wildflower plains at sundown

Here are the last of my pictures from the gorgeous Hebgen Lake, Montana. I don't usually take my nice camera on ATV rides or to the lake shores to prevent it from getting dirty or breaking. So these are pictures of the wildflower plains right outside our ranch. It was pretty rainy and cold this year, but we found a night that was clear, so my little sister and I snuck out for a few pictures. Isn't she gorgeous?

I keep promising myself that next year, I'll take my camera more places and capture more moments. But then again, maybe I won't. Part of the magic of Hebgen is that people don't have their phones or cameras on them all the time. I want to enjoy my vacations with both eyes open, really being there, and not through the filter of a lens or camera screen. In fact, in some ways I feel like being fully present in a moment is becoming a lost art.

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Do you think being present is a lost art?

Do you leave the camera at home sometimes?

Happy Friday!