I received in the mail an interesting letter from the Illinois Monarch Butterfly Project. Milkweed for Monarchs. It came with packages of milkweed seeds.
Did you know monarch butterflies can only lay their eggs on milkweed flowers?
Aid Station by Goldstone Mine.
The ranch sits on the border of Idaho and Montana, right as Idaho is tapering into the chimney shape at the midway up the state on the east side. The border is the continental divide, which is the top of the waterways. Water to the West runs to the Pacific. Water to the East runs eventually to the Atlantic. Soooo... This weekend a fairly new and fast-growing event took place along the continental divide. It's an endurance race like no other.
I hope to paint these mountain flowers soon. The red flowers are called Indian Paintbrush.
Dusty is a paint horse who is very happy to see me. He and his friend Tuffy (across in a different pasture so he can be caught) are both paint horses and have the lovely two toned coloring.
Every day Dusty comes and says hi. I didn't get a chance to ride him this week but hope to soon.
