I HEART Polaroids

"raw" polaroid by Brian Rawson

"sunny days ahead" polaroid by Dasha!

I bought an old typewriter recently and did my first project -- typeface on a polaroid of Joyce and Jason just after the ceremony from their beautiful Montana wedding.
The theme is "going-to-the-sun" in line with the road through Glacier State Park.

Glacier

It is estimated that the glacier in Glacier National Park will be melted by 2020. We were lucky enough to stand on it today.

















The entire park is breathtaking. Here is why;

mountains, lakes, rocks, greenery, snow - just surrounds you

There is hidden beauty everywhere to be explored (and photographed)

There are lots of places to pull off and take it all in

And there are adorable bears

We ended our trip with a great Independence Day picnic at Haymoon Ranch, which included BBQ, pinata full of organic candies, a friendly soccer game, jacuzzi,  fireworks, a blazing bonfire and a happy (and tired) newlywed couple.

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Big Sky on Fourth of July

We have been spending time in Whitefish, Montana with our friends Jason and Joyce, who were just married yesterday. Jason and Joyce are outdoor adventurers so the location was very fitting. They had almost 80 friends and family gather together for the occasion and we met some very lovely people in the course of the extravaganza.  It was a rainy day but actually stopped raining for one hour in the afternoon, exactly at the time the wedding was scheduled.  I think there are only blue skies ahead for these two.  The wedding also gave me an opportunity to debut my new hat, which by the looks of the picture, has possessed me (and my boobs).

Me and Yahtzee have found lots of time to relax here and make time for recreational activities. I finished Peter Camenzind by Herman Hesse too, which I think is an earlier novel. I appreciate Hesse as a writer and interestingly, I relate to his characters. I really liked Hesse's poetic relationship and description of clouds, "And as the clouds are suspended faintheartedly and longingly and stubbornly between heaven and earth, the souls of men are suspended faintheartedly and longingly and stubbornly between time and eternity".

And for the adventures - here are some pictures of us zipping at Big Mountain.

And we found time to also play pool, dampfbad, sauna and jacuzzi, dance with cowboys and eat roadside cherries.

Enjoying a coffee and blogging break now at

Montana Coffee Traders

(this place deserves a blog of its own!)

then off to see the glacier in Glacier National Park.

US Rt 2 - eastbound

We left the wierdness of Leavensworth this morning - the McBavarolds making a lasting impression.

Our travels continued through Washington and Idaho states, passing through many small towns and gazing in awe at the beautiful scenery at every bend.

We made it as far as Libby, Montana.

Tomorrow we go to Glacier National Park for some outdoor festivities.