Soft Sapphires

A sparkling day gave rise to roaming to town across the bench above my property. Shooting east across the Bitterroot Valley, you see the Sapphire Range, the mountains of the Sapphire-Pintlar Wilderness area. In these mountains, there is a large sapphire mine, an area full of clear crystals and some rubies may be found. They have their heads in the clouds today. So do l...