In a single mistyped first name, our sitting Secretary of Agriculture has been transformed from a politician to a jazz legend. 😂

Beyond ready for the pendulum to swing back to an era where MT’s federal elected officials understand that one of the ultimate signs of credibility and status is being from Butte and having headframes in the background of your photos. Rest easy, Pat.

Anti-mass-tourism protestors be out here speaking my love language.

Westerly winds did such a beautiful job getting smoke from Canadian fires out of the valley today, but now Gates of the Mountains is ripping. ⚖️ 💀

White evening primrose in the Gardiner Basin joined by pronghorn, a road-crossing bullsnake, and the ever-present threat of any cow elk’s ambush if I unknowingly encroach on the site of a discreetly cached newborn.

Pasqueflowers starting to poke their heads out in the hills, auguring the rainbow of seasonal blooms to come and guaranteeing that a snowy squall will arrive in 2-3 weeks to cover all of them.

😂

The most spectacular mail of the literary variety I’ve received all year. 🤘🦬

Thrilled to see Costco now peddling pizza from these curbside ovens camouflaged as upright pianos that have seen better days.

Some wicked inversion yesterday in Upper Missouri River country. Black ice still down in town while melting frost and snow dripped from trees in the inversion zone. You could smell the change on the way up before you even felt the temperature jump.