IT'S AN AMAZING CHANGE OF LIFE HERE IN MONTANA. WHEN WE LIVED IN WASHINGTON STATE, DRIVING INTO THE LARGER TOWN NEAR US WAS JUST 10 MILES DISTANCE FROM OUR HOME, BUT WE WOULD PUT OFF THIS TRIP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID THE TIME AND ALL THE TRAFFIC. BUT TODAY, AS WE TRAVELED TO THE BIG CITY, I REALIZED THAT WE NOW GIVE NO THOUGHT TO THE FACT THAT OUR TRIP IS A DISTANCE OF 73 MILES ONE WAY AND FILLED WITH TERRIBLE TRAFFIC JAMS WHILE NEGOTIATING AROUND THE CITY. UNTIL WE CAN PURCHASE A CHEST TYPE FREEZER FOR FOOD STORAGE, WE TRAVEL THERE ONCE EACH MONTH WITH A COMPLETE SHOPPING LIST IN HAND. AND WE DO ENJOY MAKING A FULL DAY OF IT BUT AS WE LEAVE THE CITY AND BEGIN OUR TRIP HOME, WE BOTH NOTICE THAT BY EACH PASSING MILE WE ARE FEELING BETTER AND BETTER AND OUR MOODS BEGIN TO AUTOMATICALLY BRIGHTEN. AS WE PASS THROUGH EACH OF THE 4 SMALL TOWN ALONG OUR HOMEWARD BOUND ROUTE, THE TRAFFIC GOING OUR WAY BEGINS TO LIGHTEN AND BY THE TIME WE REACH OUR PART OF PARADISE WE ARE OFTEN THE ONLY CAR ON THE ROAD. AH, OUR REWARD FOR COMING HOME. HOME, SWEET HOME!
WE DID STOP AT A FARMERS MARKET IN ONE TOWN AND JW WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME ENGLISH GARDEN STYLE PEAS SO HE ENJOYED THEM ON THE WAY TO THE BIG CITY. WONDERFUL!
WE HAVE PLANTED THE SAME TYPE OF PEAS IN OUR LITTLE GARDEN AND THEY ARE NOW IN FLOWER SO WE HOPE TO HAVE PEAS TO HARVEST IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE PLANTS LOOK GREAT AS DO OUR TOMATO PLANTS WITH MANY YUMMY LOOKING TOMATOES STARING TO TURN THAT WONDERFUL RED COLOR. I CAN'T WAIT TO WALK OUT MY BACK DOOR AND PICK A GLORIOUS RED RIPE TOMATO RIGHT OFF THE VINE AND SIT RIGHT THERE AND EAT IT!! OH MY GOSH....NOW I AM HUNGRY!

THIS IS ANOTHER OF THOSE "A MOMENT IN TIME" CAUGHT BY SOME LUCKY PHOTOGRAPHER.