Maclay Flats, Missoula, Montana <span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(75, 75, 75); color: #4b4b4b;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span>"There is pleasure in the pathless woods."</span></span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(75, 75, 75); color: #4b4b4b;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(75, 75, 75); color: #4b4b4b;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> -<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lord-byron" style="color: #004e9f; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lord Byron (1788-1824)</a></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4QmOF4jO2-fnKXrE2W9mDG-XglFGqKhe26vWwcNw9PLhrr8cnx37DDyTG3z8UgWCZ_-4PQy7EAtbMoAsI37eHDMSnAV9VOUqI0H6wTiJW5f0bBwXIzINPDrEVvaHhNLhB6KtWS0-Uk_uKL9SUZOgXfTsLFI5tPBKJg6j6wVhEqXCywZsOZYL0u1-ZuA/s4032/IMG_5904.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4QmOF4jO2-fnKXrE2W9mDG-XglFGqKhe26vWwcNw9PLhrr8cnx37DDyTG3z8UgWCZ_-4PQy7EAtbMoAsI37eHDMSnAV9VOUqI0H6wTiJW5f0bBwXIzINPDrEVvaHhNLhB6KtWS0-Uk_uKL9SUZOgXfTsLFI5tPBKJg6j6wVhEqXCywZsOZYL0u1-ZuA/w480-h640/IMG_5904.jpeg" title="Cotton-Woodsy - Maclay Flats, Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(75, 75, 75); color: #4b4b4b;"><br /></span></span></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-17574642801612166452024-01-06T12:53:00.001-07:002024-01-06T12:53:24.685-07:00Riverbank Path At Maclay Flats, Bitterroot River - Missoula, Montana <p><span style="font-family: arial;">“...<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spellbound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.” —</span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://laterbloomer.com/kenneth-grahame/" target="_blank">Kenneth Grahame</a> (1859-1932), </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/289" target="_blank">The Wind in the Willows</a></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: arial;">)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmyvnot_g5T0C2Csb2UG0e9uB-hoEmf_DtAEMYaa2Fw_iPU2nHW-juqTEm9bysqysXJBnn5-7aabjHVbqZqrr-Dcy8dOeyZv16b_U9WfXDgY_H3utXQjDToo1QhivmnTIlhyFCXQPOk3YjscloQpyc7_Y_TudFid2sKC6Jgc09U1h6IaFKfJkrbaA5l4/s4032/IMG_5890.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmyvnot_g5T0C2Csb2UG0e9uB-hoEmf_DtAEMYaa2Fw_iPU2nHW-juqTEm9bysqysXJBnn5-7aabjHVbqZqrr-Dcy8dOeyZv16b_U9WfXDgY_H3utXQjDToo1QhivmnTIlhyFCXQPOk3YjscloQpyc7_Y_TudFid2sKC6Jgc09U1h6IaFKfJkrbaA5l4/w480-h640/IMG_5890.jpeg" title="Riverbank Path At Maclay Flats, Bitterroot River - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-75851707732368434632023-12-30T17:54:00.003-07:002023-12-30T17:54:48.332-07:00Fading Treetop Frost - East Missoula, Montana<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">“We followed a trail into the hills on the eastern edge of the wide valley, our view dominated by the backdrop of mountains dark with the hazy purple-blue of distant conifers.“</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"> </span>-Thunder Voice, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Keaton-Western-Mystery-Series/dp/B09R9B88DW/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=mWyUe&content-id=amzn1.sym.9ba93102-1f13-41c3-a6ad-c5e190aced54&pf_rd_p=9ba93102-1f13-41c3-a6ad-c5e190aced54&pf_rd_r=133-6897209-9641665&pd_rd_wg=RMYjR&pd_rd_r=3de70f5e-27b9-4354-8887-8a9b5dfa976a&ref_=kss_ap_sba" target="_blank">Sam Keaton Series by Sigmund Brouwer</a>, p. 95</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF9qBx25JKnQarwvKOWqy05JxDMxxY62GzQiZf0u0gGOShBz8yuzdcI-D8HCum5LpbAkfB85lE5EHm7SHJJZjJUzCenIn3f6blOrK6moyhyphenhyphenihjcpOYe_6ABbYrjEt4HKLidGGc_QvP7uzwCyVPIaPe-2RZU9uzqRa398dY3FfiEZ91JYrgAID3AzOrBU/s2991/IMG_5769.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2991" data-original-width="2991" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF9qBx25JKnQarwvKOWqy05JxDMxxY62GzQiZf0u0gGOShBz8yuzdcI-D8HCum5LpbAkfB85lE5EHm7SHJJZjJUzCenIn3f6blOrK6moyhyphenhyphenihjcpOYe_6ABbYrjEt4HKLidGGc_QvP7uzwCyVPIaPe-2RZU9uzqRa398dY3FfiEZ91JYrgAID3AzOrBU/w640-h640/IMG_5769.jpeg" title="Fading Treetop Frost - East Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-6514769862640133812023-12-28T14:40:00.001-07:002023-12-28T14:40:11.229-07:00Knapweed Frost Blooms- East Missoula, Montana <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">slumbering <a href="http://www.montana1aday.com/2012/09/spotted-knapweed-flower-corvallis.html?m=1" target="_blank">knapweed</a> <br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a mimic of <a href="http://www.montana1aday.com/2014/07/knapweed-invitation-missoula-montana.html?m=1" target="_blank">summer self</a></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">at <a href="https://anotherporch.blogspot.com/2014/01/toast-to-january.html?m=1" target="_blank">Frost’s brush</a> edits</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>-c hull</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsdXE9GUfyUvjrXc6VgJJ1y3j4Epc7tRk_qGEzShf1e0L8m61W44njPiGd6rFn-UXrOFHCVD8RYZxsHmsu6SLV-a6qea-h6A-k7xWMBP3YxHDsGiZUxxraq1Tua4G278GHvs2ZodoZsrZihLOe6z5rXLTOxf3cvT4S6S8-wzj_f6rI4hdmCeiFlTPJPg/s2610/IMG_5766.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2610" data-original-width="1566" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsdXE9GUfyUvjrXc6VgJJ1y3j4Epc7tRk_qGEzShf1e0L8m61W44njPiGd6rFn-UXrOFHCVD8RYZxsHmsu6SLV-a6qea-h6A-k7xWMBP3YxHDsGiZUxxraq1Tua4G278GHvs2ZodoZsrZihLOe6z5rXLTOxf3cvT4S6S8-wzj_f6rI4hdmCeiFlTPJPg/w384-h640/IMG_5766.jpeg" title="Knapweed Seadhead - Frost Blooms- East Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="384" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-52498076211758079622023-12-17T19:30:00.001-07:002023-12-17T19:30:21.866-07:00Best People Watching- Fans On the Field, FCS Semi Final - Missoula, Montana <div><span style="font-family: arial;">University of</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Montana Griz fans defy being crammed into any stereotypical box. So a hometown football game provides ample people watching delight. You see Fifth-Avenue-attired city folk next to a bona fide rancher sporting <a href="https://www.murdochs.com/products/mens/clothing/bibs-coveralls/carhartt-mens-washed-duck-insulated-coverall/" target="_blank">Carhartt coveralls</a>, a Stetson hat with fleece ear flaps, and an impressive greying <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/678143656368361883/" target="_blank">walrus handlebar mustache</a>. Little kids with their parents and too-cool teenage siblings in the same row as</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> octogenarians in original booster club winter parkas. And of course the make-it-epic fans in full length furry coats - including bear-face hood and clawed paws that drop from the sleeve cuffs. Oh, and we can’t forget Section 104’s beguiling <a href="https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/griz-fans-toss-their-twinkies/article_150732d0-d30e-5419-a396-ed35a83ce98d.html#:~:text=After%20every%20Grizzly%20touchdown%20and,much%20the%20Montana%20offense%20cooperates." target="_blank">Twinkie tossing man</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;">. (What does it MEAN??! & how DOES he smuggle them all past security?!) Think of any “group” and you’ll see them on game day in Missoula, Montana’s </span><a href="https://gogriz.com/facilities/washington-grizzly-stadium/1" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Washington-Grizzly Stadium</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And the unifying factor among them all: They love the Griz - for whatever reason - enough to show up and yell themselves hoarse in concert-level </span><span style="font-family: arial;">95+ dB roars.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">IF I were in an especially schmaltzy mood, I’d end with: And in them all beats the heart of a Grizzly. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">But I’m not, so</span><span style="font-family: arial;">: </span><a href="https://www.montanasports.com/college/montana-grizzlies/frisco-bound-montana-marches-into-fcs-title-game-with-ot-victory-over-north-dakota-state" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Go Griz - all the way in Frisco!!!</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNZQkdX9xuJg31tfnKttBdcoDDk2v_PPCA8te2F2_AHBOQPJiirNn8cFgNwjOzJJA5v3Xz2lJ9C_8V5y45UkJVA27XFyorNfpRsu1Yjo8jojWkCMFzn4pVdOhrVA2Kt8_-tKGZ3o1CTsGd9WhRnxrZ1mhjesjruhfHkIprn456tJ9a9qvJZ1KcX6_o8I/s4032/IMG_5727.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNZQkdX9xuJg31tfnKttBdcoDDk2v_PPCA8te2F2_AHBOQPJiirNn8cFgNwjOzJJA5v3Xz2lJ9C_8V5y45UkJVA27XFyorNfpRsu1Yjo8jojWkCMFzn4pVdOhrVA2Kt8_-tKGZ3o1CTsGd9WhRnxrZ1mhjesjruhfHkIprn456tJ9a9qvJZ1KcX6_o8I/w640-h480/IMG_5727.jpeg" title="Best People Watching- Fans On the Field, FCS Semi Final - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-52203271551790244752023-12-16T14:50:00.001-07:002023-12-16T14:50:09.829-07:00Game Day - FCS Semi Finals -Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, Montana <span style="font-family: arial;">And the U of <a href="https://www.kpax.com/big-sky-conference/montana-grizzlies/will-thomas-the-shirtless-griz-superfan" target="_blank">Montana Griz Fans</a> are out in full force! Next stop: Finals in Frisco, TX! !?!</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a href="https://gogriz.com/sports/football" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Go Griz</a><span style="font-family: arial;">! </span><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTeP4GcfK3f-hlXbgkLP3aoLs_ogM3vU8y78p3xj4B9O5tksYj7R4L3GbLpmDZksgbYqMmA_TCYDQdLtVTVLPZ9CncBC4mNXIPzqfJd3wCCLQS9kddQimNcPghc3kCidyCaaBXH_HDJvCSn6JtzoX5FrN2LDdonKrGtWMuR-9WJds40tijeGHW6vkUiA/s4032/IMG_5720.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTeP4GcfK3f-hlXbgkLP3aoLs_ogM3vU8y78p3xj4B9O5tksYj7R4L3GbLpmDZksgbYqMmA_TCYDQdLtVTVLPZ9CncBC4mNXIPzqfJd3wCCLQS9kddQimNcPghc3kCidyCaaBXH_HDJvCSn6JtzoX5FrN2LDdonKrGtWMuR-9WJds40tijeGHW6vkUiA/w640-h480/IMG_5720.jpeg" title="Game Day - FCS Semi Finals -Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-16715845962994653312023-12-13T09:07:00.003-07:002023-12-13T09:07:42.568-07:00Go Griz!…to FCS Semi-Finals - Missoula, Montana <span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://destinationmissoula.org/todo/hike-m" target="_blank">Mount Sentinel</a>’s iconic M will be lit again for Saturday’s <a href="https://www.montanarightnow.com/missoula/griz-students-balance-finals-week-fcs-semi-finals-griz-fever/article_0420ae2c-9954-11ee-9c1c-b3eb6150ba76.html" target="_blank">FCS Semi-Final playoff </a>game. <a href="http://montanan.umt.edu/issues/fall-2019/artifacts/default.php" target="_blank">Go Griz</a>!</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pA0BwUoyJVEEFoMaSWNzD0LRO1L9hxCTnNPU-EZQqQfiOvQGrCizxz3ULuN3F8rP1q0J86I6l6rnCNQOlJjpZ4K6vrGNsq00bcv4hshaPAhHImLsxEtaLW4cSogrZ91VIQrAGpHWUbgeTtiXKJFWW0UfLDt2vmtDAIfcmEMkrPehyphenhyphenDgFayalYmh75j0/s4032/IMG_5567.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pA0BwUoyJVEEFoMaSWNzD0LRO1L9hxCTnNPU-EZQqQfiOvQGrCizxz3ULuN3F8rP1q0J86I6l6rnCNQOlJjpZ4K6vrGNsq00bcv4hshaPAhHImLsxEtaLW4cSogrZ91VIQrAGpHWUbgeTtiXKJFWW0UfLDt2vmtDAIfcmEMkrPehyphenhyphenDgFayalYmh75j0/w480-h640/IMG_5567.jpeg" title="Go Griz - University of Montana Grizzly Bear by Rudy Autio - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-64330398136873010282023-12-03T12:03:00.002-07:002023-12-03T12:03:45.574-07:00Last Night’s Last Fans - University of Montana, Missoula, Montana <span style="font-family: arial;">Giant snowflakes didn’t dissuade dedicated fans like these two from cheering the U of Montana Griz to last night’s playoff win that <a href="https://www.montanasports.com/college/montana-grizzlies/no-2-montanas-clash-with-no-7-furman-set-for-national-spotlight-on-friday-night" target="_blank">advanced them to the FCS quarterfinal round</a> on December 7, 2023, back at <a href="https://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/washington-grizzly-stadium-s999" target="_blank">Washington-Grizzly Stadium</a>.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08827UYyGpGGJ8U5TDup2VlHmEfOSk8tuG8H9owk6Z3fWvS4wBNP0oZUHSacSq9PbetyiGTZSu85_40p8Hg8htwjqyxbY5pleEwdROMuVSTEajGCuVEXMDugCQKYzwBhPZNZ2uYFfL3_jsZoaBMeno7QntVzBmWa0xSEBbEp5WXrWuPzP-13lEwa53Ek/s4032/IMG_5580.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08827UYyGpGGJ8U5TDup2VlHmEfOSk8tuG8H9owk6Z3fWvS4wBNP0oZUHSacSq9PbetyiGTZSu85_40p8Hg8htwjqyxbY5pleEwdROMuVSTEajGCuVEXMDugCQKYzwBhPZNZ2uYFfL3_jsZoaBMeno7QntVzBmWa0xSEBbEp5WXrWuPzP-13lEwa53Ek/w400-h300/IMG_5580.jpeg" title="Last Fans - University of Montana, Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-91342570649831994022023-11-09T14:41:00.007-07:002023-11-09T14:41:49.257-07:00Autumn Sunshine Apolied - Missoula, Montana<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-size: medium;">“I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.” </span>- <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr.smartbrief.com%2Fresp%2FrhseCUrsaRDxnlmWCigmowBWcNwEtT&data=05%7C01%7Cchull%40washcorp.com%7Ca2735c159624490306b808dbb39a4c93%7C6ddabd0048894a6c96f07dcf68c12e3d%7C1%7C0%7C638301247561958850%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4DSaRjIlr8n0kCsm3%2Bk3VZh1q%2F9B9SA6T3PaR2FSgm8%3D&reserved=0"><span class="s2" style="color: #e4af0a;">Joan Miro</span></a></span><span class="s3">, </span>painter, sculptor, ceramicist</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu6nC2XvPXpcldYbFygF2Y4L8v7rOrXSEh5wYHZG9P4c3Z2HLPOSAPVlGWMWorqA5gIqWuuUiEmpZkclcQHp_OBHx1-alV9JT0yAEMhVfUJmtanicvdr9R6h12Zat2GGSUcZYlTClAH-Ed2Rm8CVtQI4Qe4rRYC4QpraW2WUUrriv_9k-TyTrzzK0ZyM/s3383/IMG_5354.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="3383" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu6nC2XvPXpcldYbFygF2Y4L8v7rOrXSEh5wYHZG9P4c3Z2HLPOSAPVlGWMWorqA5gIqWuuUiEmpZkclcQHp_OBHx1-alV9JT0yAEMhVfUJmtanicvdr9R6h12Zat2GGSUcZYlTClAH-Ed2Rm8CVtQI4Qe4rRYC4QpraW2WUUrriv_9k-TyTrzzK0ZyM/w640-h480/IMG_5354.jpeg" title="Fall Sunshine Applied - Autumn Leaves - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-11346272911373818472023-11-05T12:54:00.001-07:002023-11-05T12:54:34.636-07:00Wee Beautiful Snail - Flathead River below SKQ Dam, Polson Montana <p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); caret-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); color: #2d2d2f; word-spacing: 1px;">“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, <span style="font-size: large;">to contemplate the beautiful thing</span>: that is enough for one man’s life.”</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); caret-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); color: #2d2d2f; word-spacing: 1px;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); color: #2d2d2f; word-spacing: 1px;" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); caret-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); color: #2d2d2f; word-spacing: 1px;">―</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); caret-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); color: #2d2d2f; word-spacing: 1px;"> </span><a data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://click.fourhourmail.com/68u8wwgw3i8hk0o09muohz7keokk/7qh7h8ho422n84hz/aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvVC5fUy5fRWxpb3Q%3D&source=gmail&ust=1698560134562000&usg=AOvVaw1nUDdyoQHzcd6_7UlcjYXM" href="https://www.abc.net.au/religion/ts-eliots-extraordinary-journey-of-faith/10101092" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(8, 117, 193); color: #0875c1; word-spacing: 1px;" target="_blank">T.S. Eliot</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); caret-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); color: #2d2d2f; word-spacing: 1px;">, </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://click.fourhourmail.com/68u8wwgw3i8hk0o09muohz7keokk/owhkhqhr8mmqn4av/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1hem9uLmNvbS9Vc2UtUG9ldHJ5LUNyaXRpY2lzbS1SZWxhdGlvbi1MZWN0dXJlcy9kcC8wNjc0OTMxNTA1&source=gmail&ust=1698560134562000&usg=AOvVaw1-wVKyZ1W0G7PScSZcu_ro" href="https://click.fourhourmail.com/68u8wwgw3i8hk0o09muohz7keokk/owhkhqhr8mmqn4av/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1hem9uLmNvbS9Vc2UtUG9ldHJ5LUNyaXRpY2lzbS1SZWxhdGlvbi1MZWN0dXJlcy9kcC8wNjc0OTMxNTA1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(8, 117, 193); color: #0875c1; word-spacing: 1px;" target="_blank"><em data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(8, 117, 193);">The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism</em></a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); caret-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); color: #2d2d2f; word-spacing: 1px;"> (Thanks to the <a href="https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/tim-ferrisss-4-hour-humanity-20131201#gid=ci02b8d12730492605&pid=get-in-touch-with-yourself" target="_blank">ever-actively-curious Tim Ferris</a> for this great quote share.)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnlNXcXRCyQWu4Mf8SNFU8wa40XaeXBYSrJe7l6DGlkNhwzynJ6NLWN4zrYR2Q_Q0FlIMAFeJjFG1j9sDEl0lKBxiNa_Vel1htywm4QSBBnLOmqoqL9hbDJujTSxLgtnPyWdSkwTyW0m52VlJmTfP2c8C5cghWuOAL_DZ_wWZo4498J6oooTCn4u5B0k/s3907/IMG_4777.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3907" data-original-width="2449" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnlNXcXRCyQWu4Mf8SNFU8wa40XaeXBYSrJe7l6DGlkNhwzynJ6NLWN4zrYR2Q_Q0FlIMAFeJjFG1j9sDEl0lKBxiNa_Vel1htywm4QSBBnLOmqoqL9hbDJujTSxLgtnPyWdSkwTyW0m52VlJmTfP2c8C5cghWuOAL_DZ_wWZo4498J6oooTCn4u5B0k/w402-h640/IMG_4777.jpeg" title="Wee Beautiful Snail - Flathead River below SKQ Dam, Polson, Montana- Copyright 2023 Cybdy Hull" width="402" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); caret-color: rgb(45, 45, 47); color: #2d2d2f; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span></span></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-4579354124146715292023-11-04T18:54:00.000-06:002023-11-04T18:54:08.965-06:00True Fandom - U of Montana Griz Football - Missoula, Montana<span style="font-family: arial;">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 <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401540263" target="_blank">tonight’s ESPN game against Sacramento State.</a> </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpnGmQdP9MkY3VMfHlCyYg7vB20lAWkwIT2Uib-5veMY-b_aAJb7xTbBkH5D6wrPK6ivU0yHvgeDZe_w-AUC2J8ZY4s5aNHdo3nfJVxO69jIacTlqor5d3PYmVJMvVDdVkfBO4BCMgYJI4VwKntW7_A8zvO7vq0R_fSzoa3w6by-qHhZqzi6Z6ydS43w/s3875/IMG_5308.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2963" data-original-width="3875" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpnGmQdP9MkY3VMfHlCyYg7vB20lAWkwIT2Uib-5veMY-b_aAJb7xTbBkH5D6wrPK6ivU0yHvgeDZe_w-AUC2J8ZY4s5aNHdo3nfJVxO69jIacTlqor5d3PYmVJMvVDdVkfBO4BCMgYJI4VwKntW7_A8zvO7vq0R_fSzoa3w6by-qHhZqzi6Z6ydS43w/w640-h490/IMG_5308.jpeg" title="True Fandom - University of Montana Griz Football - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-77683852530192286872023-10-20T15:04:00.005-06:002023-10-20T15:04:43.359-06:00See Change - Missoula, Montana <p><span style="font-family: arial;">“We've also grown to believe in the theory: when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">-</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/author/bob-arrington" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Bob Arrington</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, i</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">n his article Accept & Adapt, POWER & MOTORYACHT / NOVEMBER 2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxYL58NIzJMHLzgkSdEdyrsMyXbjkjkvOJ30BeBw-4MlYN6WBOFhO6qYNFRxy_Cc65ENTyAo5L9MnqELvW5vwE5SYeFASDm8CYcTCcNYUbJ-PHXhKm675GSsbb-ueE-L62ZN-_pzM6MdNFeymPkzn1TfaZmPa-5cuM3OXdS2osRXuK-n_reXK-xa6IHo/s3374/IMG_4416.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3374" data-original-width="2410" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxYL58NIzJMHLzgkSdEdyrsMyXbjkjkvOJ30BeBw-4MlYN6WBOFhO6qYNFRxy_Cc65ENTyAo5L9MnqELvW5vwE5SYeFASDm8CYcTCcNYUbJ-PHXhKm675GSsbb-ueE-L62ZN-_pzM6MdNFeymPkzn1TfaZmPa-5cuM3OXdS2osRXuK-n_reXK-xa6IHo/w458-h640/IMG_4416.jpeg" title="See Change - Bee - Yellow Flower- Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="458" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-37219181609086165702023-10-16T07:38:00.001-06:002023-10-16T07:38:17.459-06:00Faithful Fall Geranium - Missoula, Montana <p><span style="font-family: arial;">My little porch geranium, still faithfully blooming bright in <a href="https://destinationmissoula.org/about-missoula" target="_blank">Missoula, Montana’s</a> cooler fall sunshine.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKb12l1pZbNMsMf0hIDlx1mnuKsreWjfuwhWW0m34HXcQp1ZIhk_GsiczDC-Aa0dEwmbZRnqTmphySuxF_kK0SLzkPVXnr2BvG9m3XodqJyU9h3IPca81fS9qWekTWm6ITIVpw0R9Z8yt4dQC48iPXpimVaYmsTKarjxy8GpriNIlY2lsOYGkbbPwzUMI/s4032/IMG_4763.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2763" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKb12l1pZbNMsMf0hIDlx1mnuKsreWjfuwhWW0m34HXcQp1ZIhk_GsiczDC-Aa0dEwmbZRnqTmphySuxF_kK0SLzkPVXnr2BvG9m3XodqJyU9h3IPca81fS9qWekTWm6ITIVpw0R9Z8yt4dQC48iPXpimVaYmsTKarjxy8GpriNIlY2lsOYGkbbPwzUMI/w438-h640/IMG_4763.jpeg" title="Faithful Red Fall Geranium - Missoula, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="438" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-49755268449783737012023-10-14T11:36:00.002-06:002023-10-14T11:36:20.784-06:00State of the (License) Plate - Missoula, Montana<p><span style="font-family: arial;">In correlation with its vast and varying vistas (!), Montana holds pride of place for the State with the <a href="https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/montana-has-insane-variety-license-plate-options-281474979853846" target="_blank">most options for personalizing your vehicle license plate</a> (<i>for added fees, albeit some of which support worthy causes of your choosing</i>). Admiration is always due <a href="https://www.grammarly.com/blog/wordplay/" target="_blank">clever wordplay</a> within the tight character limits, as with today’s <a href="https://www.turnerink.co.uk/copywriting/brain-reads-words-numbers/" target="_blank">aptly crafted</a> example.(I could have titled this “Wordplayt”!?!) </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Thanks <a href="https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/montana/missoula/blinds-shop/10097022-budget-blinds" target="_blank">Budget Blinds</a> for the bonus commute guffaw! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Photo snapped while fully stopped at the light, of course….Safety first, people!)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV2CBWktw60Rp9XZNhxxBnu10a3emgDC2vsVBOkGXzfCdsVOD8FqVbuplLQDTd0O4d_y-sWdmgGtfVYvfSbI9LjZCKsktBOwL81exh0zjTljUn_jOgSBaACaNAHWclBAcl11gpV8HNA5td8p00sPF4w56bHEHhrAXWXkWGxkxkgLWyErk-zoiB65XYIg/s3772/IMG_5091.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2613" data-original-width="3772" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV2CBWktw60Rp9XZNhxxBnu10a3emgDC2vsVBOkGXzfCdsVOD8FqVbuplLQDTd0O4d_y-sWdmgGtfVYvfSbI9LjZCKsktBOwL81exh0zjTljUn_jOgSBaACaNAHWclBAcl11gpV8HNA5td8p00sPF4w56bHEHhrAXWXkWGxkxkgLWyErk-zoiB65XYIg/w640-h444/IMG_5091.jpeg" title="Montana License Plate Wordplay - Missoula, Montana -Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104104063112972346.post-81642997797078784272023-10-05T06:47:00.001-06:002023-10-05T06:47:00.164-06:00Long Sweeping Hwy 12 View - Near Garrison, Montana <p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">“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.” - <span style="font-size: x-small;">p 299, Sun Dance (Sam Keaton, Legends of Laramie)<a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sigmund-Brouwer/author/B000APH10C?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true" target="_blank"> by Sigmund Brouwer</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">(Click <a href="https://nbcmontana.com/news/montana-moment/garrison-junction-a-crossroads-in-montana-history" target="_blank">here to read first-person bits about Garrison, Montana</a>.) </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgla2YKeyZUQbG0Rouk-DaQo9KMJxOr7P-iUVA2Bt9El483XNcHNugrwZR9tN999gReheDrVU6BdxRjg-8akDH4QEk4WtAWwmd9XwgoK1yjnwgCHWM5-j0TGwonn3CiuaERb0TwzXOLA0iHbVk7WaXXCamM0Wq1rhALDIKE2_abmROGm3LYK9oCIIvKJKY/s4027/IMG_5044.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2754" data-original-width="4027" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgla2YKeyZUQbG0Rouk-DaQo9KMJxOr7P-iUVA2Bt9El483XNcHNugrwZR9tN999gReheDrVU6BdxRjg-8akDH4QEk4WtAWwmd9XwgoK1yjnwgCHWM5-j0TGwonn3CiuaERb0TwzXOLA0iHbVk7WaXXCamM0Wq1rhALDIKE2_abmROGm3LYK9oCIIvKJKY/w640-h438/IMG_5044.jpeg" title="Long Sweeping Hwy 12 View - Near Garrison, Montana - Copyright 2023 Cyndy Hull" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Cyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032424157955665844noreply@blogger.com0