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Early late September morning at Two Medicine Lake on the east side of Glacier National Park
Though there were no clouds, there was no wind which made for good conditions to highlight the reflections and colorful rocks.
Thanks for stopping in.
Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) form lifelong pair bonds, and--because they don't migrate--they defend their territories year-round. Photographed here is one such pair at the front end of a blizzard. The female is up top and the male below, and they can be distinguished by their facial markings. The male, proud of his 'moustache,' has painted it red. The female, perhaps a bit abashed, keeps hers black to match the majority of her coloration. These two will flit around in this forest until spring, spending the cold nights deep inside their tree cavity shelters. And in spring, the male with his showy stache will begin building a new home for his lady and coming babies.
We spoke to a ranger about this hike--from the Dempster Highway to Grizzly Lake, over Glissade Pass to Divide Lake, on to Talus Lake, and then back--before we started. He described the route over Glissade Pass, explaining, "You'll look down and say, 'that can't be possible,' but you just keep going." And that's exactly what we did say, and do, glissading down snowfields and scree. On the way back up the pass, by this point good and tired, we found ourselves sinking deep into the snow and scree, and experiencing the demoralization of actually sliding backwards after great effort. Since this photo is six years old, I won't try to build the suspense; after a lot of effort, we made it back to the tent:) Mrs. Orca making the arduous way from Divide to Grizzly lake over Glissade Pass, Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Territory, Canada.
While away at my Daughter's house to visit my newest Grandaughter and my other Daughter's big girl helping me bond with the new arrival.
(not my photo)
I also have a young grandson as well
I think Bella got these two and left them near the back door. This gifting happens every now and then.
These two trees are very hard to pass by without taking a photograph (there are loads on my stream) but in the weather on Sunday evening I was tempted to stay in the car. It was unpleasently cold and you can see the hail and snow blowing through the photo.
iPhone Hipstamatic
Two boxes that once contained cigars and cigarettes. The metal one is pre-WW2 and was a presentation metal box of Marcovitch ‘Black & White’ brand cigarettes. The wooden one is from the 60’s and originally held cigars made by B.A.T in Africa. That stood for British American Tanzanian tobacco.
I love the tag flickr automatically gave it; "Food". Maybe my foodie friends will like this photo? 😂
A Monarch and a Gulf Fritillary enjoy nectar together on a big pot of lantana in the backyard. They are still enjoying summer-like weather, too.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Two horses.
With Rothesay being the capital town, and the only town of the Isle the remainder of the Isle of Bute consists of farming.
The farming industry consists mostly of livestock such as cattle and sheep and the occasional horse.
These two horses were beside the dry wall fence and seemed quite accustomed to people as they expected handouts.
Isle of Bute.
Scotland.