White stuff – great stuff

15 12 2014

Temple Butte in snow

Sunday snow on Temple Butte.

McKenna Peak

McKenna Peak.

Isn’t the snow lovely? And it’s good moisture that seeped quickly into the thirsty soil.





Thank pineapple

14 12 2014

Shane

Shane before the rain. She looks almost sleek, doesn’t she?

It has been warm. It has been terribly dry. It has been very unwinterlike.

Until Saturday.

Many thanks to Hawaii and California – and Ma Nature – for the “pineapple express,” which flew all the way to Colorado’s Western Slope and delivered much-needed rain to Disappointment Valley.





Diverted

12 12 2014

Houdini

Lovely, classic mustang Houdini. She’s always watchful; here, her focus was on something other than me!





Waves

11 12 2014

Comanche

Cheat grass is loved by none but grazers and golden-light-adoring photographers.





He’s a lover

10 12 2014

Chrome and Winona

Oh, love, thy name is Chrome. Winona doesn’t seem entirely convinced. 🙂





All lined up

8 12 2014

Tenaz, McKenna Peak, Temple Butte

Tenaz was so comfortable and drowsy in the afternoon sunshine that he never moved while I worked to align his handsome self with McKenna Peak and Temple Butte.

It’s a weird December so far – warm and dry, though we did get a tiny bit of rain last week. Snow would be extremely welcome!





Many hands

7 12 2014

“I am never broken. …

Seneca

“We are never broken.” ~ Jewell

For them, never.





Eye spy

2 12 2014

Killian over Skywalker's back.

Cute Killian! I was sitting on the ground down the hill from where the boys were napping. Sweet, beautiful, curious boy. He makes me smile. 🙂





Against daylight

30 11 2014

Chipeta

In French: contre-jour – “against daylight.” I love shooting against the light. It produces something beautiful that conventional wisdom advises against.

I just learned this term; doesn’t it sound lovely in French? Chipeta is lovely in any language!





Sharing breath

29 11 2014

Maiku and Spirit

Why, yes, Spirit, we do see you flirting with your uncle Maiku. 🙂