Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Wily Chipeta tried her best to skunk me on this pic.

The view and the *light* on the view (McKenna Peak and Temple Butte) was SO pretty that I sat down in a shallow little drainage and waited for the band to mosey their way down the little slope they were on, right through that view.

Chipeta, of course, was the very last, after most everybody had grazed their way through with heads down and semi-hidden by the grass. Just as she went through my viewfinder – and I had to hold the camera vertical to get all the view within the frame – she picked up her pace, and I thought for sure I’d have a blurry mess. … But nope; gotcha, beauty. 🙂

It might seem that Rowan is monopolizing the photo opportunities among the members of Buckeye’s band, but in truth, her current feature on the blog is because, of all the horses, she’s the only one who looked up for a few seconds while I had that classic Spring Creek Basin skyline in my viewfinder! The horses are most definitely chasing the green, which – I know – is hardly visible unless you look closely. But it’s coming on. … And with any hope, the rain in today’s forecast will help greatly! (All prayers, wishes, hopes, dances, jigs and crossed fingers appreciated!)

Sweet Alegre was feeling the sleepies on a breezy winter afternoon that wasn’t too nippy.

Who’s ready to take a nap with Tenaz? 🙂

This was the morning after our recent rain/snow event. As illustrated by the image, the lower elevations got rain, and the upper elevations got only a spattering of snow – and it melted pretty quickly. A sign of how dry we are is that even with the rain, the ground soaked it up, and it wasn’t *that* muddy. … It was a little muddy … but almost more “tacky” than actually muddy.

Seneca rouses long enough from her nap to look at a band across the little arroyo between her band and that band. Then she went back to sleep. With a high temp that day at 50 degrees, conditions were lovely for a nice nap!

The ground was VERY muddy, but it’s mostly free of snow now. The 95 percent chance we had a few days ago resulted in zero snow (ZERO! how does that happen?!). Now the forecast is giving us about 40 percent chance of rain or snow today and tomorrow. We have to remain optimistic.

Sweet ‘n curious, that’s our girl Rowan. 🙂