Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Raven and the band move away from their stallion … in a way she and they didn’t necessarily want to go?

You really haven’t lived until you’ve traded looks with a glorious mustang stallion giving you *the eyeball* through a long, wonderful forelock. Just to make sure you are where he thinks you are, don’tcha know.

A similar photo of Reya ran on the blog not long ago. That one was horizontal, and I liked this one, too … so I decided to run it, too!

Flash may have had only a brief period of stardom on this blog, but he’s worthy of highlight at least every now and then … even if he’s more interested in grazing than in posing. 😉 We’re grateful to HAVE grass.

Nothing breaks my heart – and heals it, repeatedly – quite like they do, these amazing mestenos of our American West.

Speaking of posing … Chipeta found the perfect spot to align with prince’s plume.

We didn’t have much in the way of wildflowers this year … a scattering of the old standbys: phlox, of course, prince’s plume, some varieties of daisies (?), globe mallow, sego lilies, larkspur, Indian paintbrush, some of the little ball cacti with yellow and delicate pink flowers, a very few bright claret cup cacti, even – briefly – some yucca. Some places are much more dry even than here, but as our temperatures rise, and that ever-persistent wind blows, the dryness-anxiety swells.

Ah, there’s our glorious Raven girl! What a beauty, to pose so sweetly for me. 🙂

Skywalker shares his mama’s disdain for the camera, but he’s also more giving in nature and usually agrees to offer “his good side” for all his admirers to enjoy. 🙂

I don’t really know whether he was particularly *pining* in this pic, but he *was* looking across a little arroyo at the band he follows … chewing as he gazed, hence the funny little lip.

It’s always the mares that are the heart of a band. Though stallions (usually) get all the glory and admiration, it’s the mares’ quiet wisdom and bonds with each other that really hold the families together.

Beautiful mustang Cassidy Rain and beautiful backdrop to Spring Creek Basin’s wildness. Now that, also, is complementary. 🙂