Stallions Ty and Copper.
Ty was keeping Copper away from the band.
I think I’ve finally sort of figured out now that this actually is two bands – Ty’s and Corazon’s – and they are just even closer than Hollywood’s and Comanche’s, with Copper as the satellite stallion. Coincidentally, Ty and Copper are the non-pintos in the “pinto band.”
As an aside, does that profile on Copper remind anyone of Cinch?? Very distinctive; Cinch’s was even more pronounced.
Reminds me of a pic I took of her as a baby …
The light on the grass makes it look like she’s surrounded by fireflies. Last light high on the rimrocks.
Coming up with a mustang baby’s name has never been so difficult – or seemed so important.
I wanted to choose a name for this colt that reflects his heritage as the grandson of our marvelous stallion, Grey/Traveler, this home he was born to, Spring Creek Basin, Colorado, and the legacy he has inherited.
Grey Eagle was the sire of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s famous war horse, Traveller. That might be swapping things around a bit, but because Traveller was gelded, he left no offspring. Eagles – both golden and bald – can be seen here (infrequently, though a couple of Forest Service folks were here in late winter to count them and check nesting sites, and I have seen raptors of both species in the sky and on land – and fence wire). A terrific, family-published book, Where Eagles Winter, by Wilma Bankston, paints a fascinating history of Disappointment Valley and the surrounding region. The Utes traditionally hunted and traveled this land, and knew it more intimately than we ever can.
The Ute word for eagle is kwana (kwah-nah).
He may be somewhat lacking in fierceness at this tender age, but little Kwana has some big hoofprints to fill.
And he’s going to turn grey. 🙂
Not yet … 🙂
‘Nuff said.
Took some friends into the basin. Saw Comanche’s and Hollywood’s and Bounce at a distance. Grey/Traveler’s band offered us a great visit right off the road! Then, as we were headed to the northwest valley to check for bachelors, here they came! We stopped in a near tunnel of trees and got the cameras ready. They came right up the road, then around and past us through the pinon/juniper!
Too fast! Too many trees! But I snapped this one of Hayden just before he dashed through the trees and out of sight:
Showing off that big mustang trot!
And just like that, they were lost in the trees.
They’re the best!
Little blue eyes is doing well, but he had a bit of a cough and a bloody nose. Daddy Chrome also had a cough. I don’t very often hear the horses coughing. Will keep an eye on the little mister, but hopefully it’s just a case of a “boy being a boy.”
Always handsome, this pair.
Skywalker with big sister Mysterium.
This band has been relatively elusive lately; this photo is from late August. I last saw them last week, way up high above the northwest valley toward Klondike Basin. A couple of Forest Service folks – H and W – brought Pinch and Jammer and Traveler (!), and we rode some fence and fixed some fence. It was a great couple of days, and the mustangs are safer because of it!
Spring Creek Basin’s Gaia …
… with her baby girl, Cassidy Rain. Gorgeous girls in golden light.
Gaia’s little girl sparkles. Really. That’s the word. See if you don’t agree:
Love the ‘tude!
Love this little beauty. 🙂
This photo of Tenaz and Apollo cracks me up:
Tenaz, standing his ground but leaning so far away from Apollo, rubbing away the flies on his pal’s shoulder.
Two of the young misters handsome. Had a great visit with these boys. So silly. So awesome!
Apollo gives Hayden a schnuzzle.
That Apollo. What a lover. 🙂 And who can resist kisses for the boy with the heart on his forehead (who has a birthday coming up soon)?
Three words: Trouble. Times. Three.
And one more word: CUUUUUUUUUUUTE!
