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15 04 2016

Bunny rabbit in an arroyo-wall den.

 

This cracks me up so much there are hardly words for it. That’s Peter (Petra?) Cottontail in his/her arroyo-wall den in the wilds of Spring Creek Basin.

Bunny rabbit in an arroyo-wall den.

 

There’s probably 2 feet of arroyo wall above the den, and there’s probably another 4 or 5 feet below the bottom of the pic to the bottom of the arroyo. (The long lens is great for photographing mustangs at a distance but not so handy at capturing smaller critters closer at hand!) Pretty clever and pretty safe, really, though I don’t know if the bunny is the original excavator.

In addition to Peter (Petra), Jack (rabbits) abounds (har) in our little slice of heavenly planet.





Greasewood piercing

14 04 2016

Hayden

 

All the cool kids are doing it!

Fortunately, the greasewood sliver seems to be skewering only a bit of hair and not actually piercing Hayden’s cheek. 🙂 These ponies are so fashion forward!





Backed by beauty

13 04 2016

Storm, Temple Butte

 

Storm was in the-sun-is-setting shadow while Temple Butte still was lit by end-of-day sunshine.

In lovely news, Spring Creek Basin and Disappointment Valley got a bit of wet stuff yesterday. In fact, the weather has a been a little monsoonish the last couple of days. If that’s so, it’s either really early … or really late (the monsoons passed us by last year). We’ll take some more wet stuff, thank you. 🙂





Spots of gold

12 04 2016

Spirit and Puzzle

 

Puzzle and Spirit look gorgeous always … but in that light? Wowzers. Pretty, pretty pinto ponies.





Lovehorses

11 04 2016

Comanche and Kestrel

 

Lovebirds Comanche and Kestrel graze close together on a perfect evening in Spring Creek Basin.





I c u

10 04 2016

Terra

Ever watchful.





Whaaat, already?!

9 04 2016

Aspen - and gnats

 

Just in case you thought you still had time to visit Spring Creek Basin and beat the gnats …  too late. 🙂 They’re really not biting yet, though. …





Golden run

8 04 2016

Gaia

Gaia makes a run to the safety of the band when bachelors came too close (which wasn’t really that close).





You know it’s windy when …

7 04 2016

Juniper

 

… your dreadlocks are getting caught on your ears.

Just another perfect  – and extremely windy – day in Spring Creek Basin. 🙂





Temple, Temple

6 04 2016

Temple, McKenna Peak and Temple Butte

 

Temple and Temple Butte – and McKenna Peak – when we still had some snow. Pretty girl in pretty country.