No Christmas without baking...
... and getting a tree in the mountains.
Two bald eagles by the Boise river portend good things for 2025!
Without words
Taking fall pictures
Catching up with October
And a momentous event
Less momentous but enjoyable fall weather nevertheless
Catching up with August, here is our birthday child.Â
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Concert at the Chateau
What a great hike at 2000 m elevation, when the valley is full of wildfire smoke.
Trying on hats at the Hyde Park Street Fair
With fewer kids needing attention, we are free to enjoy some hiking in the Sawtooth wilderness.
This area is just south of Redfish Lake, where a fire just recently brought a lot of smoke and closed campgrounds.
Our land is getting warmer.
Today we are not celebrating Helena's birthday. But it's coming up.
It's vacation time.
We discover beautiful hikes around Big Sky, Montana.
The Hyalite Canyon area gives us our own little camping peninsula.
The family has reduced in size.
Views of Hyalite Canyon from the lake
This is Max. He is a juvenile at 1100 pounds, and still growing.
A pair of cute round grizzly ears.
No words
The Archie Bray Foundation, outside of the capital Helena, is worth a visit.
While in Butte, we are exploring mining history on the "richest hill on earth".
And then we are enjoying music and vibe at the Montana Folk Festival.
Camping by the Payette River in Lowman.
Nearby, the wildflowers are everywhere.
School is over, but there are science projects to be conducted.
If you haven't seen the Weiser Fiddle Fest, come and visit us in June. Right before the actual Old Time Fiddler's Context, there is the Banjo Camp, banjo competition, and a myriad of concerts and jam sessions featuring Bluegrass, Oldtime Fiddle, Texas Swing, Gypsy Jazz, and all sorts of other music. All played by a wild mix of hobby and professional musicians.
Welcome to prom season! Practice for next year.
At the Phil.
Birthday party with fancy dress.
Have you seen the Barbie movie?
The two ladies at the dinner table.
An artist showing her work
(the one with the moon and stars)
We learn how to make real guacamole
(Sorry Germany, no garlic)
Hike with a view
Finally snow to play in!
Sunset in the mountains
Yoga at home
On stage performing a concert for the gospel workshop of the Idaho Black Community Alliance
And here a few late-arriving pictures from the forest.
Someone was having fun.
While borrowing a tree from the mountains.
Christmas chat with Germany.
"Ice" skating on the new plastic surface at the Grove Plaza downtown.
The New Year 2024 greeted us with dense fog.