last week,
august and i flew out to montana to meet up with andy who was already out there visiting his family. his parents recently bought a home
outside of bozeman and it has given us all a great excuse to vacation there. growing up, my family did the same. we spent many christmas' with relatives in my mother's home country, bolivia. the rocky mountain landscape of the western u.s. reminds me a lot of it. the bright sun, the dry air, the expansive blue sky and the jagged peaks that cut right into it. one of bolivia's most revered landmarks is
illimani. it stands magnificently tall and towers over la paz, dominating the city's skyline. those were the first peaks i ever saw and aside from a brief stint in colorado, they were my only real exposure to mountains. even though i've lived most my life on the east coast, i feel extremely connected to the mountains. something about them makes me feel at home. they fill the deepest parts of my soul and pull at it in heartbreaking ways, conflicting ways. like i know it's where i belong, but there's such an enormity to them that also feels a bit overwhelming. anyway, without getting too much more into it or before i get excessively poetic, ONWARD TO THE PHOTO PORTION OF THIS POST!
10 comments:
I love the mountains too. It doesn't feel like home to me but it makes me feel small and like there is so much beauty around us. It also reminds me that life is so much bigger than my tiny tiny world. Gorgeous photos Lucinda. That bath tub is too cute, August looks like he belongs in the old west :)
Lovely photos, Lucinda. I adore the photos of your boy in that old bathtub, and all of them, really. The neat thing about Montana, I'm learning, is the sheer scale of the landscape is so awesome and large. For example, that last shot of the rocks stacked all together, could be knee-height, could be a few inches, could be a giant mountain formation. So neat. So much beautiful sky! looks like you guys have the whole state to yourselves. xo
this area seems sooo refreshing! Nothing beats that fresh mountain air, I'm glad you got to enjoy it!
oh my. i absolutely love these photos. i feel so much the same as you describe. there is something about such environments that feels like home to me. like part of me is most myself there. but i think to visit. on my latest trip to montana i decided it would be a perfect place to have a cabin to retreat to. so lucky you! and i am excited to visit vicariously through you on your return visits. o
absolutely stunning pics. I love the mountains too. ideally mountains next to the sea. still looking for my ideal place in the world to settle down :)
thank you, petra. after all the amazing places you've seen/lived, i imagine it must be hard choosing just one!
true that! the air even *smells* cleaner. it was very relaxing.
I wish I could teleport into these photos right now! Oh, wouldn't that be something? I can almost smell that mountain air. I'm glad you had such a lovely getaway!
oh montana is just to die for gorgeous!
yes, it really is! thanks for visiting, love your site!
Post a Comment