Montana Inspiration

Hi all! I recently made a trip to Montana to see family and, as always, I found so many opportunities to take photographs—beauty abounds up here in this region! From wild bunnies to sunflowers to great horned owls…I hope you will be blessed and inspired by today’s photojournaling!

Wild bunnies wreaking havoc in the garden…and throwing some horseshoes maybe?

Beautiful peppers growing in the garden

Serenity in a grove of dill

A bumblebee gathers nectar in a sunflower

Rustic garden scene with sunflowers

I forgot to ask the gardener what this amazing other-worldly plant is … anyone know?

Ahhh, the majesty of the details found in God’s creation – look at those curls and swirls in this gorgeous flower!

A bumblebee peeks out from a bright yellow flower

Beautiful and serene sunset viewed from the mountaintop cabin where we stayed

Baby and mama great horned owls hung out around our mountain cabin day and night

Look at this little guy just barking at me – he was jealous that I was taking so many pictures of those owls!

A moth upon a fencepost in resplendent color

An old tractor still earning its keep in the hay fields

Have a blessed week, and may you find beautiful inspiration all around you!

Blessings to you!

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Foto Funday {week 39} 2012

Happy, Happy Autumn!

After a summertime hiatus here on the blog, I am back with a few photos to celebrate the arrival of autumn! I do hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer and that autumn finds you enjoying the crunch of leaves underfoot, the delicious briskness in the air, and the marvelous colors all around! Along with all of those, I am looking forward to the delicious treat of sipping my favorite hot beverages through this season… chai latte, Cocoa Mocha, and Spiced Orange Cider! What will you be sipping for the season?

I’ve already rounded up some cornstalks from the neighbor & bundled them on our front porch next to my old chair where I love to sit and do my devotions and prayer journal early each morning. I plan to pick up a few small pumpkins soon, then we’ll add some larger ones in October after hubby gets them carved in the marvelous way he does!

Now for those autumn photos I went out and took yesterday … they include some gorgeously-colored leaves off the cottonwood trees, and my lovely autumn crocus. Did you know there is such a thing as autumn crocus?? It never fails to amaze me when these lovely flowers pop up this time of year—they produce large, beautiful green foliage in the spring which dies off after a few weeks, then there is nothing until mid-September when the colorful blooms suddenly appear!

Blessings to you!

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Foto Funday {week 45 | 2011}

SQUIRREL!

Have you ever noticed how many movies & cartoons have running jokes about squirrels?? We have, & we think it’s hilarious, especially since our dog exactly like Dug in the movie “UP” – totally nuts at the slightest hint of a squirrel! lol! Other shows that fall in this category include Penguins of Madagascar and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory/Willy Wonka. Tickles my funny bone! This “nutty” little guy was posing for me when we were over in Montana a couple weeks ago … and just look at the amazing autumn foliage we saw while we were there …

Back here at home we had some beautiful views of the autumn foliage, including the brightly yellow Tamaracks, along with the first hints of snow on the Selkirk Mountains on October 29th.

This gorgeous view is what I see each time I drive home from making a run to the dump. Makes an unpleasant chore much more enjoyable to see this!

This is our porch on Halloween night – Jim did such an awesome job on those pumpkins!

Mmmmmmm……Halloween candy!

On Halloween night we had our regular visit from our little quartet of whitetail deer, only this time they bedded down in the front yard not 15 feet from the porch. They didn’t even mind when we turned on the porch light, talked out loud, and took photos. Never budged. Next morning it turned out they were just waiting for us to go inside and turn out the lights so they could sneak up to the porch and nibble on the last of my petunias as well as a few teeth out of Jim’s jack o’lanterns!

The fields out front look so gorgeous each morning with the frost on the grasses!

Isn’t autumn just a gorgeous and wonderful season?? It is certainly my favorite!

(Oh, did you all remember to set your clocks back this morning?? )

Blessings to you!

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