Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Always do what you are afraid to do.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Winter Wonderland

We had a very sudden snowfall at the beginning of November, in one day it dropped about 6 inches of snow. I was really surprised because the day before had been warm and gorgeous.

Teton Mountains in black and white

Eyes are the window to a person's soul

Rock Climbing at Darby Canyon

A bunch of us wanted to go climbing last weekend so we headed over to Darby Canyon, only problem, it was raining and cold but we decided that didn't matter. These are only a few of the pictures I took since I took over 240 pictures.

Hiking in.
My pictures are out of order just so you know. Maynor was the last to climb.

Group shot! L-R: Lonnie, Carlos, Andrea, Heather and Maynor.

Half way up!

Carlos posing for me.

Andrea!

Andrea was the third climber. Heather was giving her some pointers. Heather was the first to make it to the top.

Lonnie was the first to climb. He started right after the rain had stopped so he didn't get very far because the rock was so slippery.

His "new" shoes that he got used from the school. Russian Thistle.

Driggs

18 mm f/4.5 1/640 ISO 250
18mm f/9 1/320 ISO 200

18mm f/9 1/250 ISO 200

18mm f/9 1/160 ISO 200

18mm f/9 1/20 ISO 200

Soapweed Yucca

This prickly fellow is Soapweed Yucca. This is one of the most useful plants there is, especially since it thrives in desert areas.

Common name-Soapweed Yucca

Latin name- Yucca glauca

Family- Agave

General info- 4' thick, round clump of leaves. Flowers 2", greenish white, cup-shaped, leathery. mostly drooping, abundant; on annual stalk. Leaves 2' linear, stiff, sharp; edges white, fibrous, shreddy.

Blooms- June through July

Habitat-Dry plains, foothills, mesas.

Range-Mainly east of the Continental Divide

Source: National Audubon Society, Field Guide the Rocky Mountain States.

Elephant's Head

This is one of my favorite flowers, I love elephants and no joke this flower resembles an elephant's head!

Common name- Elephant's Head

Latin name- Pedicularis groenlandica

Family-Snapdragon

General info- 16" with dense spike of many 3/4" pink flowers, each unmistakable shaped like an elephant's head with up-curved trunk. Leaves are fern-like, pinnately lobed, toothed.

Blooms- July through August

Habitat- Wet, high elevations, meadows, bogs, shallow streams.

Source- National Audubon Society, Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States.

Rabbit Stick

Sign at the entrance, Rabbit Stick is a week long event that teaches primitive or traditional camping skills. Like bow and arrow making, making cattail dolls, carving and navigation and mapping and tons more.
The main square or gathering place.
Nice guy who let me take his picture.

Handmade canoe (they teach this too).

Some of the campers, the little girl was really cute.

These are a memorial to friends who have passed on.

Maynor looking at the river.

Some one's tee pee, they were set up all over the place.

The "rabbit".

Sea Kayaks, they teach this the week before Rabbit Stick because it takes about 10 days to make. They start with a wooden frame and cover that with canvas and after hand stitching the canvas closed they cover it in polyurethane (I think that's what it is). They are watertight and the people we talked to really did use them on the sea. You can visit their web site to learn more, www.seawolfkayak.com.