Rushing Stream - Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana

“The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.”

- George Eliot (1819-1880) from Janet’s Repentance, chapter 5, in collection Scenes Of Clerical Life, free at this Gutenberg Project link

On Loneliness and Aloneness - Rattlesnake Creek, Missoula, Montana

“I remember my grandfather telling me how each of us must live with a full measure of loneliness that is inescapable, and we must not destroy ourselves with our passion to escape the aloneness.” 
— Jim Harrison (1937-2016)

Bitterroot River, Sinuous Roots, Woodside, Montana - Colour

The amazing thing about this view at the Woodside Cutoff river access - as with so many in Montana - is that you can be dazzled without even having to leave the parking lot.
And, in case you wonder, yes, the slanting sun slathered on all that glorious gold in real life.

So, now that you can view both the colour and B&W versions, "What did this do to you? Tell me. And remember, this is for posterity so be honest. How do you feel? " - Count Rugen