We had RAIN yesterday -- lots of it, washing over the overheated, parched Flathead Valley and smokey West Glacier area. On my trip out to to Big Sandy, Montana and back (see below) I saw a full-sized Whitetail Buck with large velvet-covered antlers, Eagles, Hawks, a Great Blue Heron, an Antelope, Canadian Geese, and a Mountain Goat.

Footbarn's Celebration of Theatre: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Ida's Places in Paris -- from my first jet-lagged day by the Seine.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!
Spitfires of the Spaceways
UPDATED! Wilma Deering & Dale Arden to the rescue; Bodacious Princess Aura I; Hapless Aura II; The fiery Emperor Ming; and BOTH incarnations of Jean Rogers!

Charity Alert: Make a resolution this Summer to click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: I returned Jeff Walker's artwork to it's owners, driving in tandem with the Hockaday's director. There were forest fires on the East side of the mountains, but we stated seeing real clouds -- with rain in them, which made our long day much easier to take. When we came back West through Glacier National Park, there were wonderfully wet thunderstorms pouring down rain all over everything. Kalispell itself was a bit hit-and-miss, but we still got lots of moisture, plus cooler temperatures.

Media Watch: Shaun of the Dead was pretty funny -- a bonehead comedy version of zombie movies by New Zealand film maker Edgar Wright. Both lead actor Simon Pegg and the director get credit for the script too. Pegg's performance was excellent!


Monday night sunset at Dry Bridge Slough
with Venus and the New Moon.