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Borrego Springs, CA

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Bozeman and butterflies

I had a long list as I headed out to Bozeman, MT, yesterday.  Besides groceries, I needed to purchase an air compressor, and I also ended up buying a printer at Wal-Mart.  It was a 230 mile round trip, without a whole lot of excitement along the way.
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The raft companies where doing a good business along the Gallatin River.
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I did see a nice adult bald eagle during my brief 20 mile pass through the edge of Yellowstone on US 191.

Once I  got home, a pretty strong storm blew through the valley.
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It left an eerie light over the campground, and a nice rainbow lighting the mountain ridge.

Mid morning today, I took Emma for a long walk on some of the dirt roads surrounding the campground.  I brought my camera along hoping to get some more wildflower pictures.
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I did get a couple, but the astounding thing was the thousands of butterflies that surrounded us.  It was like being in one of those butterfly enclosures in a zoo.
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I wondered if it was because of last night’s heavy rain that there were so many on the ground.
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This variety really seemed to like the Astor-like blooms. 

Maybe you can guess that I have another question about Blogger.  I changed the header picture today and I can’t figure out how to get the picture to fit the space.  If I shrink it to fit, this is what happens.  If I don’t shrink it, it is way too big and only a portion of the picture shows.  I’ve gotten such great help with my other questions, I thought I’d throw this one out for suggestions.
IMG_3258 I’ll leave you tonight with last night’s sunset after the storm.  :)

Thanks for stopping by….talk to you later,  Judy

14 comments:

  1. Those are pretty great pictures for a a not so exciting day!

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  2. nice pictures today, Judy..love the final one!!..as for help..you know who you to ask!!??

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  3. I adore butterflies! So glad you got to have them fly around you today. What a treat!

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  4. I really like the heading picture just the way it is, great detail. The rest are wonderful too.

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  5. I had that same 'header' question a couple years ago & a reader sent me this....

    "GO TO PICSA3 PICTURE EDITING, A FREE PROGRAM FROM GOOGLE, EDIT MY PICTURE AND THEN HIT "EXPORT" A LITTLE BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM. WHEN THE NEXT BOX COMES UP ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN CLICK RESIZE AND TYPE IN "945" PIXELS. CLICK "OK".
    GO TO MY PICTURES, OPEN THE FOLDER PICSA EXPORTS AND THEN UPLOAD THAT PICTURE TO YOUR HEADER.

    You may have to play around with that 945 number a bit to get the right fit though. Because not all computer screens are the same dimensions header pics do not fit everybodies screen the same way. I changed my header pic last night too & it fits my new Toshiba larger laptop screen perfectly but it bleeds off to the right on my older & smaller laptop.

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  6. Judy, your pictures of the buterflies were great, I am trying to think of a good outing here to put my camera to the test. By the way what printer did you go with, just curious, because I am getting such good results from the $40 Canon I got at Walmart. Be safe out there, Sam & Donna.

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  7. Your pictures today are just beautiful!! You have such talent with the camera. Mike and I are still in the learning mode (as we all are ) and hope one day we can develop and eye such as your.

    Mike & Gerri (happytrails)

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  8. Al is correct when he says you'll have to resize your photo to approximately a 945 pixel width to get it to stretch across the screen. The best place to start would be with the image right out of your camera as it will be wider than 945px. Then, like Al says, use Picasa export to resize the width to 945px. From there you can crop the picture to obtain the exact height you want.

    The blog pics are terrific!

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  9. Amazing pictures! Beautiful butterflies. Awesome sunset. You have an excellent eye for detail and I always enjoy your photos.

    Kerri in AL :-)

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  10. Spectacular sunset photo! Wish I was there.

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  11. The fritillaries you took pictures of are only found in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Are you sure you know where you are?

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  12. Go away for a day and Craig starts posting comments! Just because he had a butterfly collection when he was 12 he seems tp think he knows something.

    Maybe I should deflate him. :0~

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