Standing out

27 10 2019

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Hello, most beautiful. 🙂





Strut of success

24 10 2019

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For the nth time, Comanche has repelled a challenger to his band.





First snow

21 10 2019

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Not really the first snow in the region, but the first very locally.

To be truthful, the dusting of snow was on higher ridges above and beyond Spring Creek Basin, but it was very close. Even the La Sal Mountains had snow … until it melted under the day’s bright sunshine.

C’mon, moisture! You are needed!





Even time

18 10 2019

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Terra.

Near sunset.

Glorious.





Back light

17 10 2019

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Even though Tenaz was just featured, I couldn’t resist also sharing this view of the handsome boy! Sunset shadows had already enveloped him and his band, but the last light lingered at our horizon, where Temple Butte and McKenna Peak look more like a painted backdrop than actual geographic features of the land.





The start of fuzz

15 10 2019

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Chipeta is getting the fuzzies. Nights are chilly, but days are still short-sleeve warm.





Desert alpenglow

29 09 2019

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Even smudged with dirt, casually browsing along with his band after sunset, Comanche shines, embodying our peaceful wild.





So gold

21 09 2019

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Two golden girls, enjoying a golden evening in a golden place on our big blue ball. 🙂





Sublime

9 09 2019

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There’s not a wide enough lens made to really show the full beauty of Spring Creek Basin. But we’ll continue to do our best to show it off in pictures. 🙂





Handsome boy

8 09 2019

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Another pretty poser. 🙂 Corazon likes to find awesome backgrounds, too. He’s very particular.

Of note: In the background at far right, you can see the 12,000-gallon tank associated with one of our two water catchments in the basin. Aprons on the ground collect rain water and snow, then funnel that water to the tank … then to a trough for the horses. We have two of these in the basin, and they provide the horses’ only sources of clean drinking water – the others are silty and salty.