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At the end of last month, Pat and I drove out to Falcon to pick up some plants for my veggie garden. The person giving us the plants, Heather, lives on a ranch out there and only asked for horse treats as payment. I had never met her in person before; we're acquainted via a Facebook group for gardeners in our area. She turned out to be a really cool chick! As it turns out, not only is she a very avid gardener, she rescues horses and we got to meet a few of them. I'm sorry but I've forgotten this horse's name. What a beauty, though. Even though I have loved them from afar since I was a little kid, I've had very limited contact with horses in my life and thus I'm slightly intimated by them, but Heather's ponies were friendly and gentle. It was such a pleasure to spend a little time with these beautiful animals.

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I had to dig into my archives for today's photo because I'm so swamped with weddings and portraits at the moment. It's a good thing I'm such a shutterbug! I have lots of random pictures lurking around my hard drive. This one was taken on January 6th; it's a weathered barn out by Falcon, a few miles east of Colorado Springs.

Rural suburbs

Falcon is situated a few miles east of Colorado Springs, out past Peterson Air Force Base. It's where you live if you want to be away from the city. I rarely go there as I never have the occasion, but yesterday I decided to find something picture-worthy out east, or perhaps a great sunset. Falcon's farther removed from the mountains than Colorado Springs is, so they get some really great sunsets over the Peak.

The little town of Falcon has really grown and changed -- a large area of it is now developed. What used to be open land is now thousands and thousands of beige tract homes marching across the prairie. It's really weird. I remember not all that long ago when it was all ranchland! It still retains its rural charm, though. When people think of Colorado, they think of Western things like cowboys boots, horses and trucks. Well, if that's your style you'll dig Falcon. Despite the fact that a lot of former prairie is now developed, it's still quite rural. Falcon is unincorporated and many of its residents really do live the Western lifestyle, down to raising horses and livestock. If you want to live in the Springs area and still have a horse or two and some acreage, Falcon is one of your options. Not a lot of night life maybe, but the sunsets and the antelope make up for it.

I took this picture along Highway 24. This is just one of the places in Falcon where you can buy feed and tack for your horse. I love the bucking bronco!

Falcon, Colorado

I know this blog post comes a little late in the day -- it's almost 10:30pm here in Colorado and I nearly missed a day! It's been a little hectic around here, but better late than never. I really am committed to blogging a photo every single day!

Today I took a little drive out to Falcon, a township a few miles east of Colorado Springs. Falcon is basically out on the prairie and it's got a very rural flavor compared to the Springs. More on that tomorrow though. This particular image was on the south side of an old barn out on Judge Orr Road, just past the Meadow Lake Airport. I don't know what kind of store it once housed, but now it looks like the barn is used for auto repairs.

I just like the weathered patina of the siding. I hope they don't paint over it.