Moose Monday - Those Strange Places Where You Find Moose!

Patricia,

You are welcome.  I appreciate your visit to my blog as well as the positive feedback.  Thanks! 

If you get the chance, check out my series of posts on the fall colors of Montana.

Chris (in CA),

Thank you for checking them out.  I am glad you liked the special one with two bull moose.  :) 

Paul,

It it another way to get inspiration for the beginning of the week.

It funny how creativity some times is only a few photos and a blog post away!   :)

Myrl,

Although they both start with the same first two letters, Moose is not the state animal for Montana They may change that if they start catching on with my regular Montana Moose Monday posts...  :)

The state animal for Montana is the Grizzly Bear, same as for California but I checked online and they differentiated it by stating California Grizzly Bear for your state.  But California's Grizzly Bear was adopted as the state animal in 1953 while Montana's Grizzly Bear was not adopted till 1983.  At one time, the Grizzly Bear was widespread in the Great Plains and the entire West. Now it survives mainly in national parks such as Yellowstone, Glacier, Banff, Jasper, and Denali. It can weigh up to 850 pounds (the moose can weigh up to 1500 pounds).  The moose is the state animal for Main.

I hope you enjoyed these fun facts as much as I did finding them out.

Chris (in CT),

If you enjoyed this post, I am sure you will enjoy the over a hundred posts currently in the Moose Monday group here on AR.   And if you see a moose in Connecticut and are lucky enough to capture it in a photo, please do share it with us.   :)  

Carol,

Thank you.   Please don't hesitate to visit Moose Monday again and see moose from all parts of the US as well as Canada.  It is a moosely fun group!  :) 

Patricia,

No, I have not seen a moose in Maine but I heard a few stories.   Thank you for sharing your story of the bull moose from Maine.  I can imagine he must have had very big antlers and they were a little too close for comfort when you were in Maine in the passenger seat of a car.   I am hoping someone here on AR will post the first photo of a Maine moose.   We get to see a lot of moose from across the country (Alaska got the most moose so far) on Moose Monday but still waiting to see the R.E.S.P.E.C.T moose from Maine.

Sussie,

Who said the sides of the garbage can could not be beautiful?  :)

They do keep them clean.  Since they are very sturdy, they keep the garbage in and out of sight (unlike the old plastic ones where the wind could have blown the cover and/or garbage could end up falling on the sidewalk when it got too full).

Mary,

Art... in all places... makes the world a more beautiful place.  The Pollard is beautiful and part of the Red Lodge history.  I would say that is at the heart of the historic district.  I am glad you check it out virtually.  :)

Russel,

No worries.  I also did not see much moose in SoCal when I used to live there.   I think there are way too many tourists in CA and they don't want to get irritated and become chargers (not to be confused with the San Diego Chargers).  :)