“I just look at the skyline …
“A million lights are lookin’ back at me…
“And when they shine …
“I see a place …
“I know I’ll find some peace …
“I just look at the skyline”
~”Skyline,” Court Yard Hounds (two-thirds (the sisters) of the former Dixie Chicks)
The first two photos are of snow covering a small boulder in the bottom of Spring Creek arroyo. The blue background is the bank, which was a few feet away. The other photos are of ice crystals – ice flakes?! – on ice and snow a few feet opposite the boulder right at a wild-pony super-highway crossing. Water trickling below the snow and ice (a thick slab of it). Do you see the rainbows reflecting? I had just my long lens, and all but the top two photos are major crops of the originals. They’re not as sharp as I wish they could be, but …
This song started running through my head when I saw the snowflake crystals on the boulder as a “hill” against the “blue-sky” background. The rest of the chorus seemed appropriate. I did find much peace there, on my belly in the snow in the bottom of the arroyo (and yes, it went up my shirt because I had to keep scooching back to get the lens to focus!), the horses grazing above me, deep in the heart of the basin, surrounded by winter’s mantle, warm as could be, under Colorado-blue skies, listening to the snow (you CAN hear it, you know) and the horses talking above, buoyed by magic and the wonder of life.
Impossibly beautiful. Yet there it was. Gloriously beautiful.
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Just beautiful. I know you can hear snow fall. I’ve heard it myself.
This was … splitting, melting, fracturing, drying, being? I’ve heard it before … can’t begin to describe it!
Beautiful indeed!
Pretty snowflakes! I got the calendar today :] and found the perfect place to put it! Expect the check any time now! I really liked the newsletters that came with it-with more pictures of the horses :]
Thanks, Pam. š
Rochlia – Glad you like the calendar, brochure and newsletter! Thank you so much for being such a staunch supporter of Spring Creek Basin’s mustangs!
Love these pix! I’ve always been fascinated by crystaline forms, including frost that patterned the leaky storm windows of our old house. Brrrrr and beautiful!
What an EXTREMELY beautiful, and artistic representation!! Watch out, TJ, you’re going to start getting some serious attention from the “pro” community! We love what you see and why you see it!
Lynn, Kathy and Molly