NMA/CO is on the Web

20 04 2013

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The National Mustang Association, Colorado chapter, is on the World Wide Web. Many thanks to NMA/CO secretary/treasurer Tif Rodriguez for bringing us into the modern age. 🙂

People will be able to sign up for and renew memberships online, as well as make donations. Be sure to check out our “Accomplishments” page. I think I had an abbreviated version of it on the blog awhile back. It’s an impressive list. Pati and David Temple, of course, are responsible for much of it.

Our current fundraising efforts are directed toward infrastructure to enable BLM to pursue bait trapping instead of helicopter roundups in the future.

Check us out: http://www.nationalmustangassociationcolorado.org/index.html

Also note the link under the “blogroll” on the right side of this blog.

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Locals who plan to attend the Pati Temple Memorial Benefit Bash on June 3 at Kennebec Cafe in Hesperus, Colo., can buy tickets in advance at this page.

The cafe will provide food and beverages for the ticket price. A silent auction will feature items such as a painting by NMA/CO’s Karen Keene Day, a print by Durango wild horse photographer Claude Steelman and a copy of his book Colorado’s Wild Horses, 40 bales of premium hay from David Temple, a print from Veryl Goodnight and more. Proceeds will directly benefit the wild horses of Spring Creek Basin through the advocacy efforts of NMA/CO.

Tickets will be available around the region (see the flier on the website for locations) and on the website at the above link.

Lovers of mustangs and friends of Pati are encouraged to bring their generosity and memories of our dearly missed mustang angel.





Face to the wind

20 04 2013

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Kreacher in the wind. He’s still with elder Duke (who was down the hill and out of sight from this angle), but the younger boys have split.

The youngest two – Apollo and Killian – are together, and, way to the east, Hayden and Tenaz are together. Not far from those two was Aspen. Just as I was getting used to seeing them all together, they seem to have decided to explore in pairs.





Signs of shedding

19 04 2013

Aspen, watching over young Hayden - from a safe distance.

Aspen on a windy day was gamely providing “gotcher back” to Hayden – from a distance – where it was, you know, safe(r). But he couldn’t let the kid get himself into trouble, so here he was. Ready. Just in case.

Note that he’s starting to shed his winter coat. A little more snow today that didn’t come close to sticking made it still chilly. Don’t shed all at once, pal.





Sparkle in her eye

18 04 2013

Temple and mama Piedra, sunset.

Lovely Temple with mama Piedra. Still fuzzy, and no wonder! We just got snow!

If you’re anywhere close to Denver – or not but watching the news – not THAT much snow. Not anywhere close to that much snow. I can measure mine in inch, and no, that’s not a typo and I don’t mean inches. It might have been an inch and a half. But it’s better than no inch at all, and it brought mud, which means it soaked in. Lovely moisture. relief.





Purple mustang majesty

17 04 2013

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Big girl Madison looks back toward daddy Comanche and Hollywood’s band at the purple-mountains-majesty end of day. Mama Kestrel and big sister Juniper graze in the background.





Faery lights

16 04 2013

Comanche at sunset.

Adore Comanche in the dancing light at the end-o-day.

Do you think they know how gorgeous they are? How perfectly they catch the light and reflect its magic? They make my heart sing. What songs fill their hearts?





Low man

15 04 2013

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Young Apollo no longer is low man in the bachelor heirarchy; now newcomer Killian fills that spot.

Rite of passage for a colt leaving mama’s side and joining the stallion ranks.





(Un)ruffled

14 04 2013

The wind was ruffling their manes and tails and forelocks, but they – Hayden, indeed – were completely unruffled by our presence.

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Hayden is not pictured in this lineup because he had started walking up the road to where I had stopped the Jeep.

From left: Tenaz (almost 3), Apollo (almost 2), Killian (!) (almost 2) and Aspen (probably 11+).

A couple of visits ago, Killian was not with mama Roja and her band (Storm’s band, which includes Gaia and her daughter, Cassidy Rain). I hoped he hooked up with the bachelor boys; he did! Aren’t they the picture of innocence in the pic above? 🙂 Killian appears to be an “off” shade of bay because he will turn grey, like his sire, Seven.

And, because I can’t leave him out, and because he was posing so handsomely for my friend Nancy, who was lying on the ground to photograph him, Mister Hayden:

Hayden, watching Nancy on the ground taking pix of him.

Love, love, love his heart-star. From the cutest baby to quite a handsome young mister, this Grey/Traveler son is filling out very well.

As you can tell, it was a pretty windy day. Rain is in the forecast; all dances, finger- and toe-crossing welcome!

Our friend Ann also was with us for a visit to the horses. We saw Shadow and her baby girl (and Seven and Puzzle) but from a very great distance.

I also want to give a shout to friends Sue and Roy, who also were visiting the horses. Roy was the first to spot last year’s first foal of the year AND named her: Mariah. What a gorgeous girl she is growing up to be.





Welcome, baby!

13 04 2013

Shadow has our first baby of the year!

***Update: I’ve looked back through my notes, and it looks like DAVID definitely is the sire of this darling little girl. 🙂

Shadow and her new filly.

She looks a bit like Storm as a baby.

Shadow and her new filly.

Shadow stands over her little girl while she naps.

Shadow, her new filly and Seven.

Shadow and baby with stepdaddy Seven. Check out baby’s curled ears. 🙂 I love seeing that!

Like my mom said: “Spring time = baby time!”





Blow

12 04 2013

Puzzle "blowing" at me.

Nooooo … not THAT kind of blow. Check out her nostrils. She’s giving me the universal wild horse signal for “intruder alert.” She and Seven are the only horses that give me the “blow” anymore. But she’s so darn cute, I can’t even mind.