Can’t be bothered

11 10 2016

Meteor, yearling colt in Star's band.

Meteor, yearling colt in Star’s band: Um. Trying to nap here.

He was so bothered – not – that I was able to walk all the way around him (giving him a respectful wide berth) to photograph his big hunky daddy (?) from several angles, and then move on to another nearby band. He never rose from his nap, watched over faithfully by Star and his mare, Meteor’s mama. 🙂

Isn’t he super cute?!





Seeing spots

9 10 2016

Flashy pinto colt and sorrel stallion in Sand Wash Basin.

Are you noticing a theme? The pintos in Sand Wash Basin are flashy and splashy and gorgeous!

That’s filly Braley, granddaughter of the one and only Picasso. Just at right is her band stallion (and sire?) Voodoo.

Don’t you love the spots even in her little blaze??





Flashes

8 10 2016

Young pinto stallion in Sand Wash Basin.

This flashy young guy is going to steal all the girls’ hearts in Sand Wash Basin!





Splashes

7 10 2016

Sand Wash Basin stallion Kiowa.

Wonder where he’s going?





Little poo

5 10 2016

Colt in Sand Wash Basin band of blue-eyed sorrel stallion (dam is grey).

That little punkin’ is blowing a raspberry at me!

Mare and colt in the band of a blue-eyed sorrel stallion in Sand Wash Basin.

He and his marvelous mama (and big brother?) are with some other horses in a band led by a hunky sorrel stallion with one gorgeous blue eye – and one equally beautiful brown eye. 🙂





Perspective

4 10 2016

Copper's band in the northern part of Sand Wash Basin.

Look, wild, free-roaming humans!

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Look, wild, free-roaming mustangs!

🙂

What DO they think of us??

 





Family arrangement

3 10 2016

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Mama horse had her own ideas of how her family portrait should be arranged, and the young guy on the right wasn’t part of her plan.

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Clearly, the grey boy at left has won this lady’s favor. 🙂





Good for the heart

2 10 2016

Kiowa's band in Sand Wash Basin.

Kiowa’s band walks across the sage- and grass-covered range to join other bands in a big group of marvelous mustangs at sunset.

Sand Wash Basin is amazing, amazing country. Mustang country!

 





Yellow pops

1 10 2016

Young grey filly in Sand Wash Basin

Hello, my pretty!

This sweet filly was calm and curious while I visited her band just after sunset in Sand Wash Basin. It was a fantastic welcome to this wide-open range in northwestern Colorado … capped by the full moon rising over the very-far-away horizon!

 





Locks to love

30 09 2016

Sorrel-and-white pinto stallion in Sand Wash Basin.

Isn’t this gorgeous boy handsome?

In some cases, the continued use of the word “gorgeous” may be considered overuse. Not so in the case of Sand Wash Basin’s mustangs!