CMMC Pick a Topic: Reflections on Water

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I knew immediately which picture I wanted to share for this week’s Midweek Madness Challenge when I saw Cee’s challenge photo (see it here)! I’m mesmerized by the reflection in the surface ripples of water – both in Cee’s photo and mine (above).

This next photo is of the same area – just further away and from a different angle.

The last three photos were taken in quick succession a little earlier on the same day in the same place – November 4, 2022 at Riverfront Park, Billings, Montana. I was just starting my walk when a flock of geese flew overhead, circled and landed on the water.

CMMC Color: Tangerine Orange

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Cee’s Midweek Madness November Color Challenge is tangerine orange. What I found in my digital files is an eclectic mix: the top of a hot air balloon as it is being inflated, a globemallow flower, an Icelandic poppy, and some of the ingredients for making sundaes and orange (or root beer) floats.

CMMC: Words with Two Letters “R”

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This picture of bubbling chokecherry syrup was the first I considered in response to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge of words with two letters “r.” A friend had given us a bottle of chokecherry juice to make into syrup and after adding sugar and bringing the mixture to a boil, I had to grab a camera. The bubbles were prettier in person, but chokecheRRY fits this week’s challenge!

Riverfront Park was on the agenda for a walk yesterday. It wasn’t until on my way there I realized the words river and riverfront meet the challenge! The Yellowstone River is pictured above and some meRRy friends at RiverfRont Park are shown below.

Heading home on Rimrock Road after running errands, I realized the largest feature of the landscape here in Billings also fits the challenge: rimrocks! The city is located in the Yellowstone Valley, bordered to the south by the Yellowstone RiveR and to the north by the RimRocks. Read more about the rims on Wikipedia.

This picture of the rimrocks was taken at Phipps Park on the northwest corner of Billings. Bonus for this week’s challenge: a railroad line!

Just because I have it, here’s a picture taken a week ago from the top of the rimrocks, looking SSW over the city.

CMMC “Pick a Topic” challenge: Trees in a Park

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Pioneer Park, Billings, Montana, October 11, 2022.

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge “Pick a Topic” photo this week included a park with playground equipment, people, and trees. If you look closely, you can see all three in the photo above.

Zoo Montana / Yellowstone Arboretum, Billings, Montana. October 15, 2022.

A visit to Zoo Montana / Yellowstone Arboretum last weekend yielded more than a few pictures of trees in park setting.

Zoo Montana / Yellowstone Arboretum, Billings, Montana. October 15, 2022.

Two of my favorite people happen to be standing on the bridge.

Fall Colors @ Riverfront Park

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A few autumn leaves and other fall color. These photos were all taken at Riverfront Park, Billings, Montana on Saturday, October 8, 2022.

Yellow becomes brown in a hurry!

Blue and white aren’t typically thought of as “fall” colors. But ripening berries and the seeds of milkweed are part of the landscape!

Posted as part of Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge. Although I certainly could have used it for her Midweek Madness Challenge yesterday!

CMMC: October Autum Colors

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With Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge of “October Autumn Colors” in mind, I carried my camera on walks in Billings city parks over the last several days. There weren’t nearly as many yellows, oranges and reds as I expected! Here is an early October 2022 glimpse of the varied vegetation in Montana’s largest city (population 117,116).

Riverfront Park, Billings, Montana. October 8, 2022.

The Yellowstone River marks the southern edge of Riverfront Park – a place flooded by the river back June. Dirt trails to the river’s edge take off through the woods from the single paved path.

Phipps Park, Billings, Montana. October 10, 2022.

Phipps Park is in the Rimrocks on the northwestern edge of Billings and includes a steep hike to the top. Once at the top, there’s plenty of open space to roam.

Pioneer Park, Billings, Montana. October 11, 2022.

Closer to the center of Billings, Pioneer Park is far more developed than either Riverfront or Phipps Park. While there are many amenities (see https://www.billingsparks.org/location/pioneer/), the tall trees are the best reason to walk there.

CMMC August Pick a Topic: Ship and Water

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Ship on the Columbia River; west of Astoria, Oregon. October 13, 2011.

Cee’s photos in her “pick a topic” for this week’s Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge made me think of vacations in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. So I searched through digital files for this week’s challenge and found three to share.

Shipwreck, Oregon Coast, Pacific Ocean. May 12, 2010.

Are fisherman’s boats also called ships? Probably not. But I liked the reflections on the water in this last picture.

Fishing Boats, Fisherman’s Terminal, Seattle, Washington. October 7, 2018.

CMMC August Color: White

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White seemed an unusual color for a hot air balloon, but with a little sunshine, a beautiful blue sky and fluffy white clouds I thought it rather striking!

Though I’d missed the launching of balloons at the Big Sky International Balloon Rendezvous 2022 that morning I thoroughly enjoyed chasing balloons as they traveled east of Billings, Montana. This second photo was taken seven minutes after the first one.

Early the next morning I was at the launch site and got a shot of the white balloon being filled with hot air.

Posted in response to Cee’s Midweek Madness Color Challenge – White.