glimpses

streeeetching my southern montana sunny sunday morning like playdoh.
started my day fervently, with a orange flavored bath and a french roast scented mug of coffee. both of which summon my purr.

i am so thankful for today. and all that comes with it, the good, the bad, and the ugly. whether the journey is smooth sailing, crash course, or somewhere in between, i hope i have the wherewithal to extract the rooted essence of it. to understand that situations that may arise are naked in their intent to show us something. glimpses. of ourselves. glimpses of our strengths. or maybe our weaknesses. but i hope that i don't ever stop growing from what life gives to me. but that i use those sunny rays of experiences to gain spiritual limbs and leaves, to blossom.

fairy land

the virgins rock, ballybunion, ireland. i took this photo 3 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZjWeXsaL0







halloween.
Originally spelled hallowe'en. This is shortened from All hallows E'en. E'en meaning Even, which is a shortening of evening. All Hallows Evening.
Hallow translates to mean holy.

also called: All Hallows Eve, The Feast of the Dead, Samhain, The Celtic New Year, The Day of the Dead, Devils Day, All Hallowtide, Hells Night, and Nos Calan Gaeaf.

Where does this dawn of the dead, masked celebration spawn from?

Halloween is rooted in Ancient Ireland and Scotland as the festival of 'Samhain', meaning 'summers end' in Old Irish.
It is said to celebrate the lighter half of the year and the beginning of the dark half.

The ancient Celts, and many of the modern day traditionalists, believe in the otherworld. Tales and folklore exploring the realm of the dead, the home of the deities. Existing over the Western Sea and alongside the world of the living.
During All Hallows Evening, this border between our world and the otherworld is thin, allowing spirits to pass through.
bad spirits and good spirits. ancestors and family spirits were honored and invited home, while the evil spirits were warded off.

the disguises?

the need to ward off these harmful spirits led to costumes and disguises. the thought was if one was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit, they would avoid harm by scaring off demons.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAOmx2fRyck&feature=related

weaving

friday beckons with familiar undertones of mischieviousness, catplay. luring catcalls, with the promise of unhinged excitement. all are tempted, when drawn away from their own lusts, and enticed.... we weave, then, a tapestry. patterned with decisions binded with consequences. lessons tied to experiences. the patterns of unlearned lessons repeat itself within the course of weaving. theres beauty in the spiraling and theres beauty in the simplicity. theres beauty in the repetiveness. the infinite ways in which we weave our lives is an expression of who we are. our experiences, our individualistic scope of moral reasoning, our testimony. our truths.

morning bear hug

good morning all. sunday is upon us....and i am up before she is, for a change...

my yellowstone coffee is, once again, giving my insides a giant bear hug....

winter. spring. summer. fall

with each season, brings play....

winter brings....
descent into the clouds....
bridger mountain, waaay up top, bozeman


snowshoeing...hyalite canyon, bozeman


bigfork


spring brings....
rainbows, wilsall


lupines....paradise valley


bears....yellowstone


AND MY BIRTHDAY!


summer brings....
flathead lake, bigfork


hiking...
jewel basin, bigfork


camping...
jewel basin, bigfork


with a side of whimsicalness....whitefish


and fall brings...
football, bozeman


falling of leaves and people, woodland park, kalispell


taylor jade, kalispell

hyalite canyon

no, we don't have THIS MUCH SNOW YET.... these are from a few years back....

a snowshoeing venture up hyalite

hyalite canyon, bozeman


can you make out the plates? very stuck.


mystic lake, hylalite canyon


pickle barrel does rule. but palisade falls are even cooler. pun.


thats a wrap

big sky country

on my drive home tonight, i couldn't help but look around in awe. the snow capped mountains, the colors of fall, the fresh air, the feel of it. i am incredibly fortunate to live here and honestly, i have been absorbed in my blessings lately. i hope that there is no saturation point. soooooo, as my tiger shrimp thaw and morel mushrooms expand... lets take a look at some mt goodies that i have found in my picture banks.....

big sky country, flathead river, kalispell






tobacco road, just south of eureka






my backyard growing up, eureka


its the sweetest most simple things....