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Right now the ranch is bursting with fruit.   Due to higher than average rainfall, it has been a stellar year for wild currants, gooseberries, and other fruits. Picking golden currants.    

Right now the ranch is bursting with fruit.   Due to higher than average rainfall, it has been a stellar year for wild currants, gooseberries, and other fruits. Picking golden currants.    

Just cleaning out an SD card and found some beautiful shots from April on the Ranch on the Idaho Montana border (Idaho side).  The ranch sites on the Continental Divide. I always love how big the sky looks in the Rocky Mountains.

One of my favorite birds and common here in Northern Illinois, the northern flicker.  A woodpecker that loves wooded areas.  I recently made a commissioned flicker which inspired me to paint this one also.   The lilacs have already come and gone.  But I still have a few photos of them on my phone.  I used this one as inspiration for the painting of the flicker.  

I already posted a video of our hike.  But here are some photos too. Wabash River. Ravines and sandstone gorges. Tulip poplar blossom.