visiting grandpa

jan 31

bitter winter sunday-

the whole family 

visits grandpa 

cracking seeds

jan 31

apply steady pressure

until you hear

a sharp crack

hawk thunder

jan 31

hawk thunder…specter of fleeing finch 

river ice pops

jan 31

winter river surprise-

mango and lime

ice pops

last light

jan 31

winter sky-

seven yellow swords

of the last light

old cowboy still standing

jan 31

one hundred winters- 

the old cowboy

still standing  

best pictures

jan 30

pictures

on the edge

are always better

basking in winter sun

jan 30

basking in     

velvety caress of

afternoon winter sun 

  

peekaboo mikee

jan 29

peekaboo mikee…i see you

cutie pie

jan 29

cutie pie

prairie deep winter

jan 29

deep winter-

subliminal pink

of wild prairie rose

mikee needs a bath

jan 29

hot afternoon…mikee needs a bath 

staring at the moon

jan 28

winter dark-

cat in the window
staring at nothing 

where the river looses its name

jan 28-

where 

the river

looses its name 

birds tracks in soft mud

jan 28

before the draught-

bird tracks in soft mud

cool drinks of water

sedum bed bliss

jan 27

sedum bed bliss…then the dragon

top of the rainbow

jan 27

top of the rainbow

cold night warm sun

jan 27

cold night…warm sun

not wanting to be tethered

jan 26

bad boy-

not wanting

to be tethered

old cowboy's horses

jan 26

old cowboy-

hat on crooked

his horses won’t notice

a drink of cool stream water

jan 26

soda fountain-

cool stream water

sides of sweet grass

supper's on

jan 26

supper’s on-

around the fire

out in the pasture

salt shaker snow

jan 25

salt shaker snow-

i point my camera

out the kitchen window

the dinosaurs all look up

jan 25

just before impact-

the dinosaurs

all look up

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/dinosaurs-extinction-asteroid-chicxulub-soot-earth-science/

summer shower

jan 24

summer shower-

a little stronger

smell of horse

beneath snowcapped peaks

jan 24

beneath

hanging glaciers

and snowcapped peaks

love in the air

jan 24

sweet grass oasis…love in the air

you can't see me

jan 24

mikee…you can’t see me

all dressed up to samba

jan 23

almost carnival-

all dressed up 

to samba

the filly's mane

jan 23

cascading 

in summer sun-

the filly’s mane

ten thousand years of crescent moons

jan 23

on ancient granite-

ten thousand years

of crescent moons

lunar eclipse

jan 23

lunar eclipse…as mikee sees it

his mate will never return

jan 22

to be frozen alone-

waiting for his mate

who will never return

my winter dreams

jan 22

my winter dreams…your summer roses

agony of mother fox

jan 22

following wolves…agony of mother fox

sweetgrass lunch

jan 21

sweetgrass lunch… mother’s treat

moving camp

jan 21

moving camp-

at about the speed

of summer breeze

ancient caribou

jan 21

cracked earth-

almost no one sees

the ancient caribou

my hand on the sun-warmed rock

jan 20

the comfort

of my open hand

on the sun-warmed stone

stone warmed butterflies

jan 20

spring sun…stone warmed butterflies

sun warmed stone

jan 20

a long rest

for the old man-

sun warmed stone

open fire bannock

jan 20

cowboy coffee-

open fire bannock

maybe a little bacon

https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/rsi/fnb/fnb.htm

trying not to step on the children

jan 19

rock hopping-

trying not to step

on the children

a beautiful garden

jan 19-

a beautiful garden

for ants and spiders-

and also mikee

summer sun rising

jan 19

a pause

to tie my shoe-

summer sun rising

just another rock

jan 19

mikee thinks i’m

just another rock-

until i flush

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_ptarmigan

harp strings

jan 18

plucking

on harp strings-

soft summer wind

sweet summer

jan 18

sweet summer-

bright yellow sun

dark blue sky

our dreams frozen forever

jan 17

all of our dreams-

frozen forever

in winter ice

moss rock kids

jan 17

moss rock kids…summer social