Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

First to the pond, Mysterium and Flash drink from the melty-icy water (high temps in the upper 40s to lower 50s will do that, and it’s OK because while there are patches of snow, water always is better).

As of at least this day – and I think it happened relatively recently – Flash has all of Storm’s mares. Good for the mares; too bad for the other young stallion who’d successfully held four of them for the last little while (and who was nearby, not quite content or ready to completely relinquish his possession).

Reading into things as a human will, I believe the mares have been seeking each other since they split.

No recent sightings of Storm, but I think/hope he’s deep in the areas that are familiar to him, and I’m sure he’s doing well.

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Merry Christmas Eve, everyone!

The day started with plentiful sunshine, then the clouds moved in for most of the day.

At the very END of the day, a sliver of clear sky above the horizon allowed a glorious wave of light to light up our whole world … including Mariah, napping in view of a dramatic background. Crazy how that happens at just the right moment. 🙂

Light from the very low sun at the top of the basin’s western rimrocks highlights one of Temple’s gorgeous eyes at the approach of another night on winter solstice.

The days may be short, but we’ve had no shortage of blue Colorado skies the last couple of weeks. Some snow may be heading our way next week … in time for Christmas?! Santa may need his sled after all and not his (light-on-the-land) off-road tires. 😉

Temple took the high road across a deep arroyo, and I took the low road in the deep arroyo. 🙂

Eventually, I did have to climb the steep hillside up out of it. Though she looks like she’s ignoring me, as I came huffing and puffing up on the hill with them, the horses looked like they wondered what the heck I’d been doing down there anyway!

It was still pretty muddy in the area where I took this pic of Maiku, and the horses were moving slowly.

It may make the going harder, but we’ll be glad of that moisture in the ground when the warm temperatures roll around again.

The quieter, calmer, more peaceful side of handsome mustang-with-a-heart, Corazon. 🙂