Bough Regarded - Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana

"One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs 
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow ...

- from The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)

Storm Clouds - Missoula, Montana

"The air is charged and thick....The clouds are squid-ink black, inverting and churning, a river of pulsing bruises." - Michael Perry, Population:485 , p 207

Reflective Perspective, Downtown Missoula, Montana

The endless intrigue of structural lines and form, in this case intersecting with the free flowing lines of bare branches against a backdrop of that famous Montana blue sky....
Missoula's downtown buildings are a mult-generational mix of historic and modern  in-fill additions built in later decades. The downtown walking tour probably takes you past samples of architecture from most noted styles of the last 150 years. (Well, perhaps excepting expressionism and deconstructivism, which are not prevalent in this region, despite the high cool factor.)