Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Gaia, so pretty.

That’s actually her nickname. 🙂 What can I say – she IS Gaia, so pretty!

Skywalker and his bachelor pal kicked up some dust this evening around their band and a couple of others.

Showing off for the mares? Protecting those in the band they follow? Either way, it was an impressive sight!

I’ve been trying to figure out how to show all that glorious grass that’s newly *lush* in Spring Creek Basin … but it’s been curiously hard. And WITH all that good grass, the horses are eating most of the time, standing around, not so much of the time. They know a good thing when they have it, and they’re grazing the bounty. 🙂

Thanks to Raven for helping to illustrate the *grass*, spiked in only a couple of places by a couple of four-wing saltbush branches.

Temple on another peaceful evening.

Mostly, the days ARE peaceful, so much so that it’s sometimes hard to think of – or remember – other times, when wind howls or thunder booms or rain lashes or equine scuffles break out or human-made noise whines. The peaceful times are balm to the chaos of outer times and worlds far away from Spring Creek Basin. If I could take those times and spread them across the entirety of the world … that we all should feel that calm … how sweet would it be.

Now and then, Sundance is called upon to show his fierce side in defense of his girls.

Most often, that’s all it takes, and the other stallion says, “hey, man, no worries, right?” And calm is restored.

But he sure does look awesome in his protection mode, eh? 🙂

The ground was still damp from earlier rain when I spent the evening with Skywalker and the band he follows; those smudges of dirt on his hip and cheek and elsewhere are fresh. 🙂 He always seems so quiet and self-contained. … He’s a pretty peaceful guy.

See all those light bits in the air? Gnats and bitty flies and other insecty buggers. The moisture has brought out clouds of them.

The moisture makes us all happy … two-legged, four-legged and wing-ed?! 🙂