Slacker

Geesh, I haven't done so well keeping up with the daily photo over here, have I? I have kept up though, either through Flickr or Facebook. I forget about this poor little blog most of the time.

Snow has come and gone and come again. We'll have a ton of snow one day and two days later it will turn into slush/ice and yuck. That's what we have right now. You could ice skate on my driveway if you wanted to.

The photo above is of Lake Pend Oreille (Ponderay) in Idaho. We pass it every time we go to shop in Sandpoint.
I'd love to catch this place at sunset, but I never seem to be going through at that time. Special trip? Sure sure I could do that, but usually at that time of day you're nestled comfy at home and not wanting to take a 20-30 minute drive for a photo.

One day.

Not much else to share. It's Winter in Montana, all I really need to say.

Day 12-- Silly Face

Riley. An easy subject and usually smiling. Although, the camera comes out and he forgets how to sit still.

Lucky me he doesn't mind a camera (or phone, in this case) in his face :)

Day 10 & 11

These two days go together pretty well. We've been very cold the last few days, dipping to 14 at night. Once again freezing cokes on the porch. You think I'd learn.

Still playing with the fisheye for the iphone, it's kind of addicting.

Looks like we'll be getting some snow end of the week. Works for me. I'm done with temps below 10, thank you.

Amusement. Day 9/365

Full day of shopping. Left at 9am, home by 5pm. When you have to drive to another state to go to a couple different stores, it takes awhile. Gloomy and grey as usual. The above photo is the closest amusement park in Idaho. Definitely no Six Flags, but it's popular here.

Day 7 & 8

A little Marble, a little clouds.

Full day of shooting senior photos. Two 17 yr olds. Reminds you how old you are. When they told me they were born in the 90's, it really sunk in. Wow.

Mostly cloudy day, some snow this morning. Snow expected throughout the week although nothing exciting.
Tomorrow's the looong day shopping, Costco etc. Takes about 6-8 hours. Crazy.

Time.for.a.Dip. Day 6/365

Cool, gloomy day. Not much sunshine and still no snow. I was planning on some snow for some senior photo shoots tomorrow. Darn buzzkill.

Winter Sun. Day 4/365

A rare sighting of sunshine today. Such an odd Winter so far. Barely any snow and more ice than anything. I realize we still have a few months of this, but it's been pretty lame so far. Snow-wise, that is.

Used an attachable fisheye lens for the iphone for this shot. Pretty cool if you ask me.

Distraction. Day 3/365

Lunchtime. Day 2/365

Project 2012 & Focus 52

I've joined a couple of groups to keep me motivated to pick up that camera (or iphone) daily. Yesterday was Day 1--my frozen driveway. It's frozen solid and just a mess. I've already slipped a few times and surprised nothings broken. I think I need to invest in some spiked shoes.

It's Almost Over

This has been the strangest and most boring Winters. Besides a few pretty snowy days here and there, we've had just cold and yuck. We had a gorgeous snowy day two days ago and then rain hit.
It's now slush and ice and just crap. The roads are horrible and it's just, well..blech.

No real sledding yet this Winter. Not sure what January and February will bring just yet, but it'd be nice to have some nice snowy sledding/skiing kind of days.

Tomorrow is New Years Eve. If I had my choice I'd stay in and watch some kind of marathon on TV, but instead I'll be at a neighbors party. Only benefit I see really is that I can walk home. No driving and close to home. woohoo.

That's really all I've got. Have fun and be safe tomorrow night :)

Snowy Eve

Woke up to beautiful snow this morning which continued throughout the day. Turns out we will have a snowy white Christmas :)

Baking was done and football was watched and now it's time to start A Christmas Story marathon.

Crash wasn't even close to being agreeable for his Christmas photo this year, so I had to bribe him. That's one less cookie in his stocking ;)

Merry Christmas, everyone :)

Eve of the Eve

Over two months since I've been here. As you can see, not a whole lot to tell really.

Couple of days until Christmas. A pretty mild Winter so far. Although I don't have much exciting to tell, it feels like December just flew by. I just got that tree the other day, right?

Everything is just so routine these days. Still have Riley a couple of days a week. Seems like he changes every visit and becomes more challenging. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes not so much. All part of watching a toddler I'm guessing.
Two days a week is still enough for me I think.
Still haven't replaced my car although it is looking like this next few months I will. We recently had a new hay barn built. New place for hay, new place for the horses to hang out. They seem to like it. I can't park my new car in it though ;)

I can't say I've picked up the camera a whole lot except with Riley and with bear season. I don't get out as much for the eagles or sunsets since I lost my car. Not really a good reason, I guess, except the truck is just not as easy to get around in when you're doing a lot of quick stops and u-turns.
I don't know how many years I've said I'm going to go to the Eagle Watch in Idaho and still haven't made it. One day....

Pretty much gave up on vegetable gardening. Just not meant to be and too much effort and disappointment. I filled the whole garden with flowers.
I was actually excited about finally being able to garden in a fenced yard that deer couldn't get into, only to find Crash likes to eat flowers and lay on them. heh. That would be that 'Leesa's Law' we've talked about before. It's common here. Seriously.

I don't really know what's in store for the new year. Probably a lot of the same. Hopefully I'll get outta here sometimes. I get too settled and comfortable and talk myself out of it most of the time, we'll see.

Still awake? I'm impressed.

It's Cool

We moved into Fall, which I have to say I'm ready. It's been raining past few days, we definitely needed that. Cooler grey days remind me of stews and hot chocolate and fires in the fireplace. Time to pull out the sweats, sweaters, and boots. My favorite time. Well..close...I still love my snowy weather.

The 'old timers' as they say around here, claim we'll have a harsh Winter, but I think they say that every year. Not enough to talk about in this small town :)

The bear are still around, but once again only showing up at dusk or dark. Not sure I'll get any more photos before they're gone for the season. The gardens are slowly wilting and the tomatoes are still green. I guess it's relish again this year.

Chopped about 8 inches of hair off recently. It's a bit shocking since it's been long for SO long...but it will all be back by Spring.

Gosh..I guess that's about it. I hate to repeat myself, but just not much exciting around here lately. We do have some family drama that's wearing on me and I just want it all over. I don't like drama and I'm pretty good at keeping my life drama free...so me not happy about it. But like anything else, it will pass.

I seriously need to get that camera out more often.

That's that.

It's all Cool

It's starting to cool down some.. so so ready for it. We finally had some much needed rain last night that made for a gorgeous day today. It involved some lightning, but I didn't see any smoke today :)

The big lens is back and just in time for a few guys to show up in the yard. The bucks are around and a huge black bear showed up today. It's been awhile since I've seen a daylight visitor.





Little dusting of snow in Glacier National Park this morning. I'm ready :)

My Rare Visitor

Photo-Less

Hmm.. not letting me post photos. Not cool.

Not a whole lot to report here. It's still hot. Lots of different fires here and there. I hate that about Summer. No rain in I don't know how long. We need some rain.

Saw a hummingbird moth yesterday, I think I've seen two in the daylight in 8 years. I got some great photos, although blogger's not letting me share today.

The giant lens is out for repair, so no full moons, no bear for a bit. It's amazing how much use that lens gets.

I'm ready for Fall. Have I mentioned that?

My Blahhhhg.

Several times a week I'll stop and think, "I should put this on my blog", or "I should blog about this", and then I forget. I've lost that routine of pulling up this dusty blog and saying a few words or sharing photos.

I've been so slack on the photos. All I see as I scroll through my photos are Riley or the occasional bear in the yard. Those days of bugs and butterflies, sunsets and spiderwebs have wandered off. Not sure why.
I think some days I stop and tell myself, "you've taken/posted a million photos just like that, why more?". I need to get past that. I need that spark again.

We've had a really hot Summer for us. The inner Texan in me laughs when I say that, when anything above 80 here is yucky and I'm turning the AC on..but it is what it is. Anything above 80 here is hot. Period. No rain lately which of course increases our fire hazards. I've heard of a few but nothing major yet. Thank goodness for evenings in the 50's.

The bear have all gone up high to eat huckleberries. The fawns are scarce for some reason...could be the mountain lions. It's so dry and so dusty you really don't want to be outside until around 9pm or later.

Full moon tonight and my lens is out for repair. I'll just sit and watch it rise and enjoy the cool breeze.

Bear Activity

Thank goodness for a 500mm lens...

Summer...what?

There's a full moon tonight, as I sit here and type on this cloudy night. Yes.. cloudy. I think my last few full moons have been in clouds. Naturally.

It's been an interesting Summer so far. If we can call it that. It took forever to even reach temps that felt like Summer. We had a few weeks of 70/80's. The poor gardens are just now starting to look like gardens.
We've had thunderstorms the last few days which is unusual, but nice to have sometimes. I could do without the lightning.

Wildlife has been so-so. I've seen one fawn on the property so far, but no photos. The new fence isn't helping and they're too quick!
I've had several bear, almost daily, and I have one Momma bear with two cubs. As usual they show just as it's getting dark, so photos are slim pickins.

I have been able to just sit on the porch and watch them without her getting too upset. It's a neat thing to watch bear cubs play. They're very curious and play just like puppies. One odd noise and they're both up a tree. One day hopefully I'll get some daytime shots. I love this time of year.

It an odd way it feels like the season is just blowing by and before you know it we'll be in Winter again. Funny, as I type this it's about 59 outside and I have a wall heater on. Go figure.

Can't think of much else new. I guess I should go see if there's a moon out there :)