Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

“Another bay mustang mare” is our girl Madison. But certainly this bay beauty is not bland! Her refinement and quiet intelligence shine from her sweet face.

Ty and his girls a few days ago after the last snowfall. This was Copper’s and the youngsters’ view in a previous photo post. You can sorta see the arroyo behind Ty – it runs at about the level of his hocks. All three of them were beyond it while I was first hanging out with the pintos. Why did the mustang cross the arroyo? Curiosity, of course! 🙂

Seneca crashes her mama’s photoshoot. It was a cold day after the snow.

S’aka, Spirit and Copper watch Ty leave his band on the other side of the near arroyo and come closer to investigate the pinto band.

Look at that snow. And the snow mustaches! And the ice hanging from S’aka’s sides. His heavy winter coat is doing its job to insulate him and keep him warm. This photo was taken shortly after a brief blizzard that added to the cover that fell a couple of days ago.

Chipeta matches the lines of the unnamed promontory at sunset.

This view is white now!

Temple was drinking from  melted snow at the bottom of an arroyo.

Thursday night, it rained.

Friday, it snowed.

It’s heavy and wet, and it means more water for mustangs.

Such a relief.

Ty bit off a little more than he could chew. I think that’s snakeweed, and they do eat it, but not usually in one giant mouthful!

Copper and Reya with her babies in pretty late light. Spirit is nearly as big as S’aka.

Amazingly, we have rain and snow in the forecast. Any wetness to hit our dry ground is welcome.

Still some snow out there, but it’s going, going. The grey girls should be camouflaged in winter snow, but they stand out against the brown.

Maia, Alegre and Houdini are pretty girls, aren’t they!