Waiting and watching

3 02 2022

Truly, I run out of superlatives for this handsome boy.

Here, he and his band, which has grown by a couple over the last few months, were nearly to a pond for their evening drink when they spotted another band coming from the far side of a nearby ridge. The other band was nearly to them before Sundance’s band went to the edge of the pond – where another band had been drinking just before THEY arrived. They finished their drinking in peace while the other band waited respectfully, then changed places with only a minimum of fuss between Sundance and the other (much younger) stallion.

They’re still fuzzy, with more winter still to come (and hopefully, some snow).





Winter dreaming

2 02 2022

Although the “white spot” in this image – the always lovely Terra – is a very glorious and gorgeous “white” spot in an otherwise brown landscape, we could sure use some white, wet stuff on the ground!





The subject of gold

1 02 2022

Light sure looks good on a golden mustang, doesn’t it? 🙂





Standout

31 01 2022

With the light and color, Seneca almost seems camouflaged, eh? Except that she’s much too beautiful to simply “blend in”!





Long may they roam

30 01 2022

You might see an out-of-focus mustang, but I see a representation of all our mustangs in Spring Creek Basin against a backdrop of Disappointment Valley with Utah’s La Sal Mountains on our northwestern horizon. The farthest background isn’t wandered by mustangs, but it’s wild land, just like Spring Creek Basin, and it’s home.





Sunset saunter

29 01 2022

Dundee, Rowan and Aiyanna, our Sand Wash Basin beauties, are very much at home in Spring Creek Basin. They’re still with their stallion, Buckeye, who is a laidback kinda guy.





No ‘shade’ on this girl

28 01 2022

Doesn’t she have the sweetest face and prettiest eyes? So engaged and curious.

While she and her bandsisters were in the shade of the hill that falls northward from the rimrocks, Temple Butte and McKenna Peak and Spring Creek Basin’s eastern ridges were still lit by the setting sun.





Winter shine

27 01 2022

Just a coupla beautiful mustang girls, napping in the winter sunlight. 🙂 Piedra and Kestrel have been friends since Piedra was young and Kestrel even younger (a baby!). They haven’t always been in the same band, but they have been for the last several years.





Winter glow

26 01 2022

Glowy, glowy pretty girls Mariah and Winona in their winter finery. Well, not much else need be said!





Little guy, big heart

25 01 2022

This is a short throwback on the calendar – 10 days or so. McKenna Peak doesn’t have nearly that much snow on it anymore. We’re closing in on a January with only one day of snow – the first day of the month/year – and nothing since then.

But does Corazon worry about it? Nope. He’s probably glad to not slog through the hoof-sucking mud. 🙂