Photography by Kristyn Kimball

Having been raised on a farm, I grew up respecting the environment and animals.  I appreciate that I am a guest in their home.  On my morning walk, I did my best to remember to be courteous and quiet while enjoying the sights, smells, and sounds that come with this beautiful country in Wyoming.  When I happened upon a not only an adult moose, but also her calf, I was overjoyed as is clearly conveyed in the blurry photo I snapped when I first saw them.  When it comes to moose, it is difficult for me to hold my camera still.  🙂

Good Morning, Mama Moose!

The noise a moose calf makes is an overload of adorable.

Always make time for moose kisses!

“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.”   – Henry David Thoreau

Cheers,

Kristyn

“Who knows if the moon’s
 a balloon,

coming out of a keen city
 in the sky—filled with pretty people?

(and if you and I should

 get into it,

if they 
should take me and take you into their balloon,

why then 
we’d go up higher with all the pretty people 
than houses and steeples and clouds:

go sailing 
away and away sailing into a keen
 city

which nobody’s ever visited, where

 always it’s 
Spring)

and everyone’s 
in love and flowers pick themselves”

– e. e. cummings, Collected Poems

Sunrise Moose.  I’d say it is the best kind, but I would take a moose and mountain view any time of the day.  The ever elusive moose has always intrigued me and I was stunned to be this close to a wild moose.  I’m an excitable person by nature, but not much has made my heart go pitter pat as did this moose on our shared mountain top this morning.

I’d gotten up early to photograph the sunrise and was happily engaged in the gorgeous, early morning colors.

Deeply engrossed in the emerging flavors of light, I heard a noise and looked to the right.  This was my view:

The moose did not seem as excited to see me.

However serious looking, I feel that this moose was quite capable of telling jokes like this one:

A man happened upon a moose in a field and asked what the moose was doing.

The moose replied that he was hoping to win a Nobel Prize.

The man questioned the moose as to how he expected to accomplish that to which the moose replied, “I hear they give the Nobel Prize to those that are outstanding in their field.”

My new moose friend casually wondered off in search of more Aspen leaves.

Best. Breakfast. Ever.

What’s better than one moose munching on Aspen leaves in the mountains of Wyoming?

A second moose, of course.

Overheard in the woods earlier today, “Do you like long walks on the beach?  I will treat you to a nice dinner of aspen leaves.”

Cheers,

Kristyn

“The grand lift of the Tetons is more than a mechanistic fold and faulting of the earth’s crust; it becomes a primal gesture of the earth beneath the sky.”  – Ansel Adams

I have been extremely fortunate to travel extensively in my life.  I’ve seen some phenomenal places and had some exquisite experiences.  Each place holds a piece of my heart for a different and wonderful moment in time, but Jackson holds the biggest piece and is the reason I choose to return.

Jackson will always be one of my favorite places and I would love to spend more time in this majestic place.  I feel at home here among the Tetons, Moose, and Elk.

Jackson Hole is a work of art in itself.  One to be appreciated and cherished.

Cheers,

Kristyn