Burnished

25 09 2018

Tenaz

Tenaz models the handsomeness of glowing bay at the end of a day in Spring Creek Basin.

The ponies are just starting to show some fuzz. The nights are getting chilly.





Fullness of beauty

24 09 2018

Full moon rises above Temple Butte and McKenna Peak in Disappointment Valley.

Full moon rises above Temple Butte and McKenna Peak in Disappointment Valley.

The full moon rises over Temple Butte and McKenna Peak on the eastern edge of Spring Creek Basin.

It’s officially autumn. 🙂





Red girl walking

23 09 2018

Tesora

Tesora walks past big boulders at the base of Filly Peak. The red lichen is pretty … but not nearly as pretty as she is. 🙂





Looker, lookin’ good

22 09 2018

Corazon

What a POSER!

I mean that in the best possible way. 🙂





Another kind of exceptional

21 09 2018

Madison and Temple

We’re still in drought category D4 – exceptional.

It’s still exceptionally dry.

Our mustangs are still exceptionally exceptional. Witness the above. 🙂





‘Nona blue

20 09 2018

Winona

Wonderful, wise Winona.

Those blue skies clouded over yesterday, and we got some drips. Nothing huge … but some respite from the continuing heat and dry. And that’s good.





Keeping the peace

19 09 2018

Temple with pronghorn buck

Pronghorn antelope aren’t hunted in our part of Colorado; there are too few of them.

We’re grateful for those that share our wild world.





Blue meets gold

18 09 2018

Kwana

Handsome Kwana pauses his grazing for mere moments with the basin’s west-boundary rimrocks lit up by the last minutes of evening sunlight in the background.

So gorgeous.

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Beautiful bright-eyed girl

17 09 2018

Tesora

That bright eye could never be hidden by forelock or forehead-tall grass.

Too bright. Too beautiful.





Silver … studly

16 09 2018

Comanche

After checking on the pronghorn, Comanche makes sure the lower coast is clear.