She’s her mama, and she’s her daughter. Piedra and Temple.
Hers & hers
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Sparkle in her eye
18 04 2013Lovely Temple with mama Piedra. Still fuzzy, and no wonder! We just got snow!
If you’re anywhere close to Denver – or not but watching the news – not THAT much snow. Not anywhere close to that much snow. I can measure mine in inch, and no, that’s not a typo and I don’t mean inches. It might have been an inch and a half. But it’s better than no inch at all, and it brought mud, which means it soaked in. Lovely moisture. relief.
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Snow run
26 02 2013Comanche brings up the rear of a mix of his and Hollywood’s bands: Juniper, Madison, Kestrel, Temple and Piedra. Pre-dawn a week or so ago.
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Snow day
25 02 2013Shane and Piedra – in Hollywood’s band – looking warm and wooly on a snowy day in Spring Creek Basin.
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Piedra in gold
13 02 2013Comments : 2 Comments »
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Walking ahead
30 01 2013Temple will be a year old in April. In this image, she followed mama Piedra, grazed with her and then walked ahead. Forging her own way in the world. Figuratively, still, at this point. Our babies are growing up!
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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
Mustangs at the edge of the world
18 12 2012Seen any “Pirates” lately? Seems a good reference for this shot:
Or was it “end” of the world? Ah well. That’s a mix of Comanche’s and Hollywood’s bands on the “edge” of the second saddle of what I call Lizard Mesa. Young bachelors Hayden, Tenaz and Apollo “ran into them” at the double ponds and sent them running north. I thought maybe they’d end up at Sorrel Flats for a drink, but only the boys were there when I arrived. West of the east pocket, I finally spotted the bands on the yonder ridge, all in a line, silhouetted by the sun just before it dropped into a snow-cloud bank, which has been stalled at the west/southwest ridgeline (the top of the very far tree-covered hill you can see in the background of the above pic) for the last two or more days.
Notice, if you will, the complete and utter lack of snow on the ground.
Gentle admonition to folks within 200 miles who got a foot-plus of the white stuff: Don’t be greedy!
How does EVERYBODY get snow but Disappointment Valley!? Not a speck; not a drop. It’s not even damp.
Weatherman says another wave is coming … Cross yer fingers ‘n toes. We sure need the moisture.
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Oh, moon
29 10 2012Comments : 4 Comments »
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Fuzzy bear
25 10 2012Another dark girl (but she won’t stay dark forever!):
Doesn’t she have the best expressions?
See how fuzzy? We’re supposed to have a good winter (“good” meaning lots of snow (which means summer water)). It looks like the ponies are ready!
Temple and her lovely mama, Piedra. How big the little girl is! And fuzzy, fuzzy!
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