Kootenai and Raven explore the edges of another pond that has a little bit of water in it. Some more sprinkles fell over the basin, but we need a nice little downpour. We’re not greedy, but more than less is needed. 🙂
A little bitta
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Big-belly mamas
14 06 2013
Kootenai, left, and Raven, the other one with the big belly, are counting the days – or they would if they could count. They’re big mamas-to-be.
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She’s a peach
15 05 2013Or an apricot!
But that just doesn’t have the same ring to it for sweet girl Kootenai. Lovely.
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Heart
21 04 2013
Sundance and Kootenai.
This happened almost like the Disney dogs (“Lady and the Tramp”) eating spaghetti; Sundance and Kootenai grazed closer and closer till their faces were touching. It lasted about 1.5 seconds. Then Sundance grazed away, leaving Kootenai just there, with that same wide-eyed look … before she also turned away to continue grazing.
At this point, I’m pretty sure both mares are pregnant (and I don’t think Kootenai is due as long from now as August!?). Skywaker nursing a few weeks ago must have caught Raven in a generous mood. Although I have heard of mares nursing both their newborns and their yearlings, I haven’t seen it here (yet?).
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Girls
11 04 2013Here’s a current look at Sundance’s girls Raven and Kootenai:
Kootenai
Raven
Pretty, happy, healthy girls.
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Where the water is …
8 04 2013… the wild things are:
Raven, Sundance, Skywalker, Kootenai and Mysterium drink at the trickle, which still is trickling. Corona was waiting her turn.
Lots of deer tracks here, too.
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Snow ponies
26 12 2012When first spotted last week, only Raven, Skywalker and Sundance were visible. Kootenai, in her photo in a previous post, is so alert because I had just come over a rise and found her and Mysterium. They were out of sight until I was right above them.
Mama and mini-me – Raven and Skywalker.
Handsome Sundance. He really does have eyes under that gorgeous forelock!
Yes, Mysterium still is nursing.
Raven, Skywalker and Sundance watched Hollywood’s and Comanche’s bands below them on the hill for a while, then followed me to where Koootenai and Mysterium were grazing by themselves. Kootenai is fairly independent and often can be found grazing somewhat separate from the others. They’re never too far away, and young Sundance is a calm and confident stallion to let them wander.
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Warm white winter
23 12 2012Don’t you love a rich, warm, golden dun mustang girl surrounded by stunning silver snow?
Gorgeous Kootenai.
Love the warmth of her coat against the white snow and cool blue shadows. And she must be fuzzy and comfy in that warm coat at 8 below!
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Commitment
21 12 2012Some friends – two couples – recently celebrated anniversaries. Same day. Twenty-six years and 18 years.
Couldn’t help but think of them when I caught this quick moment between Kootenai and Sundance.
Happy (belated) anniversary, friends!
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-8 and be there
20 12 2012Not quite as iconic as Galen Rowell’s oft-quoted “f8 and be there” – nor, I suspect, will it become as universal. But at minus 8 degrees this morning, I was there, in the basin, in paradise turned white.
Seven in winter’s wonderland.
Kootenai and Mysterium
Hayden and Tenaz
Hollywood’s band walking away from the noise of a truck. What kind of crazy person would be out here on a minus-8-degree morning?
Oh, right. 🙂
Aurora with her band. For extra credit, name the horse in the background attached to those gorgeous stripes! (Aurora’s daddy, Bounce, whom she resembles so strikingly, is following the bands.)
The temperature didn’t get above about 22 degrees today. Snow-lasting temps. I love it.
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Categories : Aurora, Hayden, Kootenai, Mona, Mysterium, Piedra, Seven, Shane, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple, Tenaz
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 