When it was colder and we had so much snow I didn’t see many tracks. Now there are lots more critters moving around. The deer have to work hard to get through the snow. I am not sure what made these tracks. Occasionally we get some Elk in the area so maybe one came through. …
Today was sunny and cold with a morning temperature of -13 degrees Fahrenheit. There was a wind chill alert for -57 in Havre, Montana today so our temperature was much warmer than many parts of the state. My sister posted photographs from their ranch of the new born calf they had to warm up in …
A couple days ago while skiing I saw four Water Ouzels, (also know as American Dippers) hanging out together in one of the irrigation ditches. One of them was plunging its’ head into the water looking for food. Dippers are “equipped with an extra eyelid called a nictitating membrane” that allow them to “see underwater, …
This last week in Montana has been cold enough that I didn’t want to bare my fingers very often so — I don’t have many new photographs. I shot these magpies through the window and then played around with the shapes and grainy nature of the image. The coldest ski day since my last post …
It has been ten days since my last field note. The landscape near my home in Northwest Montana had so many variations over that period of time. As I skied along an irrigation ditch (above) with my camera I experienced the daily transitions. The snow melted out of the trees a couple days after the …
Last week the snow melted out of the trees and we had some hoar frost days. Another transformation is in process. It has been snowing continuously for two days where I live with my family up on a hill in Northwest Montana. Small steady snow flakes keep falling—enveloping our home in a sheltering quiet. I …
This last week we have had just enough snow to ski. Today it has been raining so I will probably be walking rather than skiing when I go out this afternoon. In early January, before it started warming up, the winter sun gave a silver sheen to the lines in the irrigation ditch ice. Recently …
Earlier today big snow flakes were drifting in rotating swirls. The photo above was my attempt, shooting through the window, to capture the feeling of the dense snow fall. Skiing along the irrigation ditch near our home a couple days ago, there was a place where collected snow was being folded by the water — …
hibernal solstice — the long dark — and now the lengthening of days ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have been getting snow in the mountains but very little at lower elevations. This morning the darkness felt close. To be warm inside yet held within the winter darkness is a feeling I treasure as I welcome the slow movement toward …
The last patch of cold weather brought new shapes to Big Knife Creek. Lost in gleam. Is it then a loss or a light? The movement of past moment slipping between darkness and translucent waves—between sorrows and elation of the wider world. Here in this small place a celebration— water meeting a sway of coldness—shaped …
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