Early Fallen Leaves - Missoula, Montana

Lingering wildfire smoke acts as a photo filter, lending theses curbside leaves an odd, chalky hue. Between the smoke, dry weather, and recent turbulent winds, these poplar leaves took an early out, lining the curb for blocks. The calendar says it's still summer, so I'm hanging on to that!

Iced Landscape - Missoula, Montana

Beauty invoked by weather shifts can be found in all manner of places - including a curb gutter. Classic scenery drama  right there alongside my boots - soaring mountain peaks, plunging ravines, wind-gusted clouds, and a brooding storm system hovering over yonder ridgetop . It launched me toward something near  to remembered childhood delight found in Jack Frost's intricate window art next to my chilly vinyl school bus seat on a winter morning. It pays - in simple happiness dividends - to keep your eyes wide open for life's smallest graces.