@rayinmontana.bsky.social
Retired hydrogeologist and environmental/regulatory affairs manager, husband and father, amateur painter and guitar player, animal lover, social liberal, values integrity and fairness, driven to social media by recent US and world political events.
We did the package deal too! So glad we did🙂
December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We did the package deal too! So glad we did🙂
Maybe instead of adopting for Christmas Day, give a “gift card”paying the adoption fees and setting up a visit to the shelter, just to be sure that pet is truly wanted and won’t be returned. Pets are a big commitment but, if you willing to go all in, you won’t regret it. Shelter pets are the best!
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Maybe instead of adopting for Christmas Day, give a “gift card”paying the adoption fees and setting up a visit to the shelter, just to be sure that pet is truly wanted and won’t be returned. Pets are a big commitment but, if you willing to go all in, you won’t regret it. Shelter pets are the best!
Thanks, you too. Your uplifting messages are appreciated!
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thanks, you too. Your uplifting messages are appreciated!
I kinda like trees and sky as well.
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I kinda like trees and sky as well.
With Thanksgiving coming up, here are some Fall pics to celebrate the season!
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
With Thanksgiving coming up, here are some Fall pics to celebrate the season!
Since, apparently, it’s going to be politics as usual in DC, it’s time to focus instead on what brings us joy. Edward Hopper painted what he saw around him. No hidden meanings, just what he liked. My favorite is Freight Cars, Gloucester (1928). Wonderful composition, color scheme and subject matter.
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Since, apparently, it’s going to be politics as usual in DC, it’s time to focus instead on what brings us joy. Edward Hopper painted what he saw around him. No hidden meanings, just what he liked. My favorite is Freight Cars, Gloucester (1928). Wonderful composition, color scheme and subject matter.
My first doggo, Halibut, was a border collie mix. There wasn’t a dog out there that could keep up with her, and she was as smart as a whip too. After 30+ years I still miss her a bunch.
September 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My first doggo, Halibut, was a border collie mix. There wasn’t a dog out there that could keep up with her, and she was as smart as a whip too. After 30+ years I still miss her a bunch.
Stitch says “hi Izzy”, and that you’re a very good human😉
July 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Stitch says “hi Izzy”, and that you’re a very good human😉
Spot on. Scary part is how many Americans are oblivious to the insidious propaganda being used to make it all seem “normal“. Posting images like this may appear to be humorous, but there is a dark purpose behind it.
July 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Spot on. Scary part is how many Americans are oblivious to the insidious propaganda being used to make it all seem “normal“. Posting images like this may appear to be humorous, but there is a dark purpose behind it.
Stitch is asking if he can come to your next bbq?
July 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Stitch is asking if he can come to your next bbq?
Picked up the brushes again after a 40-year hiatus and career path that took me in a different direction. First one I completed is a view of the Elkhorn Mtns, the second I just finished are trees in front of the house. Still practicing but, it’s a start. Forgot how much work/fun painting can be.
May 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Picked up the brushes again after a 40-year hiatus and career path that took me in a different direction. First one I completed is a view of the Elkhorn Mtns, the second I just finished are trees in front of the house. Still practicing but, it’s a start. Forgot how much work/fun painting can be.
Right on, Gabby! Better days are coming for our country after the next election cycle. In the meantime, I’m with you. Let’s enjoy the natural beauty around us, including those clouds😉
May 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Right on, Gabby! Better days are coming for our country after the next election cycle. In the meantime, I’m with you. Let’s enjoy the natural beauty around us, including those clouds😉
Thanks, we’re just going to take it easy today.
May 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Thanks, we’re just going to take it easy today.
Miss Kitty (Lilo) and her brother Stitch thank you. They found their forever home with us in December 2023.
April 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Miss Kitty (Lilo) and her brother Stitch thank you. They found their forever home with us in December 2023.
Stitch has all the tenacity of a terrier, and then some. He may not be very big, but he has the heart of a lion. So glad he found his forever home with us😊
April 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Stitch has all the tenacity of a terrier, and then some. He may not be very big, but he has the heart of a lion. So glad he found his forever home with us😊
They are cool. This guy was hanging around us when we visited Yellowstone a few years back.
April 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
They are cool. This guy was hanging around us when we visited Yellowstone a few years back.
Gotta get away from politics this weekend (if possible). The more crap I see the more it makes my blood, well, you know…
April 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Gotta get away from politics this weekend (if possible). The more crap I see the more it makes my blood, well, you know…
We lived in Leadville, CO for 10 years. At over 10,000’ in elevation you have to like snow (and lack of oxygen 😂). But you didn’t have to go very far out of town for breathtaking scenery.
April 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We lived in Leadville, CO for 10 years. At over 10,000’ in elevation you have to like snow (and lack of oxygen 😂). But you didn’t have to go very far out of town for breathtaking scenery.
Miss Kitty says “same to you”
April 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Miss Kitty says “same to you”
Miss Kitty says👍
April 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Miss Kitty says👍
Miss Kitty says thanks!
April 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Miss Kitty says thanks!
We all should be surrounding ourselves with what brings us joy.
April 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We all should be surrounding ourselves with what brings us joy.