Facing the Storm
- www.kevin-palmer.com - The wind whistled across the prairie, bringing with it the smell of rain. Only a few old trees stood on this long abandoned homestead. But that’s all it took for cottonwood fluff to fill the air like snowflakes. To the west the sky grew darker, and the threatening clouds got lower and closer. Distant hills disappeared into the rain as the rumbles became louder. Clouds began to take on a blue-green hue, revealing the hail within. The nearest town is called Broadview and the name fits. To many, Montana is only the mountains and the more obvious scenery. But prairie covers about 60% of the state. This is also Big Sky Country. Where from one horizon to another, nothing impedes the view of the sky. Every day it puts on a show, whether it’s a colorful sunset or sunrise, the brilliant stars, or ominous storms like this one.
Facing the Storm
- www.kevin-palmer.com - The wind whistled across the prairie, bringing with it the smell of rain. Only a few old trees stood on this long abandoned homestead. But that’s all it took for cottonwood fluff to fill the air like snowflakes. To the west the sky grew darker, and the threatening clouds got lower and closer. Distant hills disappeared into the rain as the rumbles became louder. Clouds began to take on a blue-green hue, revealing the hail within. The nearest town is called Broadview and the name fits. To many, Montana is only the mountains and the more obvious scenery. But prairie covers about 60% of the state. This is also Big Sky Country. Where from one horizon to another, nothing impedes the view of the sky. Every day it puts on a show, whether it’s a colorful sunset or sunrise, the brilliant stars, or ominous storms like this one.