Fly fishing on the Madison

We got away for a few days last week to visit Emily and Spencer in Bozeman. It had been sooo long since we'd gotten out of town on a fun trip, that it felt like an escape from Alcatraz! Bozeman, MT was bustling with young people, as the home of MSU and was a nice change of scenery and especially eateries! Emily even showed us a gluten free cafe where the bread actually almost tasted like bread and not the usual cardboard with butter! We where planning on canoeing at Highlight Reservoir but alas it was closed for the season for yet two more days! So instead we went shopping for some fishing supplies and a new fly pole for Emily. She found the perfect one...an 8ft 5lb (line) pole in a brand called "Fly Girl"! We checked out the Madison River just a short ways away. (In Montana that means under 100 miles!) The water was eerily warm for the middle of May and there where actually peoples floating in inner tubes and other casual crafts which were unfamiliar to me...something like a wide surfboard in which you stand and paddle with a long stick like paddle. This is on a river mind you and not a lake! I was picturing myself on that thing and losing my paddle! (not a pleasant picture) I really wished I'd had my long lens when, almost on the other side of the river, came one of these board crafts with two dogs in the front leading the way and slowly meandering down the river with their captain paddling in the rear! The fishing wasn't great that day due to the warm water I suspect, but all in all, it was a perfect day to be in, on and near the water in Montana!

Which fly to use this time? Of course...the elk hair caddis again!

Decisions, Decisions. Soo many flies, so little time!

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy,  they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom ~ Marcel Proust

 We all have those special people in our life who plant seeds of joy in our hearts and nourish our souls.  It could be a mother,  a teacher, a child , a friend, or a grandparent.  It is easy to forget to let them know how much we appreciate the happiness they bring into our lives.  

 

This print is available as a greeting card or a print in my Etsy shop.

 

Happy Nurse's Day!

I created this blog many moons ago (last August) but today is actually my first blog post.  I am a writer by no means but I have a passion for photography and hope to share a small window of my world through here.

Today is National Nurses Day which is celebrated on May 6th and opens National Nurses Week which ends on the 12th, the birthdate of Florence Nightingale, so I'd like to share a photo and greeting card in my collection of  Karie's Cardiology that I took of my adorable granddaughter and her dolly with her mamma's stethoscope a couple years ago with a famous Helen Keller quote.

 I was always fascinated with the story of Helen Keller when I was young and still find it amazing to think that she was able to learn to read and speak and graduate from college and go on to become one of the greatest minds in our time, without the advantages of neither sight or hearing and yet her mind and her heart where still open to all the wonders of the world!  Such an inspiration for us all!

Acacia, my adorable granddaughter, with her dark sweeping lashes is a pure joy and an inspiration in my work.

Her mamma, my lovely daughter BethAnn is LPN and is working on becoming an RN. My youngest Emily is also studying to become a nurse. I think they will make wonderful nurses because they both have tender hearts and sharp minds.