Balcony view of the band stage setup for 406 shows off some of the many gorgeous lines and 1923 design details in Butte, Montana’s historic Mother Lode Theatre. (Click here to see ceiling detail at top of photo.)
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15 April 2024
13 April 2024
Looking Up - Mother Lode Theatre, Butte, Montana
07 April 2024
Looking Further - Ice & Stone 6 on Rattlesnake Creek, Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana
30 March 2024
Looking Into - Ice & Stone 5 on Rattlesnake Creek, Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana
"Sometimes a man walks into the night and does not understand why he cannot see. He blames himself for the dark he is in.”
- Henry Meloux in Manitou Canyon, p.107, by William Kent Krueger
29 March 2024
Almost Silence - Ice & Stone 4 on Rattlesnake Creek, Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana
“He didn't hear anything except flakes settling on pine and hemlock needles, a sound that was almost, but not quite, silence.”
-from Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming
24 March 2024
Seeing Inside Out - Ice & Stone 3 on Rattlesnake Creek, Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana
“For the world is--allow us the homely figure--the human being turned inside out. All that moves in the mind is symbolized in Nature.” - George MacDonald (1824–1905), in 1867 essay The Imagination: Its Function and its Culture
23 March 2024
Close Observance - Ice & Stones 2 on Rattlesnake Creek, Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana
“I draw, not to annoy people, but to amuse them, or to make them see things that are worth observing and that not everybody knows."
-Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) to brother Theo (1857-1891) in 1882
(Thanks to Ingrid Schaffner for Iincluding this quote in her lovely & instructive book The Essential Vincent van Gogh.)
16 March 2024
Letting Go - Ice and Stones on Rattlesnake Creek, Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana
“The truth about strong emotion is that it's difficult to sustain. Despite how victimized we feel, it's hard work hanging on to anger, even when it's tinged with righteousness. Holding a grudge against someone is (sometimes) more trouble than it's worth.” - Kinsey Millhone in R Is For Ricochet by Sue Grafton (1940-2017), p. 231