Weeks 5-5--11 thru 5-26--6-1-12 - Butte, Montana and Idaho

Week 5-5 thru 5-11-12:

Pulsatilla -  an ephemeral spring flower that's all over sage lands right now

 A driveway

 Squash starts!

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Week 5-12 thru 5-18-12:

 Gold Bug Hot Springs

 Sandhill Cranes migrating

Wild orchids in the woods

Beavers after the aspens

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Week 5-19 thru 5-25-12:

 Hiking in the White Clouds

 Ghost town, notice the teepee structure covered in corrugated tin

 The view from our work site

 An old mine at one of my work sites

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Week 5-26 thru 6-1-12:

 Swallows galore in the Big Hole Valley by Wisdom, MT

 Virginia City, MT

 Memorial Day, MT

 Wouldn't be Memorial Day Weekend without 4 inches of snow

 Great Northen Carousel in Helena, MT

Butte, MT at sunset

Weeks 4-21--27 and 4-28--5-4-12 - Westward, ho!

Week 4-21--27-12 - Michigan, Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota:

Oikos Greenhouse, Lawton MI

 Chicago IL

 Door County, WI

Leaving Washington Island WI

 Minnesota

Badlands National Park in SD

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Week 4-28 thru 5-4-12 - Jackson WY, and Clayton ID:

 Jackson, WY

 The prairie dogs abound - I spent 3 days chasing this one out of the house.

 Mackay, ID

 Sawtooths, Stanley ID

Fresh dusting of snow on a moose paddle

Weeks 3-17 thru 4-20-2012 - Spring in the Northeast

Week 3-17 thru 3-23-12 - Boston MA, New Haven CT:

Old Church near Newbury St in Boston, MA

Giuliana's 1st Birthday

Pigeon Feathers

 Red Maple, baby samaras

 Tai Qi Babysitting

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Week 3-24 thru 3-30-12 - Jericho VT and New Haven CT:

 Sugaring - with such a mild spring, by opening weekend for sugar houses, taps were already dry

 Jericho, VT

 Judges Cave, West Rock Park, New Haven CT

 New Haven CT - view of a turkey vulture from West Rock Park

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Week 3-31 thru 4-6-12 - New Haven, CT:

 Old grave

 Ice from the Yale Hockey Rink, dumped in piles outside after the end of hockey season

Yale Farm and Observatory

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Week 4-7 thru 4-13-12  - Boston MA, Franklin MA, and New Haven CT:

Little Gym with Biftu in Woburn, MA

Easter Sunday, Franklin MA

  

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Week 4-14 thru 4-20-12 - Albany NY, Bennington VT, New Haven CT, and Philadelphia PA:

 Covered bridge, Rte. 8, Massachusetts

 View of Bennington Monument from Southern Vermont College

 Tusker's 1st Birthday, Scantlebury Park, New Haven CT

 Gail's backyard, Delmar NY

 City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Philly skyline