Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Our tan world got very white again yesterday morning! It was a snowfall of about an inch, and much of it melted during the day, that liquid goodness seeping into the soil – and into the catchment tanks. The last time I was at the first new catchment, water from the melting snow was gurgling noisily from the roof to the gutter and down the pipes into the tanks. What an absolutely MARVELOUS sound!

Tenaz may have been watching the clouds swirl around McKenna Peak and Temple Butte and the far eastern and southeastern ridges, but he was the star of the show to me.

Sweet Mariah is so lovely, but she’s with a new band now and eager to stay out of the spotlight. … Or at least, not so eager to be *seen* in the spotlight.

Fortunately for us, there’s no mistaking her loveliness.

With her perfect coat of winter finery, you could say that Seneca’s cold-weather suit is perfectly suited to her wild, wintry world!

Winter time is snowy-schnozz time!

The mustangs make practical use of being surrounded by frozen water to “eat” it as casually as they graze. It’s very handy for them to graze and browse and nibble mouthfuls of snow along the way. They do seem to relish it – like ice cream, perhaps!?

To enter his wintry world?

Invitation accepted!