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Inland Salish Journey Fur Trade to Settlement
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Shed and Darkroom Project
This post is some means of explaining what I have been up to the last few months. Moving to the US has meant we have a much smaller house and the consequence is that there is not enough room for a dedicated darkroom. I decided last year that it would
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Cold Weather
We have just gotten past a couple of weeks of persistent sub-zero temperatures (Fahrenheit). Walking the dog was a challenge as her feet would get too painful to continue after just two blocks. I would pick her up and carry her home. After a couple of days we got her
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Mineral Point and Larches
There is a wonderful hike at Mineral Point that overlooks Lake Pend Oreille. The trail starts at a summit and winds through pine, cedar and fir forest before ending on the shore at Green Bay. This time of year is when the larch show themselves. The aspen, poplar, and birch
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Along the Kootenai in Fall
The pre-dawn Saturday morning sky was clear of clouds with a gradient of light in the east the prelude sunrise. Jupiter and Venus were visible in the western and eastern skies. Mollie and I walked in the clear dry autumnal air through Sandpoint. It was a good day for a
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Odin Bay
Near Sandpoint is a short trail near Odin Bay on Lake Pend Oreille. There were a lot of Nordic immigrants in the area and so some of the place names take on that character. (In addition to French and Scottish amongst others.) The trail is a favorite of Mollie’s
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A Return to Roosevelt Grove in Fall
Last summer I visited Roosevelt Cedar Grove for the first time. It is a place that was preserved by President Theodore Roosevelt at the behest of a local forester in the early part of the 20th century. The trees are estimated to be between 800 and 2,000 years old.
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Ross Cedar Grove Montana
Here is the northern Panhandle of Idaho it is a relatively short drive to Canada and two states (Washington and Montana) in the cardinal directions North, West and East. I tried visiting Ross Cedar grove last May but was thwarted by the remnants of a heavy snow pack from the
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Fisherman Island at Sunset
A short video vignette
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Morning Sunrise from Sandpoint
I was out for my morning walk down to the City Beach park and on this morning I brought my camera. The sun was not up yet and the sky was very hazy and overcast. I wasn’t expecting much this morning but even these well-traveled mundane walks have turned
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A Tale of Two Days on Lake Pend Oreille
The nice summer weather that has come early this spring has now surrendered to hot afternoons with blooms of thick white clouds over the peaks that evolve to anvil topped thunderheads. The day before yesterday a thunderstorm blew up from the south as I was talking to my neighbor on
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Monarch Mountains
The Monarch mountains define the eastern shore of Lake Pend Oreille. Their thickly forested heights rise sharply more than 3,000 feet from the shore of the lake and undulate as a series of inverted V’s to the eastern horizon. Forest Service roads wind across their slopes and ridge