Jim Swaagman

Happy Day, friends! Our crew playing at the upper pond this morning. #mountainlife #elkmagic

Happy Sunrise, friends! #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends! The crew stopped in for their daily visit. A young bull elk in his growing velvet is hanging out with them. #mountainlife #elkmagic

Good Morning, friends. As promised, here are the littles. The crew brought them by just now to introduce them. Happy Day! #mountainlife #elkmagic

Happy Day, friends. A young spike, regrowing his antlers and the crew stopped in for their daily visit. No littles, yet. #mountainlife #BigboiJr #elkmagic

Good Morning, friends! Happy Day! #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends! The crew is taking shelter underneath the Ponderosa Pine during a rain storm. #mountainlife #elkmagic

Gone but never forgotten. Thank you to the fallen heroes who gave everything #mountainlife

Hahaha, these never get old. All content created is from my beautiful wife's noggin. Happy Day! #mountainlife

Happy Sunrise, friends! #mountainlife

Shorty would like to wish everyone a Happy Day. 😊 #mountainlife #cats

Happy Day, friends! Wendy and crew are coming in for their daily visit. Shorty is all snuggled up, not a care in the world. #mountainlife #deer

Happy Day, friends! Shorty, keeping an eye on things. ( Look through the railing) Robin setting out to walk the poopwads. The crew coming in for their morning visit. All in all, a good day. #mountainlife #elkmagic #BigBoiJr #cats #dogs

Happy Day, friends! The crew stopped in this morning for their daily visit, and I noticed two of the Big Boi's are regrowing their antlers. Now I need to see if I can find the ones they dropped. Chaco and Zia love to chew on elk antlers. #mountainlife #elk #BigBoiJr

Happy Day, friends. Woke up to the crew hanging out. #mountainlife #elkmagic

Happy Sunrise, friends! #mountainlife

Good Morning, friends! Such a beautiful morning. This is why they call my home Cloudcroft. #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends! Wendy and crew came by for their daily visit. #mountainlife #deer

The Irises are finally blooming. Happy Day, friends! #mountainlife

Wendy and crew are currently visiting. Happy Day, friends! #mountainlife #deer

Happy Day, friends. Chaco, occupying his favorite spot. This is from 2023, when he was still a puppy. #mountainlife #dogs

Happy Day, friends. A Big Boi Jr and his new friends. #MountainLife #BigBoiJr #wildhorses

Shorty likes to visit with our neighbors. He will pretend that he is stalking them, and sneak up and try to pounce. The elk take it in good stride. All play. These photos are from a year ago. #mountainlife #cats #elk

Happy Day, friends! Bug and crew came by for their daily visit. Big Boi Jr, keeping an eye on the crew. #mountainlife #elk ##BigBoiJr

Happy Day, friends! Chaco and Shorty, 3 years ago, enjoying some liquid sunshine. #mountainlife #dogs #cats

Chaco and Zia keeping an eye on Big Boi Jr, while he is enjoying some breakfast. #mountainlife #elk #BigBoiJr #dogs youtube.com/shorts/uj60j...

Happy Day! Big Boi Jr, helping with the wood chores. #mountainlife #elk #BigBoiJr

Happy Day, friends! Just another day on the mountain... #mountainlife #elk #BigBoiJr #dogs #cats

Happy Day, friends! #mountainlife #elk #BigBoiJr

Happy Day, friends! It's such a beautiful day out today. Been raining all night long. #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends! Hank the hawk, on his perch. #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends. Had an interesting glow on the Ridgeline early this morning. #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends. Some neighbors stopped in for a visit. #mountainlife #elkmagic #BigBoiJr

"Whatchu lookin' at!?!?" Happy Day, friends! #mountainlife #cats

Happy Day, friends! Bug and crew on their morning visit. #mountainlife #elkmagic

Hahaha, I didn't realize Robin was taking this photo of me, while I was trying to capture the mini waterfall. #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends. Riverbend Hotsprings NM, today. #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends. Riverbend Hotsprings NM, today. #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends! Bug and crew spent the night last night. Slowly waking up to a beautiful day. #mountainlife #elkmagic

Happy Day, friends! #mountainlife

Happy Day, friends! Mountain music at it's finest! Wendy and crew stopped by for a visit. #MountainLife #deermagic #dogs