Lady in blue

9 04 2020

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Pretty Piedra isn’t vain. You can see that we caught her after a trip to the spa.

She could use a bit of a shower. We could all use a bit of a shower out here on the range.





It’s the little things

8 04 2020

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He’s cute, sure, our beloved Sundance.

But allow me to draw your attention to the very cutest feature on Sundance’s handsome mug: the world’s cutest petito mustachio.

Am I right, or am I right. 🙂





Little braveheart

7 04 2020

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Look at that little elk-girl staring me down while her aunties flow past.

She’s got spunk!





Relaxation

6 04 2020

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Corazon’s just hangin’ out, watchin’ the clouds roll by … wishin’ for rain. 🙂





Just right there

5 04 2020

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Hollywood had an itch, and he found just the right old tree trunk stub to scratch it.





Who doesn’t want to saunter?

4 04 2020

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Hayden knew I needed a shot of that big wide open, and so he consented to mosey away from his band for a bit so I could include his magic presence.

In truth, he just likes to mosey. Here, he’s walking back to where they were still hanging out with me. 🙂

We were in a far eastern part of Spring Creek Basin, and this is looking across to the La Sal Mountains in southeastern Utah.





Lovely rose

3 04 2020

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Her grey is whiter, and her dapples are less widespread, but Miss Terra is looking as lovely as ever.





The bay

2 04 2020

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If we had rain for every time we had clouds like that, we’d be in decent shape on the range.

Meanwhile, we’re always in decent shape when Tenaz crowns the horizon.





The beat of raven wings

1 04 2020

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Temple’s and Madison’s attention was caught by the sound of a raven flying along a wall of the nearby arroyo.

I had started walking down into the arroyo to follow another band that had gone through it and was grazing farther along, just above it. When I happened to look behind me, I saw that I had some taggers-along (or is that tag-alongs?).

This might be their version of “hey, nothing to see here … look, over there!” 🙂





Distanced

31 03 2020

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In this time of everyone’s lives being turned upside down and inside out because of the coronavirus and efforts of people to stay healthy and keep others safe by staying home, I wish for you all some brief peace in the form of these images from Spring Creek Basin.

Out here, it’s still possible to believe in the goodness and beauty and magic of the wild world.

Stay safe and healthy.