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| My "driveway" |
I still pinch myself! I get up first thing in the morning to take the dog outside only to watch the sun pop up above the mountains and spray down rays of sunshine through the branches of my own personal forest of towering Ponderosa pines. It's truly a glorious thing.
I really never thought I'd have my own 10 acres of Montana, (actually it's soon to be six acres-that's another story for another day) but now that we do I absolutely love it. There's really nothing like the smell of being in the woods in the mountains. A passing rain shower only enhances the senses.
Vegetation in the mountains is vibrant, colorful and brings life to everything--especially in the springtime. My favorites are the mighty Ponderosas. I love watching them sway in the breeze. When I'm hunting I love to take a break by sitting down and leaning against a pine tree on a mountain ridge to scan for animals and to just take in the landscape's beauty. We are fortunate to have hundreds of pine trees on our place which are a perfect compliment to the many wildflowers on the forest floor.
And seeing all the wild critters is a big, big bonus! After all, that is what Montana is all about. Right after we arrived at the new property, a serviceman claimed he saw a mountain lion walking across our place. If true, it's certainly not hard to see why. We had a whitetail doe that raised her three fawns in our neck of the woods. Last year, a big fur ball of a black bear ran across the dirt road right in front of my truck a mere 100 yards from our property. Just this spring, we saw a black bear sow climb down one of our trees some 40-50 yards off to the side of our home. Her cub shimmied down the next tree over. Other wildlife on the property include elk, wild turkey, raccoons, squirrels, and birds of all sorts including bald eagles, turkey buzzards, woodpeckers and an array of song birds. Having the neighbor's horses in our back pasture is a bonus as well.
The bottom line is there's a very calming influence to living out in nature. It's peaceful, relaxing and down-right enjoyable. Living there is a reward in and of itself.
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| Where we live |
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| Mama bear and her cub |
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| The back pasture |
And seeing all the wild critters is a big, big bonus! After all, that is what Montana is all about. Right after we arrived at the new property, a serviceman claimed he saw a mountain lion walking across our place. If true, it's certainly not hard to see why. We had a whitetail doe that raised her three fawns in our neck of the woods. Last year, a big fur ball of a black bear ran across the dirt road right in front of my truck a mere 100 yards from our property. Just this spring, we saw a black bear sow climb down one of our trees some 40-50 yards off to the side of our home. Her cub shimmied down the next tree over. Other wildlife on the property include elk, wild turkey, raccoons, squirrels, and birds of all sorts including bald eagles, turkey buzzards, woodpeckers and an array of song birds. Having the neighbor's horses in our back pasture is a bonus as well.
