Water dragged branches – caught, released – caught, released/ I perched at the edge of Big Knife Creek with my camera, absorbing the fast moving water, the rush of rains and snow melt/ Slowing the shutter speed to catch a serene pause of chaotic green flight/ Absorbing the greenness, the captured light
Most days I walk along an irrigation ditch that runs through Confederated Salish Kootenai Confederated Tribal Forest land. There are invitations for connection if I notice. This time of year there is a place where Columbine unexpectedly grow along the bank. Toward dusk the petals have a delicate lightness and seem as if they want …
The Covid-19 restrictions are slowly loosening in Montana. I have mostly been spending time in the forests where we live next to the tribal forest on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Flathead Reservation. I am privileged to be here. I have been looking through some recent photographs I took of the waterfalls of the …
A couple days ago I spent some time near the falls of the north fork of the Jocko River. The Salish name of the river is nisisutetkʷ ntx̣ʷe. The glacier lilies were bright orbs along the rocky edges of the water. Snow melt plunged from steep drops into pools and the early evening light illuminated …
Leaves are starting to unfurl. The new shapes of spring catch my eye. The edges of the road where I walk glowed with new growth in the evening light a couple nights ago. It is warm enough to spend more time with my camera at the edges of Big Knife Creek to catch light on …
Today is cool and gray. The night’s snow has melted. To slow down the spread of Covid-19 and protect our healthcare workers and those who are the most vulnerable, Montana residents along with many people around the world have been asked to shelter in place, move about only as necessary for essential services and maintain …
It’s been a while since my last post. We’ve had a mild winter with just enough snow to ski out the back door most of the days during the last six weeks. Over the last month, our dog has treed a mountain lion at night several times on our property. Last week my husband was …
In late November I was driving south on Highway 93 near Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge. The edges and lines in the Mission Mountain range compelled me to stop the car and take a quick photograph. I had a small camera so I couldn’t get all of the detail I wanted but even so, you can …
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Earlier in November I had the opportunity to walk along Rattlesnake Creek in Northwest Montana. The fallen leaves near the creek are beginning the process of returning their nutrients to the soil. When I was kneeling among them, the late afternoon sun and tree shadows accented the structure of their bodies on the journey toward …
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