Red at night

10 08 2018

Mariah

Thursday may have been the most smoky day yet in Disappointment Valley. The air smelled like the entire region was having a community barbecue.

West Guard Fire (south of Spring Creek Basin): 1,424 acres, 90 percent contained.

Plateau Fire (southeast of West Guard Fire; north of Dolores): 10,673 acres, 36 percent contained.

Bull Draw Fire (northwest of Nucla): 8,700 acres, 35 percent contained.

Moccasin Mesa Fire (Mesa Verde National Park): 185 acres, 100 percent contained.

Buttermilk Fire (north of Montrose): 748 acres, 70 percent contained.

We continue to send prayers to those affected … as well as gratitude to the firefighters working all these fires … and all those around Colorado and the West. We’re stuck firm and fast in the exceptional drought category.

We’re so thankful our mustangs are in good shape. They have water and forage and each other. While the humans worry, life goes on in Spring Creek Basin.





Big, free heart

9 08 2018

Corazon

Corazon was named for his big heart.

🙂





The loveliness of wild

8 08 2018

Temple

Free and beautiful Temple moseys across Spring Creek Basin with her band on a smoky evening.

Thank you, everyone, for your wishes for rain for our area. Much, much appreciated … !





Summer of same

7 08 2018

Sunset over Disappointment Valley.

Still hot.

Still dry.

Still smoky.





Handsome is …

6 08 2018

Skywalker, S'aka

… And Skywalker certainly fits the bill!  Love his curiosity!





Against the light

5 08 2018

Mariah

Any mustang. … Every mustang.

All precious to those who value freedom.





Public domain, blessedly beautiful

4 08 2018

Tenaz; Spring Creek canyon

Tenaz surveys his world against a backdrop of Spring Creek canyon, lower Disappointment Valley and Utah beyond.





Also bright

3 08 2018

Tesora

At sunset, these redheads glow!

Also, nice “do,” Tesora. 🙂





Bright girl

2 08 2018

Gaia; McKenna Peak

Copper Gaia is a glowing spot of color on a hazy, smoky day.





Black and white against the grey (smoke)

1 08 2018

Corazon

The air over Southwest Colorado is terribly smoky.

Plateau Fire – 2,800 acres, 5 percent contained; started July 22 in Dolores County.

West Guard Fire – 1,405 acres, 80 percent contained; it also started July 22, straight south of Spring Creek Basin in Dolores County.

Bull Draw Fire – 2,800 acres; started July 29 northwest of Nucla, which is north of Spring Creek Basin in Montrose County.

We may also be getting smoke from wildfires farther west. The hot and dry weather continues.

In good news, at least some of the ponds in Spring Creek Basin that had gone dry this summer have water again from some sprinkles (harder in some places than others) we’ve gotten, and some grass finally is growing.