| Montana Sights and Scenes May 2017 |
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| This was our first month of 2017 to live in
Montana and boy, was it ever a beauty. A long, wet winter resulted
in a lush, green spring. It will eventually become a hot, dry, smoky
summer - but let's just enjoy these spring pictures and forget about that
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| Our landscaping looks best when the lilacs are in bloom. | I love our lilacs! |
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Canada showing off her snowy Rockies |
| I also love Bear Grass, to a point of annoyance for Eric as I always want to stop for pictures. | |
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| Looking out from our property over the town of Eureka and into the mountains of the West Kootenai | We had Eagles living near our lake this year, usually two but sometimes we saw more. |
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| Getting a drink with the buddy providing cover | The view from our front yard |
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| The eagles up high... | And a little closer |
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| Eric and I on a trip up Graves Creek Rd, just to see how far we could go | It was cold up there! |
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At Dan's house, discussing the solutions to all the world's ills |
| We started up a hiking trail but it quickly became too snowy for our inadequate footwear. | |
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| Grandbaby Lily rules the roost at this house, she is so adorable. | She loves animals, I think she's wanting to give Prince a smooch. |
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| Grandma Tracie helping Lily pick a flower | Here we take a walk up the hill to look at the work Jeb & Amy are doing on their cabin. |
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| They are putting on new siding as one of the projects | Of course, if there's something dangerous to do, Uncle Eric has to try it. |
Lovely view |
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| Lily had a great time climbing up the hill, but was ready for rescue when it came time to come down. | |
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| Back at Dan & Tracie's house, playing with the horses | Lily gets to sit on Fancy, the sweetest horse ever. |
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| Lane saddling his horse Sunny | I love the mountains with snow on them, it's so pretty. |
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Great views of one of the eagles in their favorite tree. |
Thanks Eric for lending a shoulder as my tripod for this shot. |
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| The eagle is at the far left of the picture, and our house is at the right. | Pretty bird spotted on one of our many walks in the woods. |
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| Geese with a string of babies between them | Our pond was full from all the winter snow melt and spring rains |
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| Wildflowers were everywhere | Here we took a long walk trying to find Pinkham Falls using
Google Maps. Turns out asking a local was a much better idea. We weren't even close on this day. |
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| Pinkham Creek really rushing its way to Lake Koocanusa | |
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| If there's a rock, Eric will climb it | |
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| My king of the mountain | Back at home, watching the sunset |
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| Looking at our house from across the lake | Eagle over our house |
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| Eric investigates a hole in some tree roots | |
Stillwater Canyon |
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Kaitlyn's graduation party at Dan & Tracie's |
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| Another shot that includes an eagle and our house | On a walk with Eric. Deer on the top of the hill ahead. |
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| Here we have 3 eagles in the tree, my hubby, and our house - many of my favorite things! | On a different walk, heading toward the wheat field. There are mountains as far as the eye can see. |
Our house and barn with the snowy mountains behind. What a blessing! |
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| Aubrey played piano for us at her birthday party | |
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| I was desperate to snuggle with Jeb & Amy's sweet cat, but
he wanted Grandpa Dan. Here's a blurry picture of them on the couch. |
The water is on! It's always a happy day when the
irrigation water starts to flow again. |
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| It may be there for a practical reason, but it is still beautiful to see, hear, and smell. | |