Structure and form: elegant and elemental.

Ed and Marc in front of the old ranch house. Parts of the structure are original log construction from the 1800's, sound as a nut and good for another hundred years.

Maiden Canyon and the Judith Mountains near Ed's little piece of Heaven. A forest fire a few years back denuded the hills above his place, but spared the ranch.

On the high bench north of the Judith River, near Denton, Montana.

Evidence of heightened gang activity in Fergus County.

Square Butte, near Coffee Creek, Montana

Along the Missouri River in Great Falls, Montana. 52 degrees and raining on the Fourth of July! I remember other Fourths in Great Falls when the temperature was over 100 degrees.

After getting a slow leak fixed in my right front tire (not so easy on Sunday, the 4th of July), I stole an hour and visited the C.M. Russell Museum complex in Great Falls. Russell was one of the most famous of the 'cowboy' painters.

A bronze statue of Charlie Russell with palette and brush stands guard out front.

Great Falls has a number of painted fiberglas bison scattered about town to promote the city. This one graces the museum lobby.