This isn’t the most flattering angle of Sancho, but I was walking down a narrow, not-too-deep arroyo, and he came to see what the heck I was doing down there, and with the moon already way high in the bright-blue-clear sky, I decided to see if he’d stay where he was while I did some low-to-the-ground gyrations to get the moon above him. 🙂
The full wolf moon will rise full on Monday evening.
The pintos do the BEST job of showing off their winter fuzzies. Thanks, Chipeta. 🙂
Forget the goats. Join the mustangs for a little stretching session. 🙂
That’s McKenna Peak in the background, still under foggy snow. We got a skiff of snow that morning (Tuesday morning), but it didn’t last long. Nor did it make the ground any kind of damp when it was gone. Our need for snow is getting a bit desperate.
Because … who can get *too much* Flash!? 🙂
Flash pauses on high ground while his mares continue on to water at a pond back in late December.
There were a few spots of snow on the ground, still, then. We have a bit of snow in our forecast for tomorrow morning. Clouds were low most of yesterday (a lot like those pictured), and mountains already were getting some to maybe a decent snowfall. Cross your fingers; Flash and his mares and the rest of the herd need some winter moisture!
Young Master Odin could do a lot worse than to have wise, protective Kestrel as one of his “aunties.” The fact that he has at least four wise, protective aunties is a good thing to teach this young future stallion the ways of the wild world.
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Dictionary.com defines “resplendent” thus:
Yep. I think that defines our mestenos. 🙂
Tenaz was napping on semi-alert about halfway between his band and the following band, and I took full advantage of the handsome background beyond his handsome self. 🙂
Pretty Rowan watches the pronghorns the other day. Interested; not bothered or worried.
Love her winter dapples. 🙂
Mariah, again. Napping, again.
She does pick the most beautiful nap spots, eh?
We need a bit of winter white to match her fuzzy coat, or we’re going to be looking that brown when we don’t want to be looking that brown – and way too hot to boot – later in the year. We don’t have any moisture in the forecast … hopefully that will change sooner than later!
(That white on the shady side of McKenna Peak IS residual snow, not melting on the north-facing, shady side of the peak. But we still need a lot more, covering a lot more ground.)
I was just thinking the other day that sweet Madison hadn’t featured on a blog post recently, which is really a travesty because she’s soooo pretty. And here she is!
The horses were mostly on or along one of the roads in the basin, so I dropped below the road to get McKenna Peak and Temple Butte looming large in the background.
They were semi-browsing, semi-napping and not in any hurry to get anywhere in particular. Kinda summed up the first day of the year perfectly. 🙂
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 