Mika has an obsession with horses, and not just their manure. Almost every day he stares me down until I take him to a nearby neighbor's pasture.
Soon after we arrived the big white stallion in the background came trotting over to check on his mares.
The smoke and haze in the distance is from the Bootleg fire, the biggest in Oregon history and the largest in the US this season. It's about 350 miles to the southeast, burned an area over half the size of Rhode Island and is 40% contained in one of the most remote parts of the western US.
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