big sky dreams

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Bison Landscape

tonsofland:

made weak by time and fate.

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Kalispell | Montana

The road less traveled is always the more interesting one to me; who wants to follow the crowd.

slipshodphotog:

The road less traveled on Flickr.

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Yellowstone Photography | 

Mountains, Montana and horses; I always imagine Heaven to look like this.

yellowstonephotography:

© 2012 Ryan M. Bell Photography

Montana on Etsy | Montana Roots Map (ChildrenInspire)

Which part of Montana owns your heart?

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Road-tripping Yellowstone National Park | 

Even with sandwiches from the Pickle Barrel, drinks from the Coffee Creek drive-thru in Livingston and animal spotting along the way, it can be a very long day’s drive in Yellowstone National Park if you are two years’ old.

On this particular trip, we had to ‘entertain’ my daughter on the way home by burying her with jumpers in her car seat, so she could play hide and seek and then break out of them; again, and again, it was a LONG drive home. Yellowstone you are worth it.

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."

— Johnny Cash

Happy Birthday Levi Strauss | February 26, 1829 - September 26, 1902.

Everyone here is rockin’ vintage Levis today.

Mine is Always the Americano |

Do good coffee beans really need anything else?

A River Runs Through It | The Legacy

This year marks the 20 years since the premiere of A River Runs Through It. Carly Flandro of the Bozeman Chronicle has written an interesting article reflecting on the film’s legacy to Montana and fly-fishing. With thoughts from Norman Maclean’s family and the original fly-fishing advisor, Dan Bailey; if you love this movie, or Montana, read the full article.

(Source: twitter.com)

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Montana on Etsy | Grain Elevator, Wilsall, Montana

Along with Paper and Canvas, I also found this building fascinating; you can see my photograph, taken in 2009, here. More about grain elevators; an icon of the American west here.

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Beartooth Pass | Montana 2007

Charles Kuralt proclaimed it to be ’the most beautiful drive in America’. The Beartooth Highway is the section of US Highway 212 between Red Lodge and Cooke City, Montana. It has a series of steep zigzags and switchbacks to the 10,947 ft high Beartooth Pass. I was so glad to be in the passenger seat on this drive.

Hudson Bay Inspired Crib Blanket | Purl Bee

"The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong."

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Visit America’s National Parks | 

(Source: joshmedrano)

Days Aren’t Long Enough | Steve Earle and Allison Moorer

The husband and I heard Steve & Allison sing ‘Days Aren’t Long Enough’ in Bozeman; great song.