On the campus of Idaho State University, in Pocatello, is the Idaho Natural History Museum. My husband and I visited recently. I’ll be posting pictures from it throughout this month, so you can enjoy the unique environment that we live in .

Ahh, a topographic map of Idaho. I never get tired of stuff like this.

The smooth u-shaped area in the southern part of the state is the Snake River Plain. I live on the lower right side of the U. The air is usually so clear that I can look north from my house and see the beginnings of the Pioneer mountains fifty miles away.

The view from my deck.

The red, white & blue is some bunting that I have hung (my country’s 250th anniversary is coming up). The additional blue, in the background — flax flowers.