If there's one thing I love about Montana, besides the scenery of course, is that you can travel to somewhere new or somewhere you've been a hundred times and still see something new! It doesn't matter how many times we go to Glacier National Park, I still find something amazing to photograph. Maybe it's a different time of day or a new trail we're hiking. But, with a million acres, we'll never get to experience it all!
We always try to spend at least one day a week exploring somewhere as a family, be it Glacier National Park or another place we've read about or been told about. I love the excitement of seeing new places and finding cool things to photograph! More often then not, though, I still find my favorite photos are those of my children!
On one of our outings, we had stopped at a rest area to take care of business, throw away trash, you know the drill : ) But the kids find simple pleasures in things such as big, grassy fields at rest areas. So, we let them take a few minutes to stretch their legs and run around. My daughter LOVES flowers. Loves them. She is always picking flowers. On this particular day, we were collecting a bouquet for my mother-in-law, aka Nanu, even though she lives 2000 miles away. Luckily, we were able to cyber send Nanu's flowers to her via digital photography and email! Anyway, as I watched my daughter romping through the flowers, it made me smile at the simplicity of her favors. Before the stress of bills, work and family life, I was once that little girl and it took me back to a place I hadn't been in many years.
This picture, below, is my daughter blowing a "wish flower". I was able to catch her at just the right moment as she made her wish and set the seeds seeking safe haven in the grass. I'm not sure what her wish was, but I know that next time we visit that rest area, there will be lots more flowers for her to wish upon : )
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