McDougalls Home » Montana http://mcdougallshome.net A Blog and Web Site About The McDougall Family Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:40:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mcdougallshome.net http://mcdougallshome.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/m-icon3.jpg McDougalls Home Lyle Schwabauer ‘sculpts from the heart’ http://mcdougallshome.net/2011/08/28/lyle-schwabauer-%e2%80%98sculpts-from-the-heart%e2%80%99/ http://mcdougallshome.net/2011/08/28/lyle-schwabauer-%e2%80%98sculpts-from-the-heart%e2%80%99/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:15:40 +0000 John http://mcdougallshome.net/?p=2544 Lyle Schwabauer - ArtistThe Helena Independent Record had a nice article about a friend of our family, Lyle Schwabauer.  Read the article HERE.  Lyle is a great artist, and a kind man.  If you are in the Helena area, stop by the studio at Upper Missouri Artists Gallery and see him at work.

– John

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– John

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As I travel around the state of Montana for my job, I come by some interesting sites.  One of my favorite subjects, is the interesting “Fence Post Art” around the state.  Here are a couple more fine examples.  Click one of the pictures to see larger views.  Click HERE to see more pictures that I have taken from around the great state of Montana.

- John

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Click the picture for a larger view.

Living in the Elkhorn Mountains in Southwest Montana, we are used to getting lots of snow.  We have been waiting for the usual spring snow storms to arrive, and they did not disappoint us.  Last night we got about eight inches of snow.  Here is a picture.  Notice the back of the basket ball backboard.  Yes, the kids have  been out playing  basketball in the nice spring weather that preceded the snow storm.

- John

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I cropped one of them and made it suitable for use as a desktop wallpaper.  Click the picture below, then right click and select “Save As” and save it on your computer.

- John

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The Weather Report V.S. Reality… The weather report says we are supposed to get less than a half inch of snow.  It has reported this for a couple of days.  It has been snowing steadily, but lightly, for over the past 24 hours and we now have close to a half a foot, not a half an inch.  Click on a picture to see a larger view.

We are used to living in this odd little weather bubble at Jefferson City, Montana.  I guess it is time to go plow the snow!

- John

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Click the picture to see more photos from around Montana.

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Click the picture to see a larger version.  And click HERE to see more pictures that I have taken from around the beautiful state of Montana.

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- John

Beautiful Montana Sunset Beautiful Montana Sunset

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