Landscapes

I took 968 photos when we visited Montana in early July. At the time, Sean still hadn't interviewed for his position so we didn't know we'd be moving here. Things happened pretty quickly when we got back to Illinois, and while I managed to get those 968 photos onto my hard drive, I never went through them until today -- three months to the date after we arrived for a ten day visit.

It's a strange feeling to look at photos taken on a vacation and realize you now live in that place. That hill we were playing on is now our route to school. Those cousins we usually see once a year we now see every few weeks. That pool is right outside our window. Sometimes it feels like we're still on vacation, but most of the time it feels like we've settled into a functional, everyday routine.

Montana is one of the reasons I got into photography; there is so much beauty and it changes by the second. These photos were all taken the first few weeks in July - before it got smoky. Pretty spectacular. I share today to put a little beauty out into the world. I hope you enjoy them.

Little Blackfoot River

MacDonald Pass

Little Blackfoot River

Sunset on the Little Blackfoot

Driving to Seeley Lake

Mount Helena from the backyard

Approaching the Little Prickly Pear