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Lake Night (with Sagittarius)
We spent three nights at an excellent VRBO just across the street from Sanders Beach. The Patient Spouse went scuba diving in the lake one morning and the next evening I made some night photos. I was a little hampered by the exceedingly bright almost-full moon, but I was able to capture Sagittarius and just the tiniest hint of the Milky Way.
Sanders Beach
Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
photographed 8.31.2020
Tour Boat
Well, look at what I did! I took a photo with people in it. And I did it on purpose, too.
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
photographed 8.31.2020
In Motion
Lake Coeur d’Alene drains into what becomes the Spokane River at Post Falls, Idaho. In the late summer, the falls are slow but there’s still some nice water movement. If you like that sort of thing.
Post Falls, Idaho
photographed 8.31.2020
Colorful Butte
I know that Colorado has claimed “colorful” as their nickname, but don’t you think Butte is offering some pretty strong competition?
Butte, Montana
photographed 8.29.2020
You have been warned
Prior to becoming a photographer, I thought my artistic calling was in poetry. Yes! Poetry! I fell into this aspiration through attending the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, several times, a trip that’s not as off the wall as it sounds. Trust me. Anyway, as I got more knowledgeable about cowboy poets, I was able to take workshops with a couple of the very best writers in that field (or any writing field, if you want to know my opinion). And, while I did not pursue writing poetry to the extent I’d anticipated, I am eternally grateful to those poets, Linda M. Hasselstrom and Paul Zarzkyski; both of them took a strong interest in my work and were very encouraging. I am certain that the artistic confidence I began to feel during my work with both of them influences my photography.
Anyway, that somehow (believe it or not!) brings me to Butte, Montana. The only reason I planned a stop in Butte on our road trip was because I had many lines of Paul’s poem “Why I Like Butte!” in my head and felt that was enough to warrant a stop.
So, the only reason I know that laundromats in downtown Butte have very stern warnings taped to their windows is because of cowboy poetry.
Butte, Montana
photographed 8.29.2020
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