Houdini hasn’t lived all her long, wary, wild life cozying up to strangers. She’s not really a role model for celebrating diversity in that way, but *because* she’s lived all her long, wary, wild life surviving with who knows how many family members, we’ll forgive her. Because she’s beautiful and wary and wild, and she hasn’t lived so long to change now. 🙂
Ms. Wild
28 02 2021Comments : 7 Comments »
Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
High stepper
27 02 2021Shadow is another little lady who might have to step a bit higher than her slightly taller band mates.
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Lookin’ a’long
26 02 2021Hayden provides the color; Ma Nature provides the moisture.
What could be better?
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Sneaking a snack
25 02 2021Maia seems to give an air of someone caught at the fridge at midnight. 🙂
Without all that snow piled so deep, it wouldn’t seem like she’s down in such a hidey hole, snatching vegetation her mates haven’t found yet!
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Snow stepping
24 02 2021The days are getting longer every day, but that ol’ winter sun still likes to stay fairly close to the horizon, where it casts long, long shadows at the end of the day.
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Showoff!
23 02 2021Who knew we had an Arabian show horse in the wilds of Spring Creek Basin!?
Oh, it’s just (just!) Cassidy Rain, showing off her bold gorgeousity. 🙂
One of my snowshoes squeaked in the snow when I turned, and Cassidy Rain was off like a shot, tail flagged and head high.
Oh, isn’t she marvelous!
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Prickly 2
22 02 2021It’s no joke to say that the horses depend on – and even like – greasewood, even in its prickly winter phase. (Actually, it’s never not prickly, but in the warm months, at least it has a little succulent-type “bud” or “leaf” that makes it (maybe?) more palatable.)
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Prickly
21 02 2021Even winter snow ponies get itchy bellies now and then and need a handy greasewood on which to scratch! This was at least the second greasewood so abused by Seneca while I visited. Meanwhile, Killian thought they served better as forage than as a scratchy stick (he was eating the twigs). 🙂
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Classic
20 02 2021If we got this much snow every winter, we might be in fine shape. 🙂
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Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Snow all the way to Utah
19 02 2021The snow is still deep, still awesome.
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