You can read other posts that detail my complicated relationship with the lady in this photo (my bio-moms, yo!), but for now, just know that she regularly sent me cards that included photos of her life in Montana (and other western states when she traveled).
She was also super-good at being sure to write on the back of the pictures, which is how I know that *this* particular shot in the wild is from a trip she took with some of her grandkids to Browns Lake, Montana. As upcoming pics in this special twenty-year old summer series will show, it was a place for horseback riding and fishing -- lots and lots of fishing (as you'll see in the photo planned for two weeks from now). Until then, here's my (late) momma, happy in her environment, circa summer 1998.
