Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Piedra, of course, is beautiful with any background. But there’s something particular about this background. … Do you see it? … With the sun still fairly high above the western horizon, the “it” looks like a cloud on the basin’s eastern horizon.

How ’bout now?

It’s not yet full, so it’s not yet super … but it’s about to be both. 🙂

We’re starting to see the lower-elevation signs of autumn (which began Saturday, by the way): snake weed and rabbitbrush flowering golden, ponies just starting to add some velvet to their coats.

It’s a beautiful time of year. 🙂

Maia nibbles on some tasty four-wing saltbush while checking on the littlest member of her band, who was off visiting another family. … Kinda the mustang equivalent of “visiting the neighbor kid down the block” – or the next ranch over when your backyard is 22,000 acres.

Most lovely Winona. She was near a few other bands, including son Buckeye’s. One wonders what she thinks about being a grandma to such a beautiful grandfilly. 🙂

A couple of days ago, with their attention fixed between a lone bachelor (there were three other bands to the left, behind them) and my two visitors, I finally got an all-together family portrait of Buckeye’s band. Bia’s attention, of course, was on the most important thing of all. 🙂