Full Moon rising over the Rez tonite.

A Moment in Time

A moment, just a small one, but a moment none the less.

My 500th page visit!!

OK, moments past, time to move on

Thank you all for sharing this moment with me, it's been special

Once again we have become animal rescue. This little cutey showed up on our porch this afternoon after church.

Can't be more than three months old as she still has her baby teeth. Just a bag of bones and fur, it's amazing that she survived the winter. And it's still snowing today. Probably a Shepherd mix, she's big already.

UPDATE:
              IT'S SNOWING, well sort of. Rain and snow mix, really wet  and slushy. Ranchers are lovin' it.

Not much going on today, expecting another storm to pass through sometime tonight. Has been interesting watching the weather patterns here.

I thought Western Washington had crazy weather, but this has been a whole new adventure.

The locals tell me it can snow anytime between now and the end of May. We had snow in Hamilton last year in May, but it was only a dusting a few times. They mean real snow with amounts in the multuple of inches.

Oh, and it has snowed every Sunday, since we have been here (Feb 3rd), minus the last two weeks. There is now a winter storm warning from now till Monday, with snow and rain mix.

 

 

Spring is in the air as there are baby lambs, calves and yes, HORSES!!

 

The Little guys of the animal kingdom are almost always cute, these guys are adorable

That's a 3 1/2 ft long chunk of ice

Just hangin' around

The hills of Lame Deer this morning

 

 

Looks like we had to have one more blast of winter this week. Temps as low as 11 overnite and barely above freezing today. You'd think is was December or something.

 

If the prognosticators are right it will be in the 60's by the weekend.

 

The up-side is- The ranchers really need the moisture, so there is that.

Spring Snows

When it's cold, everyone shares a blanket

Just hung the wind chimes and it snows again

Precurser yesterday to the 4 inches of snow today. Mid 60's all weekend and 23 today with freezing rain before the snow.
Spring in Montana

More sage advice from an Ol' Rancher:

             

              Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

             
              Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.

              Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps.

              Bumble bees are considerably faster than John Deere’s

  Forgive your enemies, it messes with their heads
 
  Do not corner anything more ornery than you

Little cows are so cute

 Some calf attitude

Momma checkin on a little one. 'Bout 12 hrs old

Good Advice from an Old Rancher

Good Advice from an old Rancher:

Do not corner anything more ornery than you

Stuff most folks worry ‘bout never happens

Don’t judge folks by their relatives

Always drink upstream from the herd

Sometimes you get, sometimes you get got

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

Live simply, love generously, Care deeply

Don’t pick a fight with an old man, if he’s too old to fight, he’ll just kill ya

Speak kindly, leave the rest to God

Some great color contrasts in the hills

One of the best shots I've ever taken

Sometimes they just line up right

 

 

One a trip around the ranch on Sunday, we came across some very unique formations. This part of Montana is very diverse in it's terrain. Makes for some great shots.