Here in Western Montana, Big Knife Creek flows from mountains, through beaver ponds and forests. Most days I pause on my walk to see how the varying water levels shape the water flow over the rocks after it crosses an irrigation ditch before it continues to the Jocko River. In this series of photographs I …
I often take photographs of Big Knife Creek on my daily walks near my home in Western Montana. This day I was drawn to the blend of colors in glassy translucent and turbulent water.
A couple days ago it was over cast and rather dark in one of places where I like to take photographs of the water in Big Knife Creek near where I live in Northwest Montana. I have a small camera, Panasonic Lumix ZS100, that I love. It has some limitations with the attached lens (25-250mm) …
The last storm brought heavy rain to the lower elevations and new snow to the mountains. The humid air is scented with wild rose and ninebark and chokecherry blossoms. Yesterday the ponderosa pollen swirled in the rain puddles and lined edges. The willow seeds are flung open. Today the wild geranium and penstemon brought welcome …
Today while walking over this water through way, I watched a Water Ouzel rest for a brief moment. The odd way the ouzel was splashing around made me wonder if it was young or if maybe it was trying to draw my attention away from a nest. The warm weather is unleashing the snow melt. …
Snow melt and rain create lively water in Big Knife Creek. I sat on the bank to feel the surge and splash. My camera and I got a little wet with the soft rain as I worked to capture the layers and hold the water in stillness for a moment. The water – singing of …
I have seen seven Garter snakes on recent walks and I retrieved the first tick of the season off my body last night. The bears don’t have much to eat yet. You can see the grass in the photograph I took of the scat I saw on a walk a couple days ago. Yesterday on …
Today I thought I might be photographing the Shooting Stars and Yellow Bells I saw on my walk yesterday but we have several inches of snow and a steady snow fall as I write. My son, Kai Stein and I co-created this lamp as a donation for Living Art of Montana‘s upcoming fundraiser the Living …
I recently returned from a trip to Seattle where spring was looking more spring like than the snow that fell here in Northwest Montana today. The earlier snow has evolved to a soggy wet saturated foggy haze. As I write big plops of wet snow are falling off the roof. While in the Seattle area …
The snow is slowly melting. I took this photograph today. Our road has the deepest muddy ruts we have ever seen in our many years living on this hill in Northwest Montana. My trusty little Subaru gets through them but in a few places it is a bit of a battle. This photograph was taken …
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