Feels A Bit Like Fall

© 2011 Ken W. Hall  

"Ranchers free range cattle into the forests for the summer and then begin preparation for winter by rounding them up and bringing them 'home' to the valley floor to endure winter while standing butt into the wind and sharing the warmth of like bodies of family. This is a generational tradition in Montana from family to family and ranch by ranch. This life is not for everyone, only for those of a higher calling chosen to protect  Creator's own."  -- Ken W. Hall

Ken just shared the above image and words with me to use here in my blog.  We have been super busy as summer gives way to fall.  Since I have not been able to get out and take many photos Ken offered to share some of the images
he is uncovering as he sorts through his archives after his fourth backup hard drive crash in two years.

Yesterday and today are awesome.  Temperatures are milder with a gentle breeze.  It was forty this morning and will likely reach into the mid to high seventies.  What is even more wonderful right now is the smoke, although ever present, wis not as bad as it has been.  We can see the mountains.