Moon

Moon rise 5/30/15

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Humming bird

This little one decided to come and just hang out for a bit in the rain.

forest in bloom

Flowers in th Rain

This morning I woke up to the patter or rain on the roof.  It was just cool enough to need a fire in the house.  I made coffee and waited for James to wake up.  We read out of Watership Down then went for a walk.

The rain was little more than mist by then but as both of us enjoy the rain it made the walk ever more enjoyable.

More and more little flowers are popping up and starting to open.  The weather has been cooler than last few days but they seem to like the cool spring weather as much as I do.

The mountain side are now full of little birds as well as little flowers.

The bird song echo off the mountain as they endlessly call back and forth to each other.  One has made it his endless task to try and get in through the window, tapping and tapping at the glass to find passage.

He is a fast little thing and made taking the picture difficult but I snapped few.

Little Flowers

Sunshine for week has brought out the first of the little flowers. I thought I’d share them with you.  

Budding Tamaracks

You know spring has truly arrived when the Tamaracks bud out.  yesterday green appeared.   Along this draw we get to enjoy a far wider variety of trees than much of this part of Montana. We have everything from the very common Ponderosa Pine to Cedar, Cottonwoods to Tamaracks.  The shades of green are every shifting through out the year with splashes of orange and yellow flashing out in the fall.  I love to watch the changes but spring with the soft tips on the Blue Spruce, the glossy shine on the cedar and the budding Tamaracks are is my favorite time of year.

One day to the next

Montana weather is known to change suddenly and extremely.  That is very true in the spring when you live up in the mountains.  You can go from t-shirt weather back to coat and gloves in a matter of moments and back again just as fast.  This April has not disappointed on that level.
The snow was surprisingly deep when we got up  in the morning but by the time I had coffee and headed out with the camera most of it had melted off. It was still definitely cool enough to need a fire in the house.

To days later the sky has cleared and the sun came out. Not only was it t-shirt weather it was tank top weather!

Spring weather

Summer like weather, days of burning dead fall and cleaning, took a sudden turn this morning and today its a day of online work and a mug of coffee.

Robins in the Trees to Snow on the Mountains

Welcome to a Montana Spring.

from spring to winter return

With the weather feeling like spring, robins out and about, James and I took advantage and went for a hike behind the Little Cabin.

It was a very steep hike but the view is rather impressive from up there.  We made it about half way up and could begin to see hints of the weather to come.

Just after sunset the snow began to come down and the temperature dropped.

Sunrise revealed that winter had returned.   It was about 8 inches that had arrived and with just enough melt before it froze that once again the car is at the bottom of the drive and the hiking up and down returns.  It looks like the weather will begin to warm back up again for another round of remarkably early spring weather.