Author: BradinMontana

Today is the pseudosolstice where I live. Today’s sunset is the earliest of the year. The sunrise, however, is still getting later, and it doing so faster than the sunset is now also getting later. So- for another 10 days or so, the day will be shorter, but the sunset will be a tiny bit…

As we close in on the longest night, I find myself walking in the dark both morning and evening. It helps tremendously to get out and walk no matter the conditions. The payoff is great. The house feels cold in the morning before I go out- and it feels life-giving and warm when I return.…

Fall in Montana is amazing. A wild ride, yes, but truly amazing. We have new neighbors who moved in across the street about 3 months ago. They asked what Fall was like here and we replied it’s “variable”. This year, October was a little harsh, but November is shaping up to be quite nice. As…

So- October has joined the 2020 bandwagon and chosen to be totally unpredictable. we started the month with smokey skies; aout 10 days ago, we had a fire weather warning. Then, five days later we received 20 inches of snow overnight from Friday evening to mid-day Saturday. It didn’t really stop until Sunday. The wildfires…

The NWS says that we will be getting hit with a historic storm this evening- So, I took the Black Dog out for a slightly longer/better walk than usual on a Friday morning. We went to ta local fishing access site. Obsidian loves that field. I’m really glad we did. As we were driving in,…

Al Stewart got it right- “Well I’m not the kind to live in the pastThe years run too short and the days too fast” So much has happened this year. The days have slipped past very quickly and the year is getting away as well. I find myself sitting in front of the computer in early…

What was going to be a simple evening walk with the Lab, turned out to be a little better. I decided to check in with eBird to see what others were seeing. I mean, if Im going to get out side and go for a walk, I may as well see if I can do…

My middle daughter and I decided that we should do a day trip blitz into Yellowstone National Park- we term this particular adventure a Bio-Blitz. We figured that, since we were not going to have to eat in any restaurants or stay in the park overnight, we could do this pretty safely. This would mean…

Today, the day before Father’s Day, we went to Benton Lake. we started our day at the fairgrounds so the Labrador could run some energy off and then we went to Benton Lake. on the way home from Benton Lake we stopped at first peoples Buffalo jump State Park and did a little more walking.…