Quiet Paths

Nature’s winter bouquet

Christine February 24th, 2010

February decides to set out the dried floral arrangements just to tide us over.

These are some photos of Dockweed up close. Please click to enlarge; it is quite an impressive plant standing at about nine feet tall. The sky was really that blue.

These photos were taken on the western side over the mountains from our little town in western MT. We have been getting rain clouds mostly but when the blue sky emerges for a brief time, it is in dramatic contrast to the storms sweeping across the hilltops. Visit other sky watchers from all around the world at Sky Watch Friday!

Weed architecture

Christine November 10th, 2008

my heart skips a beat

a doe in the thicket jumps

old seed pods rattle

Tallest Dock weed ever. Here is another shot of that crazy plant architecture.

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Sky Watch Friday ~ prairie view

Christine November 7th, 2008

This is some weird prairie seedpod taken last week. It was way taller than I am, probably about 6.5 feet high. We were walking at the Bison Range when the sun was actually very bright! We have a definite rain shadow in this valley. Our side is covered with woods and streams and the Bison Range side is quite barren on the eastern face.

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Note, friend Sandy just suggested that this is called Dock Weed and I’m pretty sure that is what it is. Thank you, Sandy!

October forest friends

Christine October 27th, 2008

Taken yesterday at the Bison Range while on a walk. Click on all these for a larger view, please.

A Jay at the Avalanche picnic area in Glacier Park. He was very willing to pose for a photo as long as Matthew kept feeding him little bits of bran muffin. That’s not exactly what one is supposed to do but, ahem – a photo is a photo and it’s healthy food, right?

This doe was taking a morning nap when we went back to the campground at Apgar for a snack and a hot cup of cocoa. She actually had a companion behind her upper right, lying next to a large downed tree but I didn’t see that one until much later and that deer is well hidden in this shot. She didn’t seem that disturbed by us rustling around boiling our water and such. Matt talked her into having her photo taken.

Now, you’ll have to conjure up this image from your vivid imaginations. This is the waterfall at the Loop Trail. The bridge we stood on to get this photo was burned and now completely rebuilt. The trees behind were taken in the 2003 fire as well. I am seeing water faeries here. What do you see?