Rowan and her band make their way to the original water catchment in Spring Creek Basin on a recent soft evening.
We have had more than two weeks again of dry, dry weather (which has been helpful for things like finishing the new water-catchment project), but we have a very good chance tonight of SNOW into tomorrow. After those nice little rains/snows earlier this fall, our dirt is turning to dust again, so it will be good to see the land covered in the glittery white stuff, with moisture that seeps slowly into the thirsty soil. Even in the high deserts of Colorado, we look forward to winter’s life-giving snow!
Now and then Terra graces observers with her wild beauty in a relaxed way (not grazing or otherwise offering butt views to the camera!). Her band was napping and watching another small band a short distance away.
If the promontory in the background doesn’t look quite like Temple Butte, that’s because its not. It’s a cliff of Knife Edge in the middle-east area of Spring Creek Basin. It definitely made a nice background for lovely Terra!
As noted earlier this week, every day in Spring Creek Basin is a day of thankgiving. … For our land, for our mustangs. This year, as last year, we were especially blessed by summer monsoon rains that filled our ponds, which continue to provide water for the mustangs. Speaking of water, we also got our second new water-catchment project built, courtesy of our awesome BLM range guys.
We have a lot for which to be thankful, from our friends who are like family and family who passed on a love of horses in the first place (!); to our BLM partners, who are great friends to us and the mustangs; to Mother Nature, who needs all the love we can give her now and into the future; and, of course, our amazing mustangs, who bring such joy to so many, just by their freedom and wild beauty. 🙂
And to YOU, dear readers! Thank you for reading and enjoying and supporting these mustangs and this blog. I am thankful for you and your comments (those of you who like posts and comment most every day, especially!). When I started this blog about the Spring Creek Basin mustangs, it was with the wish to share the horses I love with the world, and you all have enabled me to do that, sharing in the joys and accomplishments we’ve made along the way.
I hope you all enjoy all the gifts in your lives and let gratitude be your guide!
Every day is a day of thanksgiving in Spring Creek Basin. … Maybe we appreciate it just a little bit more when quiet is restored after a time of chaos. 🙂
Usually, I like to see at least one eye of the horse in the pic, even if it doesn’t always work out to get a nice catchlight. But Sundance’s fabulous forelock hides his eyes, even as it makes him look, well, Fabio-fabulous!
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