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Mountain Reverie

Photographer Matthew Midgett captures scenes from a rise in the mountains as the season begins to change

Ruidoso News
  • Turning toward autumn

Photographer Matthew Midgett, his horses and dog, Lulu, enjoyed a ride into the mountains last weekend. He shares some of the sights found in a wilderness turning toward autumn.

Thunder nuzzles pal Lulu when they stop on a mountain trail.
The horses graze in the mountains.
Thunder enjoys running free.
The tall grass is more inviting than the view.
An abundance of elderberrries testify to the ample summer rain.
Last flowers of summer greeted the riders.
Apples flourish in the old orchard near Bonito Lake.
Though silt still hasn't been removed from runoff after the 2012 Little Bear Fire, Bonito Lake looks appealing.