Tag «Autumn»

Walking with My Camera: “Bring More Light”

Leaves like bright birds ― I am looking for the light amidst the tangled darkness ― Yesterday on NPR I heard an interview with Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel about the hate crime killing eleven people in Pittsburgh. He said, “We’ve got to get up, get out into the community and bring more light into this world.” …

Walking with My Camera: Fall Light, Lichen, Bees, Bear

Today is a gray icy rain kind of day. I am inside looking over some photographs from the last week. Here is a view from a place where I often photograph water. The creek runs through a dark mossy place where this lichen grows. I appreciate lichens, but I don’t know very much about them. …

Not Walking with My Camera: November Edges in December

12/4/17 While on a walk the day after Thanksgiving, I was chasing after Jordy the Samoyed, rolled off a rock and broke my fibula bone on my right ankle. I am grateful to be able to walk in a boot but I won’t be walking in the woods or skiing for a bit. I looked …

Walking with My Camera: Ice in Puddles

Snow accumulating below Grey Wolf Peak 11/18/17 There is snow melt and accumulation depending on elevation. Today’s walk was warmish with a slight breeze.   Jordy and I leaned into a bit of sun with the darkness of daylight savings time pressing near. This week I knelt to ice shapes in mud puddles and settled …

Walking with My Camera: Larch Needles

  10/22/17 Rain storms are moving through today. Lots of change. Intermittent sun lights up the golden wash of Western Larch in the mountains. The winds this last week helped arrange Larch needles in puddles along the ditch road. Such intricate arranging. I wish I could see a time lapse of it happening. Last night …

Walking with My Camera: Snow Lines and Alder Leaf Reflections

10/14/17 California friends and family share news and try not to breathe the heavy smoke from the devestating fires. I wish we could send some of our moisture down there. Here in Norhtwest Montana the snow feels kind of settled in the mountains like it may be here to stay for the winter. The snow …