Today there is sun. Flickers fly back and forth from the house eaves. I am not sure what they are eating. Snow has melted at our elevation. The bare branches of late fall bring a different architecture of light to the landscape. Yesterday I walked along Big Knife Creek. The bright colors are gone …
Since my last field note we had snow in the mountains but this last week we have had many warm days with some frost at night. Yesterday it was almost 70 degrees. The Larch trees have turned and are getting ready to release their gold. I continue to photograph leaves. Wandering through rocks and fallen …
Aeration―water from the mountains flowing through the beaver dams to the Jocko River as it moves towards the ocean. I wish I could hear all the stories it could tell. One night last week the irrigation ditch held the glow of fall light. This last week small leaves caught me in the drama and a …
11/4/17 Earlier this week, the Larch needles still colored the landscape. A Cottonwood leaf told me of drifting away and the changes that were coming. My views have been transformed over the last couple days by a mantle of white, defined by dark Fir greens and Ponderosa limbs. Ice is back and I find myself …
10/28/17 Today was blueness meeting the bodies of the aspen. Soon more snow will come but we have been graced with some sunny warm days. Warm orange gold larch needles brighten my views― in the mountains, in the water and strewn on my walking paths. The early morning frost and the snow on Grey Wolf …
10/7/17 Today the clouds are still ladden with water even after the heavy rain. We did have some sun this week and last night I got to see the light on Ponderosa bark in the early evening. Some days the autumn light defines all the edges and sometimes there is a softened warmth blurring transitions―both …
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