18.6.07

Wind-Bent Gallardia


Wind-Bent Gallardia, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

Gallardia Bud Opening


Gallardia Bud Opening, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

17.6.07

Shadowed Woodland :: Brushstroke :: Flash of Light

14.6.07

Photo Friday: When she dances


When she dances

when she dances
earth and sky
bend with her

fire leaps
like hands
telling stories

river moves
in calligraphic
graces

mist shrouds
mountain shoulder
hidden

-- Maureen Shaughnessy


Today's post began with a randomly chosen prompt from Poetry Thursday, writing some words inspired by an image. I made the above collage for no other reason than "I had to," and the words just came as I watched what I was making.

Check out the other poetry posts for this week by clicking this button:


The Poetry Thursday crowd is on summer break which gives me "official" permission to do what I always do anyway -- that is, to ignore the weekly prompt. Or not.


also posted for the theme, Active:

13.6.07

Trinity


Trinity, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

Life spins light into
golden thread,
weaves warp and weft --
a tapestry of experience
that falls, unique for each of us,
from the loom.
-- M.S.

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Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by an unspeakably tender hand, placed beside another thread and held and carried by a hundred others.
-- Rainer Maria Rilke

12.6.07

Rocky Mountain Iris


Rocky Mountain Iris, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

Iris missouriensis

Found growing in meadows and along streambanks, often where apparently very dry, but always where moisture is abundant until flowering time, in western and central parts of MT. Also from B.C. to souther Calfornia, east of the Cascades in Washington, east. to South Dakota, North Dakota and south to New Mexico.

11.6.07

Lemonweed


Lemonweed, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

Lithospermum ruderale

Watch the slideshow with Flickr's new format. It's really beautiful: Gathering the Light

10.6.07

Last Summer's Legacy


Last Summer's Legacy, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

9.6.07

Fenceline and Storm


Fenceline and Storm, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

You go through farm fields on a winding dirt road up into the mountains. The valleys have been cultivated and the mountains are left wild. One of the things I LOVE about Montana!

7.6.07

Grove Shifting in Afternoon Light

worth viewing larger on black: 'Grove Shifting in Afternoon Light' On Black

part of the set, Solitude in Sepia

6.6.07

P-Town Painter Mounts Solo Show


Live Painting Sol Ball, originally uploaded by skuz.

If you're an art lover, and or live near or in Portland, please check out my blog post about my son's upcoming art exhibit.

Among Friends


Among Friends, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.



I have put together a set of photos from the same shoot, all can be seen here: Solitude in Sepia

5.6.07

The Road

The Road

If you'd like to see this photo larger, click here.


I have put together a set of photos from the same shoot, all can be seen here: Solitude in Sepia

4.6.07

Remnants of Former Residents


Remnants of Former Residents, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.



I have put together a set of photos from the same shoot, all can be seen here: Solitude in Sepia

3.6.07

Eriogonum


Eriogonum, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

Three


Three, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

2.6.07

Bluebells


Bluebells, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

1.6.07

River Birch


River Birch, originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

Photo Friday: Self Portrait


Engulfed, Copyright 2007 by Maureen Shaughnessy

In the pit - when I'm down in it long enough, existing seems to take up too much energy