They’re not exactly friends, but they’re not really enemies. They have a healthy respect for each other and definite boundaries, if not always exactly *defined*? Tenaz has the girls Skywalker wants, and for now, Tenaz has the upper hoof. 🙂
Buds
21 08 2025Comments : 9 Comments »
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Beauty at the edge
20 08 2025
Another pic of Winona in her impersonation of a mountain goat – though I know it doesn’t exactly look like it.
See the edge a few steps ahead of her? That IS the edge, literally the west boundary of Spring Creek Basin, which is mostly (but not all) a rim of rocks – THE rimrocks, I call them. There’s no fence because … it’s the edge. It’s a straight drop down a rock wall before the shoulders of the ridge descend to the land below (in the background). Sort of straight left of her left foreleg, I think that’s a bend of the Spring Creek arroyo, and farther, basically under her chin and left of her chest, those are cottonwoods along (dry) Disappointment Creek. We’re way up high above Spring Creek canyon.
A gorgeous view, right at the edge, let alone beyond. 🙂
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Muddy pretty
19 08 2025
Pretty Mariah, napping in rare tree shade after a visit to the mud-bath spa!
This pic was taken a little while ago, but that’s what our sky looks like again – beautiful Colorado-blue. Thankful for no/little smoke, but how about some rain-bearing clouds? Or just sunshine-blocking, heat-relieving clouds? We don’t ask for much, hey? 🙂
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Standout blend
18 08 2025
The rimrock-topped Spring Creek canyon is always such a great background for handsome little Maiku.
Here, he gives me some attention, but most of his focus was on a young stallion with a nearby band.
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Simplicity
17 08 2025
Basic Buckeye, devoted, looking over his band.
I wish that sky would bring rain, but it hasn’t. … Not yet.
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Dun days
16 08 2025
That haze is *smoke*. Odin was probably no farther away than about 150 yards (?), and it was SO smoky.
He had gone visiting a bit with another young bachelor between his family and another, and here he looks like he’s returning to his mama and aunties … but he stopped about halfway to graze … just in case there was another chance to visit. 🙂
Little mister is a big boy. He’s 2.5 now, but he’s stout – and still loves his mama Shane.
*****
I can’t believe time – and dates – got away from me; when I scheduled this post several days ago, I didn’t note the date!
HAPPY 56th ANNIVERSARY TO MY MOM AND DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 Thank you SO much for giving me the gift of horses, from your own love of horses that led to your fortuitous meeting … 60-PLUS years ago! I love ya’ll and hope you have a wonderful anniversary day. 🙂
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Braid columns
15 08 2025
Piedra likes to keep her braids simple.
Same evening that I took the pic of Alegre: bad smoky.
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Red at night
14 08 2025
Alegre rocks her own fashion-forward braid style two nights ago in a very, very smoky Spring Creek Basin.
Changing wind directions mean that the terrible smoke we’ve experienced the past few days is coming from the Stoner Mesa Fire, to the southeast in Dolores County. To say that it’s yucky is a yucky understatement. (Cortez Journal article here.)
While we’re praying desperately for rain, we’re also praying for the safety of all those fighting the wildfires around the state. In particular, as mustang advocates, we’re praying for those fighting and affected by the giant Lee Fire, southwest of Meeker, which is immediately east of Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area.
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All-seeing
13 08 2025
I’m not looking at you; you’re looking at me!
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More than a hint of blue
12 08 2025
Earlier, the smoke plume from the Stoner Mesa Fire (now more than 3,500 acres in very rough country), had been rising high into the sky on our southeastern horizon, but by the time I got out to see the ponies, it was settling again for the night. There’s still a haze, but it’s nice to see more of our blue sky again.
Temple looks as beautiful as always, especially with McKenna Peak and Temple (yes, named for her namesake(s)) Butte in the background.
I heard a rumor that some wet weather might be coming into our region toward the end of the week or weekend, but the forecast is either behind the times, or it doesn’t want to give us a (false?) sense of hope. Ha. Any hope is great hope at this point!
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Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 