We have a saying here in Montana:
“If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes!”
So don’t waste your time complaining about the weather, just brush the snow off the chairs…
… brush off the barbecue, and just maybe…
… before the gorgeous sunset ends,
you can sit down to a cozy meal inside.
No need to complain. It is what it is…
May be back to 70 degrees tomorrow.
Only God knows…
See ya tomorrow! (Keep smiling!)
I appreciate
Good photography by friends
Here are my favorites
Great photography
Inspires me to grab my phone:
Let SnapChat do it!!
Snow draped the fir trees
Like garland decorations
Today’s snowflakes cling
Home again tonight
It was a lovely weekend
Here are the highlights
Company for dinner in our home –
Saturday night fun:
Good food, great conversation,
and after dinner sing-along.
Choir before teaching church school
Then Worship service followed by
A delicious fellowship hour
Elaine baked a pineapple upsidedown cake.
Yum!!
These gourds decorated the tables.
They reminded me of beauty in distortion
Never be afraid to be different
The Bozeman Symphony this afternoon
was incredible!
We thoroughly enjoyed the music
and the gift of a very talented conductor
and creative, dedicated musicians.
After the Symphony we tried a new restaurant:
Nordic Brewery in Bozeman, MT.
We highly recommend it.
Try to get Avery as your waitress.
She was efficient and adorable –
And the beer samples and food were delicious.
I chose the skirt steak and Bob had a hamburger
My skirt steak was tasty and done to perfection
Do you think I liked it??
I hope you enjoyed a lovely weekend, too
with great friends, good food,
and beautiful music.
God is good – all the time.
Every day is Christmas
when you enjoy
the gifts
God gives you.
See ya tomorrow
(I don’t know why the audio didn’t work. Got any clues for me about how to link to mp3 music?)
What’s that on the ground?
Whiteness covers the trees and grass
Do you think those plants
Buried under cold, cold, snow
Will somehow survive?
See ya after church and
our trip to Bozeman
for the Symphony concert.
Pray for our safe travel, will you?
Today was a beautiful blue-sky day
to go 4-Wheeling on LUCILLE
(our red-headed ATV who is a BALL)
We drove in our pick-up pulling Lucille on a trailer
to the Macatee Bridge area about 25 miles south of Ennis.
There we met friends, unloaded the ATVs
and headed up into the Gravelly Range
past the Talc Mine.
The day could not have been more beautiful!
We had our bear spray with us.
We were headed to the Cottonwood area
where a couple of hunters
were mauled by Grizzleys last week.
There were 6 guys (That’s Bob on the right)
and 3 of us gals
Yes, when we got up to 8,000 ft. level at the look out,
it was time to bundle up!
I covered my ears,
Barb covered her neck,
and Caroline covered her head and neck!
Barb’s dog, Charley, was not afraid of the cliffs.
Our TazE stuck mostly to the rocky lower levels.
Both dogs enjoyed the freedom to explore.
Our goal was to see the Aspen gold-
Autumn in the Rocky Mountains is a spectacular time of year.
The landscape became more beautiful the farther up we traveled.
This is what we traveled up the Gravelly Range to the Ruby Valley to see!!
When we got up to Monument Ridge at 9,587 feet,
it was gorgeous, but really cold as the wind
came right off the left-over snow
on the higher mountains.
Black Butte had snow tucked in all its crevices.
Caroline bundled up to stay warm.
Coming back down, we made a potty stop and let the pups do a little more roaming.
Barb, Don & Charley were ready to be on our way.
We passed at least two dozen of these harvested tree stacks
on our way to and fro.
The forest service has been very busy
cutting down dead trees and clearing out areas
near the road that might cause a fire hazard.
Besides the gorgeous golden aspen groves,
my other favorite scene is this red barn on the Ruby River.
Isn’t it gorgeous?
We passed some grazing cattle
before following the signs and our friend, Chuck,
who led us back to our vehicles
where we loaded the ATVs and headed home.
See the cool beaver dam we passed on the way down?
Back down in the Madison Valley,
the Madison River,
and the Macatee take-out,
we were ready to return home
and share our great trip with you.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Have a good night.
The End!
See ya tomorrow.
Hugs to You !!
Inspire to Love
Let the SonShine!
You inspire me to respond
Learning to Live; Living to Learn; Learning to Love; Living in Love
Written
on September 18, 2019