late pics from from a roadtrip

pebbles carefully placed on a tree by a lake by persons unknown

 blue sky clouds snow-capped mountains and unending expanses of grassland 

cowboys casually wear cowboy hats in this part of the world 

a marmot pokes its head up to stare at an unfamiliar photographer

on a lazy afternoon grass-weed seeds float across the picture frame on a light summer breeze

artwork in a window of a downtown store late after closing hours 

as the sun sets to the west shadows form across mountains and prairie lands 

an endless number of meandering streams and rivers cross the landscape 

an eerie grove of ashen and burned trees litter the mountain high above the tree line