The Vivacious Lilac Size:8x10 print only

The Vivacious Lilac Size:8x10 print onlyThoreau said, "Still grows the vivacious lilac a generation after the door and lintel and the sill are gone, unfolding its sweet scented flowers each spring." Here it's evidenced as a lilac blooms near a Montana homestead that has long ago sunk into the ground leaving only a broken corral and this beautiful bush.

For a moment

contrasted against the soft glow of green moss

and air temperature

preserving the delicate balance in an unforgiving environment

these bees spend virtually all their time during the day collecting pollen which will help form the honey they live off during Montana's long winters

and a time of year hard to beat in terms of beauty

ice receding to reveal clear water more than 150 feet deep

This photograph is the combination of four separate photos

winter nights

I could almost sense the world's relief at the prospect of longer days

It's not hard for me to imagine a Sunday service letting out with a mix of horses and Model T Fords waiting exactly where I set my tripod

I heard pairs of geese calling and had a string of cow elk come to drink just downstream from me