This is a short throwback on the calendar – 10 days or so. McKenna Peak doesn’t have nearly that much snow on it anymore. We’re closing in on a January with only one day of snow – the first day of the month/year – and nothing since then.
But does Corazon worry about it? Nope. He’s probably glad to not slog through the hoof-sucking mud. 🙂
This pond is quite a bit bigger than this limited view from the camera shows. Most of it is covered in ice right now, and the horses are drinking from the very edge, which thaws a bit during the day. They help it along by pawing at it to get to the liquid beneath the ice.
It’s one of the most scenic ponds in the basin. 🙂
Raven likes to hide behind other ponies. But there’s no hiding that clever sparkle in her eye!
Well, we got nary a single, solitary flurry, which was a really terrible disappointment. Piedra and the mustangs, living in the mild moments, probably aren’t too upset, but I’m already worried about our summer water.
Mr. Blue Eyes always looks so nonchalantly handsome.
Don’t blame him.
He just can’t help it. 🙂
Maia and Shane look winter-lovely as they make their way to a pond with their family.
It’s so good to have ponds – mostly iced over and thawing during the day at the edges where the horses drink – this winter, as it means we’ll have water in at least the spring. But that brown ground, almost as far as the eye can see (we get no benefit from La Sal Mountain runoff), does not bode well.
A small chance of afternoon snow tomorrow has entered our forecast, and we’re crossing fingers, toes and paws!
The sky looked promising for some kind of moisture, and maybe the mountains got a delivery of snow, but Disappointment Valley is still waiting. We’re all still waiting … rather impatiently!
Mariah might look all beautiful and statuesque … but she was really just paused while scratching an itch on that branch. 🙂
The spin of the Earth, the rising/waxing/waning of the moon … all can be scientifically explained.
Why, then, does its appearance always elicit such awe?
Because there’s always – still – a hint of associated magic. 🙂
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I’m always losing track of days of the week, let alone holidays, but it’s worth noting that today marks the observance of the birthday and the celebration of the life of civil rights advocate Martin Luther King Jr. Learn more at this link. And follow this link to the transcript of King’s famous “I have a dream” speech from 1963.
We should all aspire to be advocates for freedom and equality, compassion and kindness.
Talk about some wild, perfect blending-in, eh!? Golden girl Rowan catches up to her mare friends after drinking at the basin’s main water catchment.
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 