Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Sunset’s glow warms Aspen as he watches over his mares in Spring Creek Basin.

What a mud ball! As dry as it is, it’s good to know the horses are finding mud – along with water. 🙂

Prettiest Winona in her summer coat with only the faintest dapples shining through … and that funny little looped wind knot in her mane.

As hot and dry as it has been, the basin still has a faint glamour of green across its hills and arroyos. We’re ready for monsoons. Even a dash of moisture will tide us over till those welcome afternoon rains arrive.

Oh, you handsome devil! Young Skywalker is looking for love. He hasn’t found it yet … but surely soon.

If his tail looks a little funny … that’s a stick. He galloped over to have a dusty discussion with Killian and returned with this giant stick stuck in his tail! Somewhere along the line, he has managed to get it unstuck. 🙂

Before the lovely, wonderful and wondrous rains, we had plenty ’o dust. Killian and Skywalker churned some up during a little boy-to-boy chat, then parted peacefully to continue the search for greenery.

Thoroughbred of the desert, eh? Mustangs embody all that is good and right about the essential *horse*.

Tenaz and Bounce had a friendly chat over a stud pile. They added to it … and that was that.

Not to brag, but this might be the nicest stud-pile photo evah. 🙂

Rabbitbrush frames Alegre and Houdini, “caught” for a moment in an arroyo, one of Spring Creek Basin’s main arroyos that eventually feeds into Spring Creek. It’s dry again but shows damp evidence of having run with water during our recent rains.

Those grey girls are finding mud to roll in and satisfy buggy itches, and that makes me happy.

Sundance the Handsome has been living quietly in elusiveness with his band this summer, mostly in the farther reaches of Spring Creek Basin.

Mother Nature has given him an excellent and elegant method of fly protection, from those white eyelashes to those long, lovely locks!