Speaking of compli/ementary, aren’t these girls gorgeous?! I was glad to see them again after a little while of them being out of sight and exploring the nooks and crannies and arroyos of their new home.
Feel free to compliment their complementary good looks! I can’t wait to see those glowing coats against fresh snow, so, Mother Nature, if you’re reading this, please feel free to cloud up our turquoise sky and let loose!
Complimentary:
[ kom-pluh-men-tuh-ree, -tree ]
adjective
noun, plural com·pli·men·ta·ries
3. something given or supplied without charge, as lodging, transportation, or meals, especially as an inducement to prospective customers.
Complementary:
[ kom-pluh-men-tuh-ree, -tree ]
adjective
noun, plural com·ple·men·ta·ries.
3. complementary color (def. 1).
Both words work equally well when describing Cassidy Rain and her snowy-ridge background, eh?
It’s nice to see the mountains with a fresh mantle of white, even as we have mud from melted snow. Depending on which side of the slopes you’re on, there’s less (south-facing) or more (north-facing) snow in Spring Creek Basin. When the going gets muddy, walking on snow is much easier – at least for those of us with two legs and flat feet.
Time marches on, and Seneca (and the other greys) gets ever more grey. 🙂
Fuzzy, fuzzy! I’m always amazed at how thick the mustangs’ coats get in the winter. They’re well adapted!
Disappointment Valley got snow yesterday, but the ground is so wet and warm from recent warm days (50s!) that it didn’t stick. It DID bring us some more moisture, for which we, of course, are grateful!
The mud you can’t see is sloppy, sloppy, sloppy! We’ve had temps at/near/above 50 degrees the last few days. The snow is melting steadily into the ground, which is a welcome infusion of moisture.
Do we need more snow? Yep. Is more on the way? Yep! So says the forecast, anyway, and a forecast of snow (and/or rain) is a forecast of optimism. 🙂
Ever so steadily, we’re returning to our usual brown landscape as the snow melts. Warm days are a bit of a welcome respite from temps in the single digits. The mud … the mud is sloppy!
All moisture, and we need it all.
Bay Tenaz glows with health. I love the way his thick coat seems so *rich* in the winter light. And the sparkle in his eye is just the perfect extra touch. 🙂
Chunky winter mustang girl Raven is a welcome sight on a snowy, sunny day!
I dreamed the night before last that the road to the basin had been – was being, right there in the time of my dream – paved. Suddenly, the wide dirt path was black and solid under the wheels of my Jeep, and then there were machines and workers and noises and a line of vehicles waiting in the construction zone. I stopped at the end of the line, got out of my Jeep and started walking back the way I’d come, looking for that dirt I remembered.
What a nightmare.
To have giant areas, still, of untracked, unpaved wild lands … what a privilege to witness. Yes, I drive on the roads that exist, to get to the places no roads cross, to walk where mustangs and elk and mule deer and pronghorns roam. What a privilege.
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 