Bert Gildart: Writer and Photographer

©Bert Gildart: Been ridin’ the range out here in southwestern Montana with my “Soiled Dove,” and we decided to have us a picture made in  Virginia City, a territorial capitol of Montana.  Hopefully it will be used as the insert of a book we are now researching on this incredible state. (Incidentally, Karen, a “Soiled Dove” is not a “dirty bird.”)

SHE DONE THE BEST SHE COULD

Abbigail Lee at Montana Picture Gallery in Virginia City done the best she could with what she had and went all out with  attire on hand to make us look the way we both know we looked in other lives.  Back in those days I hope I was an old cowboy, perhaps a little like Gus or Call from the TV series “Lonesome Dove.”  Janie wanted to be Kitty, from “Gunsmoke,” but she particularly seemed to enjoy resting a small pistol next to the side my head.

Though we hoped we might have been riding good sturdy steeds, in this life our hoss is a Dodge ¾ ton pickup and our wagon is an Airstream.  From our wagon we’ve been a-postin’ lots of little stories on, this, the nation’s fourth largest state, and it is what we’ll be a-doin’ fur the rest of this summer.

Note: By using such clipped jargon I hope I’m a-sounding a little like an old timer  — maybe Festus — but realize some may mistake the language for that used by Sarah Palin. (Okay dokay, it’s the chance I’ll take.)

WE’LL KEEP RIGHT ON A-RIDIN’

We’re doin’ lots of excitin’ thangs and last night celebrated my birthday near the Chief -Joseph Battlefield.  After the cake and ice cream I took my camera and tripod to the Battlefield and then set up for some long night time photography, which I’ll be showin’ in some of the upcoming postings along with some images from fishing along the renowned Big Hole. I made that trip with Chuck Robbins, one of the river’s most experienced guides — and also a darn good writer.

In the meantime, we’ll be spendin’ a few days here at Virginia City where we hope to enjoy a rip-roarin’ 4^th of July.  Please stay tunned, cuzz we’re going to keep right on a ridin’.

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THIS TIME THREE YEARS AGO:

*Pig Dig

 

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