Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Tenaz was hot to engage another stallion that he thought was making eyes at his girl.

Girl saved. Crisis averted.

Look at that big, pretty girl. Cassidy Rain and the others have put on their winter coats, and while we have enjoyed some beautiful days, the weather folks are warning that winter is right around the corner – a cold front described as “vigorous” and  “blustery” is expected to hit us Tuesday, bringing rain and snow. We are crossing our fingers for a great winter – we’re due!

Handsome. ‘Nuff said.

The invasion of the hunters commenced yesterday – but they were here days before, setting up camps and scouting stuff, cruising up and down the roads in their trucks and ATVs and UTVs. Kudos to the one guy we saw walking. Thankfully, they seem to behave themselves, but to say it’s a slightly stressful time of year would be a huge underestimation.

Be safe out there.

Handsome red boy Hayden relaxes in front of a wondrous Spring Creek Basin background – Knife Edge, McKenna Peak and Temple Butte. We are so blessed with our mustangs and our landscape!

Because she’s gorgeous, a closeup of Mysterium.

Though she’s young, she seems to carry the wisdom of the ages – and the wild to which she was born.

Because that light was dreamy, another one of Chrome. His long(est) dredlock usually hangs on the other side of his neck, but he had tossed his head at some point, flipping the long locks to this side, where, from my vantage point, it caught the light just right as it swayed gently with the movement of his mosey.

If you click on the photo to make it bigger, you can see the sparkles of raindrops that were falling, even as we reveled in the shine of the sun.

Nope, just a plane. Because of the acoustics of the bowl-like hill the horses were grazing in, the plane sounded like it was about to buzz the treetops above us. It wasn’t really that close, but it wasn’t high-flying, either. Gaia’s reaction is a reminder that the horses don’t forget dangers from the sky, either.

(Other than the horses looking, the plane caused no negative reactions.)

Even in the wild, the girls bond in their bands. From a vantage point up a hill, Gaia and Mysterium watch a vehicle driving niiiice and slowly – and right where it was supposed to be: on the road.

Tenaz, responding to another stallion, caught through fall grasses. Isn’t he magnificent?

Because you can’t have too many (pix of) ponies under the rainbow. 🙂