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The Truth about Insurance and Lactation Care
Most of the time breastfeeding does not come naturally, especially for first time moms. When breastfeeding difficulties exist, mothers can experience stress/anxiety/depression. Babies often have weight loss or poor weight gains. Sometimes formula supplementation is ...
The Story Behind “Mutual Grooming”
This photo came from a needed break from the busyness of life. We're so lucky to have so much wildlife and beautiful scenery in our backyard. On this evening, I headed out to McCullough Peaks ...
The Story Behind “Tranquility”
It was a beautiful October weekend. I had gone out on Saturday, and realized there were places I wanted to go earlier in the morning, so I got up early the next morning and took ...
The Story Behind “Together”
January 1, 2025 was a very chilly day to spend outside on a long wagon ride, but ride we did. Riding along in a buckboard wagon, gives you a really good idea of what the ...
Nourishing Moms and Babies Through Expert Lactation Care
The only dedicated breastfeeding clinic in the Bighorn Basin staffed by a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with over 23yrs experience and dual certifications as a lactation consultant and counselor offering home visits, in-office appointments, and ...
The Story Behind “Fairy Lights and Fog”
A couple of photographer friends and I weren't actually looking for Grizzly Bears on that particular Fall morning. We were out looking for Otters at the river, when one of my friends spotted her. It ...
The Couples Connection – Lion’s Paw Massage
"It sometimes takes a state of solitude to bring to mind the real power of companionship."—Stephen Richards February is a month to celebrate connection, reconnection and companionship. With majestic landscapes a stone's throw away, a ...
The Story Behind “Mule Deer and Jim Mountain”
Mule deer are so common that they aren't often the focus of wildlife photographers. Yet there are stories within the every day to capture. On a spring drive in Wapiti, the mule deer were thick ...
Bargain Box to get a Facelift
Call to all Wyoming artists! The Cody Public Arts Committee seeks designs to bring more public art to Cody. They have selected the Bargain Box as the next project and are looking for an inclusive ...
The Story Behind “Storm Breaks Over Hunting Camp”
There's nothing I love more than adding to my aerial photography collection. So many of the flights I've taken are survey flights over Yellowstone to document the thermal features. These flights combine all of my ...
The Story Behind the Click: Beneath These Western Skies
The landscapes out west are lovely, but adding a great sky to the land makes them stunning. Luckily, out here, we have great skies. Being the daughter of a water man, I grew up having ...
Winter Sunset on South Fork
"I was dragged to art galleries as a child until I learned to enjoy it." This is my answer when people ask me where I gained my love of art. My parents began collecting art ...
