…yes, the earth breathes

On December 5, 2018December 4, 2018 By Mike and Christy9 Comments

Watching the earth breath in and out reminds me that this system is alive.

Alive in a way we might not fully understand as the pieces and connections are known yet the interactions a complex.

We have the knowledge yet lack the understanding or so it seems.

How to make it understood is a question we seem to struggle with. Perhaps seeing and observing can help in some way soften the mind to consider complex ideas and then understanding will follow. Time spent just looking is thus time well spent.

Fountain Paint Pots, Yellowstone National Park, 2018.

Along Blacktail Creek

On December 4, 2018November 26, 2018 By Mike and Christy4 Comments

Up and down, over and around each layer of wonderful hill.

Curves blend to form a single landscape yet each remains it’s own.

Good Evening

On November 30, 2018December 2, 2018 By Mike and Christy10 Comments

A setting sun over the Gallatin range is a nice way to end the day and start the weekend.

Cheers.

Roaring

On November 28, 2018November 19, 2018 By Mike and Christy10 Comments

With the sun just rising in the east the aptly named Roaring Mountain gave us a little talking to one fall morning.

It was a short and pleasant chat with someone speaking a language easily understood.

pounce

On November 26, 2018November 19, 2018 By Mike and Christy14 Comments

Prowling a meadow for the morning meal and it sure looks like something is on this Coyotes radar screen.

Target in sight and onto the pounce

Looks like this attempt was a failure but it does not stop a coyote from trying. A lesson learned.

Warming rays

On November 24, 2018November 18, 2018 By Mike and Christy16 Comments

A bull Elk enjoys the suns warming rays as well as an early morning meal to help get the day off to a wonderful start.

Wishing you a great weekend.

Hot Chocolate

On November 21, 2018November 14, 2018 By Mike and Christy2 Comments

A warm layered landscape is exposed like a cup of steaming hot chocolate with soft melty marshmallows floating on top.

Delicious.

frosting the morning

On November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 By Mike and Christy14 Comments

A nice morning treat and better than a frosted pop-tart. We recently were greeted by a morning by sunshine topped with a sprinkle of frost on landscape to start the day.

A Canada goose also welcomed the morning and warmth of the suns warming rays.

Frosty mornings are always a welcome reminder of the ephemeral nature of all living things and a wonderful way to begin the day. Happy Monday to all.

Sand and Sky

On November 18, 2018October 29, 2018 By Mike and Christy8 Comments

Working our way up the ridges towards the sky in Great Sand Dunes National Park. Being in a landscape of essentially two elements felt oddly strange and yet serene. Simple yet complex. On first glance simple but with each probe further the simplicity and patterns repeat. Sky and Sand then sand and wind and so it goes. November, 2015.

Crossing Guard

On November 17, 2018October 29, 2018 By Mike and Christy7 Comments

Even with ears up and eyes peeled Mom still assumes the role of crossing guard for two adolescent Mule Deer. Great Sand Dunes National Park, 2015. So much to learn so little time.

nature has no boss

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