Any Ian Tyson fans out there?
“We will ride to the end, on the wings of the wind, until we’re home, and our circle is through. May the children read, may they understand, what is of true value, so the truth may be known. The glory of God, and the dark side of man. The one thing, they must ride on alone. And may they stay, where the river runs through, the range and the sky, buckskin and blue. May they ride to the end, on the winds of the wind, till their home and their circle is through…” ‘Til the Circle is Through, Ian Tyson
“Buckskin and blue” started sticking in my mind after an extended autumn trip to Yellowstone country last year. The buckskin grasses of fall, waving below turquoise-blue skies brought that song back to me. And now I think of it often when I’m out with our own buckskins, under the blazing-blue sky that is the dome above Spring Creek Basin.
Do blue mountains count? This is looking too much toward sunset for the sky there to be so blue, but the snow on the La Sals carries the tones.
These buckskin girls surely count! Winona and Kestrel
Not buckskin, but I liked how Comanche’s brown-grey dappled color mimicked the colors of his snow-dotted background.
Buckskin and buckskin and saltbush and winterfat and pinon and juniper hills. Little girl in a big country.
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
The songwriter of my lifetime is Ian Tyson… Lovely pics and a wide and fine country. The buckskin gals are looking good. At least I know ‘they’ are all out there. I will have to wait till spring to come visit. One year has gone by… I know you will go out all winter to keep an eye out! I will be waiting to read your news. mar
Spring is a good time for a visit. And I’ll certainly be out as much as possible through the winter. First big test coming tomorrow, I think!
Ian Tyson has among his songs one called “La Primera” – “the first” – about horses returning to North America with the Spaniards, and all they’ve been through since then. I pretty much can’t sing the whole song along without tearing up.
Ian also wrote the book; “La Primera” about the wild horses. They have it at Amazon.com. It has illustrations. I am not sure if it is a kids book or not. Might be. His songs are beautiful. He ventures into our area to sing every now and again. mar
Way way back while in art school I attended an Ian and Sylvia concert and bought every record they produced. I found them on You Tube and I really have to listen to them again. I didn’t know Ian did a book “La Primera” about the wild horses—thanks for the information.
I have an adopted buckskin gal from Nevada and would love to see these gals one day.
Thanks
Barb