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The Festive Alley

“Festive” isn’t generally the first word I come up with when I think about Butte, which is why these lights hanging on a jaunty line in an alley were a bit of a surprise.

Butte, Montana
photographed 8.29.2020

Moon Tree

Of course, everyone knows you’re not supposed to shoot the night skies when the moon’s full. That’s the Main Rule.

Yet, there I was. Although to my (very slight) credit, I was there one day after it was full. But when trips have to be scheduled around other things, and when night-sky photography isn’t the main reason for travel, sometimes you have to take what you can get. And what I got was a nice dead tree – on the edge of a cemetery, even – and a shy moon peaking out.

Greenwood Cemetery
Palouse, Washington
photographed 9.3.2020

Cairns

I like how the golden color of those cairns is mirrored in the wheat fields below.

Steptoe Butte State Park, Washington
photographed 9.1.2020

Sod Roller

If I’m in a cemetery, I will always check out the groundskeeper’s shack. It’s just a thing I do. Sometimes it isn’t worth the (very small) effort, but other times, there’s a sod roller leaning against the wall.

Greenwood Cemetery
Palouse, Washington
photographed 9.3.2020

Herds

And there were herds of various things, all in one viewfinder.

Dusty, Washington
photographed 9.2.2020