Dramatic near-sunset lighting on Piedra with our most dramatic background. 🙂
We’re still snow-free. Still have lots of mud!
Spotlight on
15 12 2025Comments : 8 Comments »
Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Forward
14 12 2025
The light (and shadow) loves this stout little golden boy, Odin. 🙂
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Soft at sunset
13 12 2025
Going back almost exactly a month for this one from a gorgeous, peaceful evening in Spring Creek Basin. The mercury is edging up into the 50s, making it seem more like spring (or fall? leap ahead or remember the days of “yore”?) than winter. So for this morning, an evening pic that recalls soft, warm light and a trip to water for the ponies.
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Grey gazer
12 12 2025
Because of the mud (baby, it’s muddy out there … !!!), I haven’t been into Spring Creek Basin for a few days. The freeze-thaw cycle keeps the ground pretty muddy during the day, and I don’t want to leave ruts (or risk getting stuck) let alone having to stomp around with the weight of the world (what is that in mud per boot … hm … ?) on my boots. 🙂 So this pic of Winona is from about a month ago, pre-snow. Currently, there’s not much snow on the lower levels, but there’s some still clinging to the sides of ridges and in shady (north-facing) places. Grateful for the moisture, in any form!
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Slow down
11 12 2025
Who needs a nap?
🙂
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White back then
10 12 2025
All that lovely snow is gone now, melted into the needy soil. Temps have gotten warmer, and we have mud. Not too bummed about that as it all means one very good thing = moisture. 🙂
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Categories : Snow, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Low Flash(y)
9 12 2025
Flash looking handsome in the low light as he trails his mares through the patchy snow.
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Snowy commute
8 12 2025
There was still a fair bit of snow, but it’s been melting rapidly. Here, Tenaz is walking down a trail to drink at snow-melt-trickling Spring Creek. Really! The bed of the arroyo is only about 5 or 6 feet below him, and to clarify, it’s not running as much as just one narrow little ribbon of a trickle right through this particular section. Having that nice, fresh, running-clear water must be sooooo nice for them.
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Categories : McKenna Peak, Snow, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Sunshine ‘n snow
7 12 2025
Bia is all relaxation as she naps on a “warmish” day that had a lot of the snow soaking into the desert ground and hopefully giving all those roots a good slurp.
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Categories : La Sal Mountains, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Steamy
6 12 2025
Gaia’s breath goes gentle into that good evening. The temp was in the upper 30s – perfectly pleasant! The snow is melting, but all that moisture is seeping right into the soil, and that’s super beneficial for all the vegetation.
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Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 