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Happy Face
Friends, this coyote boy is hunting for his lunch in the prairie dog town in the badlands of North Dakota. Despite his predatory nature, he has a happy face. My what big teeth you have, granny, a famous line from little red riding hood, a story of my childhood. til Tomorrow MJ
It’s all in the Name
Friends, these red rocks are called scoria in North Dakota, but they are also called clinker. They are very fragile and break into pieces when dropped or otherwise subjected to blunt force trauma. It is formed from layers of bentonite clay being baked by a burning coal vein hence it official name, porcelinite. The formation of a china cup in the badlands of North Dakota. til Tomorrow MJ
Mystery
Friends, someone asked for more horse close-ups from the wild ones in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. This is Mystery, a black stallion with a small star on his forehead. His band was featured in the thunderhead bog of a few days ago. enjoy til Tomorrow MJ
Copper
Friends, the horses run wild in the badlands within the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. This beautiful stallion is named Copper, and he was a herd sire of the wild ones. This year he appeared alone, no mares or foals following him around. They say he is injured and I hope he survives cause he is a pretty boy. til Tomorrow MJ
Sweetheart
Friends, this black horse has lots of white marking and the black heart on her side has given her the name of sweetheart. Her colt is eating the rich grasses and growing quickly in the wilds of the North Dakota Badlands. What color will the baby be?? that is the question. til Tomorrow MJ
Wild Horses on a Spring Morning
Friends, these wild horses are high on a bluff letting the wind blow away the bothersome flies. A storm is brewing behind as a huge thunderhead billows into the sky. But for now, the sun is shining, the grass is green and the breeze is cool. til Tomorrow MJ
Horse Day
Friends, we went out in the middle of the day to see what we could see. The wild horses of TRNP were abundant and standing on the road, stopping traffic as they often do. The sky was blue and filled with the puffy clouds of summer, temperature in the low 80s and a perfect day in the North Dakota badlands. til Tomorrow MJ
Weekly Photo Challenge:Between
Friends, this sunrise in the badlands is between night and morning, that morning glow that sets the mood for the day, the evening showers have passed on and the sun is shining over the horizon, this is a special moment in the day, one of awakening and meditation on things to come til Tomorrow MJ
Badlands Boogey Man
Friends, this happy boy is hunting prairie dogs, lots of them available and the babies are not very bright, if they don’t listen to their mama, the coyote will get them, the badlands equivalent of the boogeyman, so mind your mama and stay out of harm’s way today til Tomorrow MJ
From the Top
Friends, thia is the view from the top of wind canyon looking north from the hiking trail. These large blocks of sandstone have fallen from the hill and some have been so eroded by wind and rain that they have holes all the way through their bulk. The banks rise above the Little Missouri River sometimes called locally the Little Muddy or Little Misery, depending on your mood for the day. The day that we visited, the sky was beautiful with cumulus clouds dominating this scene. til Tomorrow MJ
MJ Springett 