my-montana-moments: 320 Guest Ranch

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Full Moon

Last night was full moon. Ken captured this from our front yard. I never cease to be amazed at our awesome skies here in Big Sky country.

The past few days have been a blur. I took a trip to Idaho and Wyoming scouting potential new galleries. We displayed at the Farmer's Market and the 320 Guest Ranch Art Rendezvous. Our last show at the ranch is coming up this Monday evening.

The weather has been hot. Scattered afternoon showers have helped on the days the rain fell. Yesterday we enjoyed lunch on our deck under the shade of our table umbrella. We were so busy both of us forgot to lower the umbrella. While preparing dinner I noticed our umbrella was gone. A gust of afternoon wind must have caught it and carried it away. Alas, it is nowhere to be found.

As always our morning temperatures are lovely in the fifty degree range. By noon it is in the nineties. Whenever I am tempted to complain about the heat I remind myself this is wonderful compared to the 100 plus temperatures with high humidity in other parts of the country.

There are so many things I love about our beloved Montana.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Heat, Rain, Art and Friends

I tried twice yesterday to get this posted. I am not sure what is going on but it has disappeared twice while typing and now it is not working again. So if it looks funny chalk it up to little unseen guys trying to play tricks on me.

Last week was incredibly busy. It began with an art show at the 320 Guest Ranch just outside of Big Sky, Montana. We drove through heavy rain all afternoon. It cleared just in time for the four hundred plus guests to enjoy the outdoor pig roast dinner and our indoor art show.

The weather cleared and temperatures reached into the mid nineties. We relished our cool quiet mornings outside on our deck sharing breakfast with the birds and our cat. Starting the day with mid-fifty to sixty degree temperatures is very nice.

Friday evening we attended the Ennis Art Walk where our good friend and artist Todd Connor was the featured artist at the Maydak Gallery that evening.

Ken made the Farmer's Market on Saturday sharing his amazing photos with the visitors. We are proud supporters of our Madison Farm to Fork program.

In between all these events we entertained out of town guests and enjoyed wonderful times of sharing food, fun and laughter.

This week is off to another busy start. I am off to Idaho and back through Wyoming. Then we will be at Farmer's Market Saturday and back to the 320 Guest Ranch on Monday. Summer is definitely here.