I am full of Mama’s good Christmas-feast food as I type this post late Christmas evening for the day after. 🙂 I hope you’re all feeling good cheer, good spirits and the spirit of goodwill this holiday season!
A little cheer
26 12 2023Comments : 4 Comments »
Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Season’s blessings
25 12 2023
Merry Christmas and happiest of holidays to all you loyal readers and admirers of Spring Creek Basin’s beautiful and beloved mustangs!
Our very dry winter (so far) and just lack of a particular image that said to me “Merry Christmas” mean that this year’s greeting “card” shows fuzzy ponies and the nearest snow on the peaks of Utah’s La Sal Mountains. (OK, maybe not quite the nearest … say, the most photogenic.)
From our herd to yours – four- and two-legged all – we wish you all the blessings of this special season! 🙂
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Categories : Advocacy, La Sal Mountains, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Spring Creek canyon
Eve
24 12 2023
This holiday season, let’s remember compassion, tolerance and love for our fellow beings, whether they be human or animal or other … even – especially – different than ourselves. No matter your beliefs, the belief that every being deserves respect is – should be – universal.
Peace doesn’t come from denigrating our differences; it comes from celebrating those differences and acknowledging that all voices – even “silent” ones – have value.
On this night, of all nights, let’s be kind to each other. … Then let’s carry that forward into everything we do, in our interactions with everyone we meet, tomorrow and the next day and week and month and year.
Merry Christmas Eve. 🙂
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Categories : Mule deer, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Wildlife
Focus on the eye
23 12 2023
Alegre stopped behind this dead pinon or juniper, as if to “hide,” but then her attention was caught by other members of her band, which gave me time to focus on her lovely white-lashed obsidian eye.
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Image is(n’t) everything
22 12 2023
Another little moment that looked more intense than it was. Skywalker the brave.
This totally goes against his (desired?!) bad-boy image, but doesn’t his muzzle look soft and velvety and perfect for kisses?!
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Focus point
21 12 2023
I was doing one of those things where I was focusing on the horses in the foreground, then focusing on the mountains in the background … when a little bit of a scuffle broke out, interrupting naps all around.
Post-scuffle, I had the mountains in focus but not the horse. … I still kinda think it works. What do ya’ll think?
Happy winter solstice!
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Categories : La Sal Mountains, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Blue gold
20 12 2023
These December days have been glorious. No doubt about it.
Some snow would be great. 🙂
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Categories : La Sal Mountains, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Coy
19 12 2023
Maybe Chipeta thought she could take the “low road” and escape notice. …
No such luck, lady. 🙂
Look how thick and fuzzy her coat is!
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Winter-ready
18 12 2023
By the amount of snow on the cliff side, you can tell it’s north-facing. There’s not a lot of snow out there otherwise.
Cassidy Rain doesn’t mind. I think you can see from here: She’s fuzzy and winter-ready!
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Clearing
17 12 2023
Another pic – this time of dear Aspen – as the fog was clearing from the bowl of Spring Creek Basin a couple of mornings ago. He’s showing his age and moving slower these days, but he’s doing all right, hanging out – sometimes – with another bachelor and/or sometimes trailing a band.
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