Skywatch Friday: Montana Skies, Flower Buds

Despite the look of yesterday's sky, the spring rains have been letting up a bit on Butte America. It rains every day, but not so much:

And there have been some breaks from the clouds, too, like this morning's foggy view to the mountain peaks of the Pintler Wilderness 25 miles or 30 miles west:

The Big Hole River is starting to come down a bit. Oldtimers say when the lilacs bloom on Park Street, the salmonflies hatch on the Big Hole. Won't be long:

The apple blossoms are budded up, too--though most of them froze off in the unusually cold weather last month:

Ah, life at 6,000 feet on the Continental Divide of Montana's Northern Rockies: it's not heaven, but you can see it from here.