“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”
You know you live in a wondrous place when a 20 minute drive up the canyon with the intention of finding a Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep yields several shooting opportunities on any given day. I think she looks like she is smiling.
Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep
Nikon D3200 • Nikon 70-300mm lens • 195mm • F6.3 • 1/100s • ISO 800
“The Llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat, with an indolent expression and an undulating throat; like an unsuccessful literary man.”
Why are baby animals always so cute? I especially love crias (baby llamas and alpacas).
In my parallel life, I live on a small farm just West of Loveland raising alpacas or llamas for their wool. It's a modest income but being with the animals is reward enough and besides, my photo business provides more than enough financial resources. I also have chickens for their fresh eggs, horses just for fun, a small grape orchard for making wine, a grow house for year round organic vegetables and all things medicinal, plus three Siberian Husky dogs named Luna, Dakota, and Buck who love to pull me around on a sled in the winter snow.
Smiling.
Llamas
Nikon D3200 • Nikon 70-300mm lens • 155mm • F6.3 • 1/400s • ISO 400
No moose for me today.
Chipmunk
An interesting day today that started with a lovely hike on the west side of RMNP but ended in a hail and lightening storm that turned into a steady downpour and the closing of Trail Ridge Road before I got back over to the east side. After the long, long drive back to Estes Park via the only route available, a chipmunk is all I got to post tonight. Oh well, chipmunks are animals too and this gal really wanted to be famous. Smiling to be warm, safe and dry.