Without mustangs, it would be just another pretty landscape. But WITH mustangs there, it’s a landscape imbued with magic. And we don’t always need to see them to know they’re there and feel their good vibes in our hearts.
Magic
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Happy Mother’s Day!
8 05 2016
Our mothers are the first to love us, before we’re even born. They nurture us and protect us and support and guide us.
I’m fortunate to know a lot of good mothers – and lots of them have just two legs! 🙂 So thanks also to my friends for being wonderful friends and excellent mothers!
Thanks to my own mother for being awesome. Among other things, she (and my dad) passed on their love of horses, and for that – and for so many other things – I can’t thank her (them) enough.
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Storm comin’
7 05 2016
We didn’t get more than a few spits out of that dark sky, if you can believe it. In fact, we didn’t get a good rain for three days after this day. But then we got a really nice rain. 🙂
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Grey genes
6 05 2016
Comanche. He looks so much like Grey/Traveler now that from a distance he almost fools even me. 🙂
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Foxy critter
5 05 2016
We interrupt the usual mustang programming to bring you this image of a gorgeous fox in Spring Creek Basin!
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Red-haired girl
4 05 2016
It wasn’t the gnats that had Tesora in a seeming funk – too cold and windy. Maybe she was self-conscious about her beard (probably not). 🙂 She, like all the horses, are shedding quickly.
Although we didn’t get as much rain as anticipated, we did get temps – daytime temps – in the 30s (and yes, some big, heavy flakes of snow that added to our ground moisture). But now Colorado weather predictors are marching us toward 80-degree temps.
So April did, indeed, end with lovely showers; now we hope May brings flowers – and lots of grass!
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Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Down goes the pony
3 05 2016
Here’s a chuckle for your morning commute.
The appeal of the soft-silt dry bed of a pond (still carrying some water in the deepest part) was too alluring for Kwana to worry about a crazy ol’ human, so he laid down and rolled – right in front of me! Then he performed a quick equine yoga move before he got back to his feet to continue playing with his pals.
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In serious good news (and our mustangs need every bit they can get these days), the second “Mustang Tales” column by Kat Wilder went up on the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign website yesterday. This one is called “Happy Trails,” and its chief message is an incredible and heartfelt tribute to Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick.
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Categories : Advocacy, Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick, Education, Fertility control, Partnership, PZP, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Two, too wild
2 05 2016
Gorgeous girls Winona and Mariah do the march on a windy day in Spring Creek Basin.
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Two and 40
1 05 2016
Happy birthday to my little brother, Jeff!
We were partners in adventures as kids – often, those adventures included our horses – and although we now live far away from each other, those memories keep me company through the stretches between phone calls and visits.
Happy birthday, Jeffrey! I hope you have a marvelous May Day birthday!
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Black and blue
30 04 2016
Aurora stands against rain-curtained far hills. We have gotten some rain … though not to the extent forecast. It’s still in our forecast, and we’re still hopeful, even as all the region finally is showing signs of spring green. It’s a beautiful time of year, after all!
Another sign of spring: See how sleek and shiny she is!
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