Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Move away. Nothing to see here, says Seven to curious baby Tesora (or he might, if he could talk).

He’s one of the most protective stallions in the basin. Any visit with them is a treat.

Kwana and daddy Chrome graze together. I love how, with 22,000 acres on which to spread out, two horses occasionally decide the same bit of forage is the most desirable. (Mm hmm.) It happens more often than you’d think.

Reya and baby Spirit were not all that interested in the human and her muddy boots. Or at least they weren’t when said scraping produced no dragons or other fearsome creatures. 🙂

The view made beautiful with a spotted mustang girl in the foreground. Pretty Puzz-lita.

S’aka and Copper

Copper and S’aka

Fuzzy-bear ponies.

The “excitement” began when I started scraping mud off my boots with a rock. Note how Copper is perfectly fine with yearling S’aka taking the lead in figuring out what the crazy human is doing. 🙂

The pinto family – and Copper – on the first day of 2014. S’aka and Copper at left, Reya, Corazon and Spirit at right.

Pretty, pretty day. Snow melting. Mud spreading.

Here’s hoping you all can look back on a good 2013 and that we can look forward to a better 2014.

While our mustangs in Spring Creek Basin fared pretty well – especially once the rains finally came in the second half of the year – many of our country’s other mustangs lost their families and freedom forever. And America’s mustangs aren’t the planet’s only wild horses under fire. … And not only wild horses are at risk of abuses at the hands of humans.

It’s up to us to give our horses clear voices that reach around the world.

It’s the Year of the Horse, after all!

In the few days since this photo was taken, most of the snow has melted.

Corona and Brumley Point.

Snow dances accepted. 🙂

Maia and Houdini. The “black” girl someday will be as grey as her “auntie,” and her snow mustache won’t be nearly as noticeable. 🙂

We do need more snow. It has been warm and melty, and snow mud has become mud soup. Can’t deny that the days have been gorgeous, but I’d like to order some heaping helpings of snow!