Yes, you’re seeing clouds in the background above McKenna Peak and Temple Butte. We’ve had some nice clouds. … And we’ve had more red-flag days. And smoke. And heat.
So handsome blue-eyed boy Kwana is a welcome sight for sore eyes. 🙂
Grey-day bright spot
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Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Some black, more blue
23 06 2020
Raven heads to evening water with her band.
Those blue skies are resoundingly, depressingly, never-endingly … you know … blue.
But at least the ponies are doing well during another hot, dry summer.
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Standing ground
9 06 2020
Comanche stands guard over his band, alert to all comers, whether his lieutenant stallion or a stallion from a neighboring band.
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After the rain
7 06 2020
The news of the day in Disappointment Valley is RAIN.
The addendum is WIND.
But we still got rain. 🙂 It soaked in pretty much immediately, but there were a few puddles in places that the wind couldn’t suck up immediately.
Houdini, Alegre and Maia took advantage of the rain and damp ground to get in some good, wriggly rolls.
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Wild, home
5 06 2020
What stories can this guy tell? 🙂 Handsome Storm is the strong, silent type.
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Chasing
31 05 2020
Kwana had a little chat with another stallion, then made a bee-line back to his mares, who moved away from the source of conflict … at his very direct request.
We had some very promising clouds, especially toward evening. The wind picked up, the radar showed lovely green … and not a drop fell in the real world. Yep, it’s still dry.
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It’s 4 o’clock somewhere
30 05 2020
Four o’clock flowers are some of the iconic wildflowers of this part of Colorado and one of those we (OK, I) look forward to seeing most. They’re suddenly blooming in Spring Creek Basin, and they’re a welcome splash of color amid our brown, brown expanse.
Speaking of a splash of color … !!!!!!
Our skies lately have been blue, blue, depressingly blue (depressing while we’re looking for rain clouds). But the last few evenings, we’ve gotten some clouds toward evening, and those have made for some spectacular sunsets.
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Categories : La Sal Mountains, McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Temple Butte
Across the top
23 05 2020
The day I took this pic was yet another red-flag-warning day (strong winds, low humidity, warm temps – ripe for high fire danger), but Gaia looks unruffled as she follows the band while grazing along the top of a hill.
Gaia emerged from winter looking a bit lean and scruffy, but with a diet of even sparse spring greens, she’s looking very healthy.
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Seasons turn
19 05 2020
Maiku and his band were practicing social distancing from another couple of bands in the area on this beautiful, golden evening in Spring Creek Basin.
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Working hard
1 05 2020
Hayden was working up a sweat from the effort to keep a couple of rival stallions away from his band of mares. Still, he gleams like the shiniest copper penny ever minted. How DOES he do that?!
Happy birthday to my brother, Jeff. He’s working from home like so many others these days, as hard as ever. Happy May Day, little bro!
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Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 