Summer Beauty

I took a little drive and short hike today and finally sat down to look at some other pictures I have taken this summer.  

Its going to be another beautiful harvest this year around here.  

The wheat is already turning and is tall and thick.

 I was pretty much alone in the Highwoods except for this lone John Deere.

 I was searching for Shonkin Sag.  The road had been washed out (talk about sagging!) so I ended up hiking down to look at the damage from the flooding and walking along some farm roads for a bit.

 Look at the rows of rolls they already have done!  I have always loved this sight.

 ...and I saw a duck...she wasn't too happy with me so I didn't stay long. 

 I don't know what kind of duck it is...yes, I have an app for that but haven't looked it up yet. 

I also saw some antelope and a pair of sandhill cranes that were all too skittish to let me get too close.

A few weeks ago we went out looking for wildflowers and found these balsam fields.

You often can see this white flower I call the Q-tip with the balsam. 

I knew the name while we were up there but it's gone from my mind.

 There was one lone white balsam in the field.

We saw a camas that looked like it was a siamese twin.

 I have taken some really great hikes so far this summer. 

This was taken on Scenic Point trail a few weeks ago.
It was a fantastic view of the Two Medicine area which is quickly becoming a favorite of mine.

The Going to the Sun Road opened yesterday and I'm headed back up to see what we can see.

It's been a summer of re-discovering and re-defining. 

I'm not sure I'm finding myself as much as re-creating.