Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

This is another case of having no idea what the mustang was looking at, but whatever it was, it held his attention.

We were west of Filly Peak – the rimrocks in the background form Spring Creek Basin’s western boundary – and Buckeye was looking into the cove. It’s a limited area, and I thought he might even be watching ravens or other birds, but darned if my human eyes could pick out what commanded his attention.

Whatever it was, it provided us with a wonderful pic of a mustang stallion, as free as he was meant to be.

There’s a sort of odd 3-D effect to this photo that I can’t quite explain … but really adore. Terra is the sharpest – in fact, she’s the only sharp part – brightest part of the image, which is very true to reality!

If camouflage had a mustang theme, Kestrel would blend right in (get it?)!

He nearly always reminds me of his great-grandpa Grey. But sometimes, the similarities seem more striking than ever. I can’t articulate them, really. It’s more than them both being grey with dark points. It’s their bearing, the look in their eyes … something maybe not definable at all.

I dearly loved the grandpa, and I love the grandson no less.

The setting sun not only made an orange glow of the landscape, but it turned lovely Alegre as brassy as a coveted statue. The Earth and the mustangs aren’t ruled by clocks, of course, but the days ARE getting longer, and the sun seems to hang a little longer above the horizon.

Not much green yet – in the photo or on the range – but hopefully Mother Nature’s elves are hard at work getting ready for spring on this St. Patrick’s Day!

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At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, at Out West Books in Grand Junction, Kat Wilder will be reading from her memoir, “Desert Chrome; Water, A Woman, and Wild Horses in the West.” I’ll be there to talk a bit about Spring Creek Basin’s mustangs, and we’re hoping someone from Friends of the Mustangs – advocacy group associated with the Little Book Cliffs mustangs – will say a few words about their work.

If you’re in the Grand Junction area next week, stop by and say hi!

Windy? Eh.

Two-legged? Eh.

Corazon takes it all in stride.

Mariah gets more grey – and more lovely – with each passing year. 🙂 And still fuzzy as winter winds down.

The horses’ coats are getting that scraggly look that precedes shedding. Spring signs are everywhere.