Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

As I was ending a late-day visit with a band the other day, I looked out to find that we had an audience. 🙂

Pretty, golden Rowan and her band were grazing on another hillside (everybody is searching high these days?) at day’s end while that last lovely highlighted last year’s golden grasses.

When I hiked up there to join them, I realized they were going after one of the yummiest grasses in mustang-dom: Indian ricegrass, which was greening and plentiful! Not seeding yet, but growing at the bases of last year’s bunches. Yummmmmmm-eeeeeeeee!

And in honor of golden sunlight, happy solar eclipse day! Wishing all/any of you in the path of totality clear skies and wondrous viewing!

This pic just tickles me. I hemmed and hawed over whether to post it, then thought you readers may get the same tickle from seeing it.

While photographing Sundance (yesterday’s post), I looked up to a little “bench” of land above us on the side of Round Top, and all I could see were the poll and ears of one of his mares. Being fleet of focus, I aimed and clicked the shutter (really, they don’t usually give me a lot of time in such circumstances, so I end up with a lot of closed eyes as they’re returning to grazing), and voila! A funny little shot of “I’m here, but you can’t see me!” 🙂

While grazing on steep terrain (in this case, up the side of Round Top), it’s important to watch one’s step while negotiating a turnaround in pursuit of more tasty bits.

It was a very bright, blue-sky day – and warm! We’ve had our first 70-degree day in Spring Creek Basin. Very windy; very dry. Sunscreen returns to the list of necessary items for a visit with the wild ones. 🙂

Soooooooo handsome!

You knew that after a beautiful mare, I had to highlight a super stallion. 🙂 I might be (OK, I totally am) biased, but I think the world of Buckeye.

Soooooooo pretty.

I know, I can (and do) say that about almost all (OK, all) the mares in Spring Creek Basin. But – really! – am I wrong?? 🙂

This is Mariah the gorgeous. If you look closely, you can see that it was misting (really can’t call it sprinkling, even) at the time, even with the sun shining (not unusual).

Gettin’ awfully grey, young man. 🙂

Isn’t he handsome?! (Flash, of course.)