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Chebon and black-eyed susans

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anacacho orchid, trail edge, prairie coneflower, buffalo goird, purple poppy-mallow

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garden spider outside my bedroom window

and beebalm in the morning

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a great gate katydid

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Like all equines, mules are excellent at matching strides with their herd mates, whether horse or human. The middle frame in this set is doubly cool because you can see Cora booping a milkweed plant with her nose mid-stride. She is trained to target traffic cones by touching them with her nose, and since I had stopped to take a picture of that plant just prior to setting up this video sequence, I think she targeted the milkweed in the hope of getting a click and a treat. :)

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tickseed, bee balm and Chebon

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prickly pear, bluebonnet,

trumpet vine, magnolia

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pricklypoppy, salt marsh moth,

passion flower, anacacho orchid

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Super nice and handsome Mac, a 19-yo, 16+ hands Shire/Thoroughbred cross, joined the herd yesterday. Cora's a litte smitten. She got new boots and a new fly mask thus morning  so she's a well turned-out mule.

 

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resilience

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a super nice garter snake

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our sixth anniversary is just a few days away