Can we read the seasons?

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” — Ecclesiastes 3.

Fall, or should I say winter, appears to be upon us. The days are shorter. Trees are turning color and losing leaves. We’ve already had one decent snowfall. In the march of time from season to season, we always see the environment around us change. It’s the nature of things.

Yet within this constant movement there are many variations: drought and flood, wet periods and dry stretches; heat waves, devastating cold, and more. In Montana, from one year to another, it’s impossible to know what might happen within each season.