Two views, two pretties

13 02 2022

Pretty little Spirit mirrors Temple Butte.

But wait. … Who’s that in the background?

She’s not one to steal the spotlight, our Houdini. … Fortunately for us, she can’t *escape* the spotlight every now and then. 🙂





Trailing

12 02 2022

Buckeye and Dundee wait for Rowan and Aiyanna to mosey down the trail that will take them to a pond for their evening drink under a moody sky. … Moody but not moisture-bearing.





Lazy days of … winter?!

11 02 2022

Grey, grey and brown. Fortunately, the greys help take our minds off the browns!

Pretty days now, though, are gonna make for some hard days to come this summer. …





Light ‘n lovely

10 02 2022

Sundance and his lovelies gather at the neighborhood watering hole with the folks from down the way.





Bright boy

9 02 2022

There’s a whole lotta brown out there in Spring Creek Basin these days. And because these days are in February, that’s a cause for a fair bitta concern.

Fortunately, we have Hollywood to liven up the scene. 🙂





Round Top, round mustang

8 02 2022

I love to see a round mustang in winter. 🙂

The UFO-looking hill in the background is called Round Top (though a friend calls it Saucer (as in Flying) Hill, and I wish I’d known that name first!). Hiking up to the top provides a wonderful view of most of Spring Creek Basin (and well beyond).





Walkin’ on sunshine

7 02 2022

The very last light illuminates the bare essentials.





Peeking

6 02 2022

Sly Kestrel thinks she’s sneaking up on me in an arroyo.





Little red

5 02 2022

It’s always good to see a bright splash of color in our brown land. 🙂





Value, acknowledged

4 02 2022

A new app recently downloaded to my phone tells me that I hiked 5.5 miles to find Chipeta and her band on this particular evening in the wild “backyard” of Spring Creek Basin.

Every step was worth it. 🙂