Warm days? Here’s another one. With the warm days have come a lot of wind. It’s already dry; why the drying wind?!
But you know the horses don’t mind, and they don’t look ahead and worry. So for them, some warm days in the middle of winter probably feel pretty nice.
Mysterium and her band surely seemed to be enjoying the sunny, warm grazing, and I mostly lounged along with them as they grazed.
Mysterium was born in 2011, the year of the last roundup. Her mother was Kootenai, one of the mares introduced in 2008. We didn’t know the timing of her due date, so I decided to have a blog-wide “guess “contest” about it. People submitted guesses, and I think there were two that were closest – one on either side of her August birthday. I wrote the names on slips of paper and then had a friend draw one out of a hat. The winner was a 14-year-old girl from Canada who was a reader at the time! The prize was to name the foal, and she chose Mysterium because of the mystery around her timing of her birth. (We were able to talk to both BLM and the contractor about the month-old foal at the time of the roundup, and he avoided targeting them, which was good because I think at least two of the three mares were still together, and they wouldn’t have been removed anyway.)
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
This is interesting, TJ ( how Mysterium got her name). And what a great prize for winning the contest! I didn’t know – or remember- that Kootenai was her mom. Beautiful Kootenai. I miss her. But at least she lives on in her offspring.
Seems forever ago, doesn’t it? I miss Kootenai, too. 🙂 Dundee reminds me of her. And Mysterium has had foals, so Kootenai’s lineage does live on.
TJ, -the stories, the stories!! This is wh
So many stories. 🙂
I wonder what that 14 yr old is doing now! Does she still follow your blog as a 28 yr old?
Who ever suggested you tell the background stories, was genius!
Good question; I don’t know whether she still follows the blog. I can’t quite bring her name (or handle) to mind, but I could find it if I looked back through the posts. Whatever she’s doing, I hope she has horses in her life!
“Baileytan” – Valerie from California, who has been reading the blog for a VERY long time(?!) – said she liked the brief explanation I gave behind somebody’s name recently (sheesh, I can’t even remember that! it’s been a long week!) … and I thought it was a good idea, too! Genius, in fact! 🙂 Thanks, Valerie!
Love the background stories on the horses names!
I’m going to try to keep it up. 🙂 Glad you like them!
I’ve enjoyed some of the history behind the naming of some of the mustangs and also their history, introduction to the valley etc.. On another note, fingers crossed that the hint of storm in the next week +- come true for all of us in SW Colorado 🙏
Glad you like those stories, too! And yes, crossing EVERYTHING that can be crossed for snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!