The horses are now chasing the green as if on a very important mission (which it very much is after a mostly dry winter). Though it doesn’t look very green in the above pic, it’s coming up, still close to the ground. Cassidy Rain looked up very briefly from her grazing to check on the whereabouts of her stallion, moseying along slower than the rest of the band.
Everybody seems to be getting into the act of getting muddy this time of year. Taking a dip in the mud (probably at the edges of ponds) may then lead to a nice, wriggly roll that may help with the shedding of thick winter coats as Mother Nature starts to raise the mercury into the 70s. 🙂
Skywalker does seem to find some scenic napping locations. 🙂
After a bit of a technological delay, we’re back (I hope).
Buckeye and his girls were sheltering from the wind (’tis spring wind season) on the far side of Filly Peak when another little band waltzed (the wind does have a musical quality, sometimes) across the top of the ridge. We hoofed it to the top (two legs are slower than four and I was doing more huffing (and puffing) than hoofing …), but it turned out that it was a bit small for the stallions’ liking, which sent the mares running for the hill.
The bands ended up lower and on opposite sides of the ridge, no harm done. And I was left to enjoy the view from another high spot in Spring Creek Basin.
Gorgeous grey Alegre naps in the wind the day before the rain came. I hope she found even more mud. 🙂
Hollywood is about 20 now. He’s still a formidable band stallion, the last of the main stallions I first starting documenting almost 15 years ago.
I wonder what he thinks of the years that have passed, the seasons he’s seen. Long may he live, wild and free.
(The day of this photo was extremely windy; I don’t know about him, but *I* was weary of the wind.)
Hard to believe this was all under a vast sea at one point, millennia past, eh? We don’t need floods, but we do need rain.
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**Update**
As of about 8 a.m., we had received the most lovely 0.18 inch of wonderful, grass- and greasewood- and other-growing and -greening rain. 🙂
Happy, happy goes the dance!
Pretty, wise Mysterium surely looks forward to spring, even with snow lingering in the background.
Slowly but surely, bits of green are starting to appear. Soon enough, there’ll be no snow, coats will be slick, water will be scarce and temps will be rising beyond comfortable. Temps already are approaching 70s, which, right now, feel pretty darn good.
Mustang girls like their bling, too. 🙂
I love showing these near-and-far images, and I hope you, dear readers, enjoy seeing them! We have such spectacular imagery within Spring Creek Basin and beyond, not limited to our magnificent mustangs. 😉
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 