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Rock in any form is the planet’s heart, but outcroppings, big or small, aren’t all that common where Glacial Lake Missoula once

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Rock in any form is the planet’s heart, but outcroppings, big or small, aren’t all that common where Glacial Lake Missoula once existed.

Thus, it makes me smile when I come across more than loose sedimentary rocks that are eroding.

Be everwell.

A trail crosses a slope where there’s honey colored grass, red brush, and pine trees. It also passes over small rock outcroppings. The sky is mostly cloudy.

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Another cool morning with rain possible. It’s that time of year when the apartment’s temperature self-adjusts.

I haven’t run a

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Another cool morning with rain possible. It’s that time of year when the apartment’s temperature self-adjusts.

I haven’t run a fan (I don’t have AC) or heat for two weeks. Instead, I adjust my windows.

They slide horizontally so I can lock them in place.

Be everwell.

A trail climbs a rise through golden grass and passes between pine trees, mountains visible beyond, the sky cloudy.

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A new lichen friend, this one as big my hand. It’s like they’re on a mission all year to remind you what green looks like.

Give

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A new lichen friend, this one as big my hand. It’s like they’re on a mission all year to remind you what green looks like.

Given how cold it’s been this month, it’s easy to forget that, technically, it’s still summer. I’ve worn fingerless gloves each morning.

Be everwell.

A bright green wolf lichen sits a the junction of broken branches, pine needles on the ground beneath.

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I spotted this squirrel racing to the tree where it froze long enough to get a picture.

After that, it raced around, peaked at

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I spotted this squirrel racing to the tree where it froze long enough to get a picture.

After that, it raced around, peaked at me from the backside, leaped onto the fallen tree, and continued playing peekaboo.

It was an entertaining few minutes.

Be everwell.

A gray and white pine squirrel clings to the side of a ponderosa pine tree next to the trail, grass in the background. A pine squirrel moves through the branches of a fallen pine tree in the forest that looks like an exotic playground for squirrels.

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A cold morning after occasional drizzle during the night. This is great sleeping weather.

Actually, it’s great for a lot of thi

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A cold morning after occasional drizzle during the night. This is great sleeping weather.

Actually, it’s great for a lot of things, including writing.

It’s not so good for waking up, but I’ll get there after coffee. At least, I normally do.

Be everwell.

The view is across an ascending slope of golden grass where there are a few pine trees. Beyond is a mountain of forests and grassy slopes beneath a cloudy sky.

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Even in her darkness
there was light.
It was why,
in the night,
she could see wonder.

Be everwell.

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Even in her darkness
there was light.
It was why,
in the night,
she could see wonder.

Be everwell.

A mountain is silhouetted, the sun above it hidden behind clouds that are also silhouetted, but also forming a criss-cross pattern. A bridge structure, light pole, and distant mountain are all silhouetted in the morning sun that is hidden behind a smoky sky. Trees growing atop a rocky ridge are silhouetted, the distant clouds hiding a low sun that has turned the sky a bright yellow. Mountains are silhouetted as a sunset comes to a close. In the darkening sky are two points of light, one Venus and the other Jupiter.

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While hiking yesterday, I saw a herd of seniors moving downhill in the distance. At least a dozen of them.

Given that I hike al

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Good day!

While hiking yesterday, I saw a herd of seniors moving downhill in the distance. At least a dozen of them.

Given that I hike alone, it kind of made me feel like a senior predator.

Especially because I heard them long before I saw them. It was kinda strange.

Be everwell.

A trail curls up and to the right around a pine tree on the right as it emerges from the forest and crosses an open slope, the grass golden. In the distance is a broad valley, mountains beyond that. The sky is cloudy.

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Good day!

We had a bear attack here recently.

Did someone startle a bear deep in the backcountry? Were they unprepared in the wilds?

The

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We had a bear attack here recently.

Did someone startle a bear deep in the backcountry? Were they unprepared in the wilds?

The woman was walking her dog along the edge of the city. She survived, and is in serious condition in Seattle.

Be everwell.

A wet trail laden with pine needles passes through colorful brush and curls into deeper pine forest.

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Summit aside, of the 4 other prominences on Blue Mtn this one, the 2nd highest, doesn’t have an official trail to the summit.

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Summit aside, of the 4 other prominences on Blue Mtn this one, the 2nd highest, doesn’t have an official trail to the summit.

I found a faint one last year. The views are the best of the 4. Go figure.

Exploring the point has become a favorite activity.

Be everwell.

Across a vast field of golden grass, an almost pyramidal prominence rises out of the pine forest beneath a mostly cloudy sky.

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Gee, a tree.

A lovely ponderosa pine, perhaps lonely, but I didn’t take this picture for it.

I took it for the grass.

The gra

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Gee, a tree.

A lovely ponderosa pine, perhaps lonely, but I didn’t take this picture for it.

I took it for the grass.

The grass in the foreground, unlike most of the background, is a gold and brown mix, creating a pattern. I feared I couldn’t capture it.

Be everwell.

A narrow trail passes to the right of a line ponderosa pine tree, a forest in the distance beneath a cloudy sky. The golden grass in the foreground is a mix of brown and gold, but it’s a bright gold beginning a short distance beyond the tree.

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I did it!

I shot out of here and raced to the mountain. The air was rich with autumn and the approaching rain, not to mention

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Good day!

I did it!

I shot out of here and raced to the mountain. The air was rich with autumn and the approaching rain, not to mention last night’s rain.

For half the hike it drizzled. If in the open, the breeze was frigid.

As I reached my car the sky opened up.

Be everwell.

A puddle reflects a pine tree on a trail between grassland and forest. There are mountains in the distance, the sky cloudy.

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