Beardog sweet spot

There are times when Bear does things that are so like Karl that I just stop breathing, literally losing my breath.

It is an odd reaction so sudden and overpowering.

It has just been in the last two weeks that Bear has taken to lying down in the yard after we’ve walked or played.

Just relaxing, watching, sniffing without needing to be always on the move in the woods.

And today, he found Karl’s favorite overlook: the spot behind and to the south of the house – the spot that looks over the game trail and to the road. My chair is not far away. In the house, from the sunroom where my office is, or the kitchen, I could see Karl and now Bear.

Beardog sweet spot.

More

The Swan River …backdrop Swan Range.

The Swan Range sequeing into Jewell Basin.

The first gold larch branch…in my own woods, right in front of the house.

Fall color

This midpoint of October usually marks the height of the Aspen Fall color. The larch are yet to come.

I took Bear in the Jeep and drove to West Glacier taking these photos on the way back.

Low clouds and fog obscured the mountains but that gray light cannot dim the gold of the Aspens.

Fall color in Northwest Montana.

Later this afternoon…sunshine and a different sort of Fall color :)!

Balance

Balance…it can be an elusive thing.

I often think I have balance in my life…work I love, my pet-family, my peaceful life mostly removed from the grit of the world.

I step into the world online and am both intrigued and abhorred.

I regularly delete my links to news and websites vowing to stay in a place of light, love, thoughtfulness, kindness, respect and trust: Balance

Last night I chased the moonrise…

I was early.

But the waning daylight lit the snow covered mountain tops so my “chase” was not in vain.

And I returned to the warm light of home…. Balance.

In the yard

Shortly after 5:00 p.m., I was at a good stopping point. Bob was inside. Perfect for some outside time for Bear and me.

Oh, Bear…

This is after 30 minutes of squirrel chasing. I am inside getting a glass of wine…

…and then sitting. The day has been beautiful with mostly sun and the air cool and crisp as befits a mid-October Montana day.

Off to my left, Bear chased ground squirrels.

A wonderful end of the work day and before supper break…

…in the yard.

Morning moon

Just past full moon, playing in the cloulds over the house this morning while I was out with Bear. We moved through the woods in moon shadows: bright when the moon left the clouds, dimming when the thin clouds filtered the bright light of the October moon.