Endless Blue Sky - Pattee Canyon Trail, Missoula, Montana

These endless blue-sky summer days present so much opportunity - for The Best Husband Ever to get the house painted! (hee)

 

Big Sky Bluebird House - Pattee Canyon Trail, Missoula, Montana

Bluebird nestboxes, to me, are a happy reminder of my lovely mum, who was a bit of a devotee in her later years (albeit, her enthusiasm extended a tad far with one or two boxes, er, "found" on backroad meanders with Papa...!). She certainly reaped the ensuing enjoyment of these brightly feathered friends as noted in this quote:

“...everyone's first nestbox is the opportunity to attract that first pair of bluebirds. Then, if they know what to do after the birds show up, a potential life-long relationship with nature can begin.”  - Kenny Kleinpeter, LBBS, 2007

(Note: That Big Sky blue sky is un-retouched by any photo editing! Daily amazement just outside the door - and a fabulous valley view, too!)

Sagebrush And Stormclouds - Corvallis, Montana

"Sage-brush is a very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure."

- Mark Twain (1835-1910), Roughing It

Sunny Disposition, Missoula, Montana

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have a wildly sunny disposition. I love to laugh." 
- Daniel Gilbert, Social Psychologist, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University (b.1957)

Yah gotta love "wildly sunny" - Click on the text links in this post for more from Daniel Gilbert.