Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Speaking of greys … the lovely Winona, caught napping. 🙂

How many sweet grey faces do you see?

As I focused on Seneca, peering at me from the far side of this juniper tree, the other horses came into view. A very great example of our dominant greys.

Flash was grazing along with a couple of bands recently, and when there was a bit of a scuffle between the bands (kind of a wild horse version of “Moooommmm, he’s too close to me!”), Flash went up on a little ridge out of the way. He was clearly caught in the act of nibbling, and I love the little bouquet of snakeweed still in his mouth.

With all the greys of varying shades in Spring Creek Basin, not to mention the winter-brown shades of the snowless landscape, lovely Gaia also provides a bright spot on cloudy days when no rain or snow falls.

This pic was taken on the first day of 2024 – as were a number of others – and it (and they) never got posted because it snowed soon afterward, and I posted *those* pix. … We got a couple of encouraging little snowfalls … and since then, bupkus*. As in zilch, nada, nichts, nyet. And I’m as upset with the forecasters as I am with Mother Nature currently. Irrationally, I know, but C’MON! Please??

So I thought a nice, happy, bright pic of one of my favorite families would cheer me up – and you readers along with me.

Please: Say some prayers, appeal to the universe, Ma Nature, Father Winter, dance in the moonlight snow (it IS getting bright out there, though there’s no snow on our ground to reflect it), whatever you think might jog some moisture loose from the sky. We’re in desperate need of snow (or rain). …

(* Who knew, but bubkes (correct spelling) actually is a word. Find the meaning of it here.)

I promised a “more dignified” image of Reya, and with that promise and a wish for snow that’s not finding its way to Spring Creek Basin and lower Disappointment Valley, here’s a snowy pic of Reya.

Maybe Mother Nature will hear our appeal and drop some snow on us. …