Big Sky Buckeye

A writer's journey continues

Sweetest Taste

Posted on February 19, 2026 by bigskybuckeye

Envision every hillside

Covered in tranquility’s green

Beauty forever remains

Painting another scene

One road leads to paradise

Illuminated, trusted hope

Freedom’s quiet voice remains

Focusing journey’s scope

Darkness often threatens peace

Conquered by heart’s determined beat

Positive outlook remains

Walking each lighted street

Sunrise offers sweetest taste

Brightened with kindness, full of grace

Expression of joy remains

Sharing love to embrace

Montana Bound

Posted on July 1, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

**Summertime at Holter Lake outside of Wolf Creek, Montana.**

Never-ending vistas

Discovering each keepsake

Nature’s promised grace

Harmony’s singing at daybreak

Majestic mountain peaks

Reaching to heavens above

Fields’ ripening grain

Easy to witness Creator’s love

Highway’s distant crossroads

Welcoming each blessed guest

Town’s main street alive

Hospitality at its best

Heart searches for its peace

Dreaming . . . now Montana bound

Precious adventures

Journey complete . . . Montana found

**Pioneer Falls in the Madison Range of southwestern Montana. (Photo shared from one of my Montana daughters)**

As of July 1, Colleen and I are beginning our travels from our home in central Ohio to Montana. The Big Sky Country is my native state, and we are eager to see family and friends. We will return in about 15 days.

Monday Memories: Scenic Mountain Vistas

Posted on October 28, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Sitting home, isolated and alone

Taking virtual trips, changes life’s tone

America’s landscapes invite us in

Scenic mountain vistas, adventures grin

Alaska Range, home to our northernmost peaks

Denali “the tall one” forever speaks

Cascade Range roams the Pacific Northwest

Snow-capped volcanoes offer stunning quests

Sierra Nevada’s enchanted land

Host national parks, majestic and grand

Rocky Mountains form this nation’s backbone

Stunning beauty, more precious than gemstones

Sawtooth Mountains salute from Idaho

Endless summits bring skiers to the snow

Bighorn Mountains, sacred to native ways

Montana-Wyoming border sings praise

Adirondack Mountains, New York’s playground

Winter skiing, fall foliage—best around

Great Smoky Mountains push for Tennessee

Fog-covered peaks, spellbinding all agree

Blue Ridge Mountains welcome us back home

Free-flowing Shenandoah smiles and roams

**Photo by Polina Chistyakova on Pexels.com**

Wherever you live or where your travels take you, you may have a favorite mountain paradise. One of my precious favorites is the Beartooth Mountains in south-central Montana, a stone’s throw away from Yellowstone National Park.

You are invited to share one of your special places in the comments.

**Montana’s rugged Beartooth Mountains [photo courtesy of pinterest].**

Originally published July, 2020.

Dreaming of the Big Sky

Posted on July 20, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

**Montana’s Holter Lake, near the community of Wolf Creek.**

My wife and I are starting up our second day of travel as we drive west to Montana’s Big Sky, where family and friends wait for our arrival.

During the next three weeks, my posts on Big Sky Buckeye will be taking a vacation as well. I will stay in touch when I have a free moment, and when my tablet has an Internet connection. My mother’s home doesn’t allow me to communicate on the World Wide Web, but time will definitely be filled up with catching up with family and sampling a taste of Montana once again.

We are planning to visit one of my blogging acquaintances while in Montana. There will likely be more written about this rendezvous in a later post.

In the meantime, enjoy some previous photographs from Montana, also known as the “Treasure State.”