This was the most amazing experience watching such a large powerful machine sucking up water from the Clark Fork river to dump on the fires on the mountain behind our house. Watching from the bank of the

Beautiful photo taken in Noxon, Montana at a wedding we attended. It was such a gorgeous location to have an outside wedding surrounded by the woods on one side and the river on the other side.

Better than a Disneyland Ride being on the bank of our Clark Fork River watching This huge powerful Columbia fire fighter Helicopter sucking up water to fight the lightening strike caused fires around

I just love this photo that I captured of the sky with such intense cloud formations! It almost looks like a painting. So cool!

We visited our good friends Sunday who had moved to Plains, Montana and have built their new homesteading house. They were showing us their new chickens coops when I saw that they had used old toilet seats

A pretty yellow squash blossom with refreshing dew on its petals early in the morning. SQUASH BLOSSOMS STUFFED WITH RICOTTA Recipe: YIELD Makes 4 (first course) or 2 (main course) servings ACTIVE TIME

Very cool car with orange flames that was in the Huckleberry Parade in Trout Creek, Montana

Smart butterfly found some sweet sugar in our hummingbird feeder. The hummingbirds would fly around it and I thought oh no that butterfly is toast. But she just ignored them sipping away and surprisingly

For the 3 years I have been living here in Montana I have heard people rave about this place but had never visited. Well we finally went there yesterday and I was blown away. This Five Star restaurant

Stunning View from the Seattle Space Needle with the blue sky in the evening reflecting upon the waters and a beautiful play of lights from the skyscape. This photo was a SNAP that my daughter took on

I took this photo two nights ago with the fires surrounding us the sunsets have been incredible. This shot almost has an off world look with such incredible hues of color. I like how this picture captured

Make Hay While the Sun Shines! We had a record breaking amount of hay this year. Even after our regular customers picked up their hay we filled our barn and had to tarp more outside. What a blessing to

My entry for Wednesday Yellow is fresh eggs from our teenager chick who just started laying eggs. She was the sole survivor this spring from a Skunk attack. So she is very special to us and what a great

A Snap my daughter sent me of a lovely sunset at a Carlsbad beach in North County San Diego. The beaches in Carlsbad, San Diego are beautiful and I highly recommend a visit to one of them if you are in

Our good friends down the road have this amazing wild plum tree. Every year they make delicious wild plum jelly.

My Color Challenge: Tuesday Orange entry is a photo of The Sunrise Fire about 45 minutes away from us. It is only 20 % contained and has spread over 14,591 acres. Please keep everyone in your thoughts

My entry for today's Color Challenge Monday Red: Featuring Red Scottish Plaid Kilts worn by the Albeni Falls Pipes and Drums Band. We had the special treat to see this Bagpipe & Drums band along with

This was our 3rd Year of attending the Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek, Montana which was proclaimed "Huckleberry Capitol of Montana" by the state's legislature in 1981! Trout Creek residents

Pretty purple flowers on our Russet Potato Plants. Potato plants have interesting star shaped flowers that bloom in various colors ranging from white, red, purple or blue.

Wearing my Indigo colored jacket celebrating my first Montana Winter! As I had lived in southern California for 20 years it was a little bit of a transition! I am hoping for all those out there enduring