Mariah, oh Mariah

3 03 2019

Mariah; La Sal Mountains

We had nearly a day yesterday of not-white wet stuff – aka rain. 🙂

Days like the one pictured above, just a week or so ago, are days of the (very) recent past.

Days like that could come again. After all, it’s March in Colorado, and March in Colorado is typically the wettest month in Colorado. 🙂

Moisture is moisture, and we in winter Colorado love moisture because it means summer Colorado – particularly in our high-desert southwestern corner of Colorado – will reap the benefits.

More rain is in the forecast. 🙂

And the wind is howling … !





Another great pinto, another great view

4 02 2019

Reya; Spring Creek canyon; La Sal Mountains

Reya, perfectly at home.

Our snow is gone, but our ground is SOGGY again. We got at least half an inch of rain yesterday, and news from up-valley is that Disappointment Creek is *raging*! This is good for our coming year.

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Went back and forth … finally decided to note that today is the sixth anniversary of Pati Temple’s passing. Even if you’re a new reader, you likely have picked up on how special Pati was to us and the mustangs of Spring Creek Basin. For Christmas, we got the news that Temple Butte’s name is official. It’s bittersweet that we honor her that way. We’d definitely rather have her with us … but she is, an angel with us always.





Glow in the snow

31 01 2019

Chipeta; La Sal Mountains

Chipeta shines. 🙂





True gold

28 11 2018

Gaia; La Sal Mountains

Gaia-gorgeous.

Just that. 🙂





Stout boy in a big land

23 11 2018

Killian; La Sal Mountains

It looks like he’s watching me, but Killian was watching some of his band coming out of the trees behind me. I was glad of that … otherwise, he wasn’t posing at all like the handsome mustang he is. 🙂

 





Treasured

11 11 2018

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We live on the most beautiful planet in the universe.

Fact. 🙂

On behalf of this country that values freedom, thank you to our veterans … for your service, for your dedication, for the freedom of us all.

My dad, David; my grandpas, Ken and Walter; my Uncle Dana; my cousin Chad. They served in the U.S. Army, the U.S. Army Air Corps; the U.S. Navy.

You are treasured. All.

 





Pretty, pretty, pretty!

10 11 2018

Gaia; La Sal Mountains

I’m not biased. … I just love those redheads. 🙂

 





Bay, beautiful

24 10 2018

Madison

How does brown GLOW?

Madison knows. Spring Creek Basin and Disappointment Valley know.

They ALL glow. 🙂





Eye candy

23 10 2018

Pitch's band

Disappointment Valley and beyond (all the way to Utah).

They’re beautiful, eh? I mean, what a view. 🙂





That ol’ wind

21 04 2018

Comanche; La Sal Mountains

The skies have not been that blue lately with the howling wind lifting and carrying dust all across the region.

The other side of the county – Telluride – is under a winter storm warning until this morning. In Disappointment Valley, we’re desperate for moisture of any kind.