Raven at rest

25 03 2013

Raven's hind hooves.

Raven’s hind hooves. Wild, muddy, healthy hooves.





She’s a big star

24 03 2013

Mariah and Houdini

Our Mariah, with mama Houdini. She’s big and beautiful, and her first birthday is just a few weeks away.

Like all of Grey/Traveler’s and Houdini’s daughters, she stars as a gorgeous mustang girl!





Looking at you!

23 03 2013

Skywalker

Skywalker looking over mama Raven’s ear, very last light of day. He’s a big boy … and still nursing. Mama doesn’t look all that pregnant; she’s usually huge. Her due date is in mid-May.





Flagged

22 03 2013

Seneca and mama Chipeta

Love. The. Tail!

Baby Seneca and mama Chipeta trotting past away from bachelor Copper. I have it on good authority that Seneca’s big brother, Asher, does the same tail-flagging, strutting trot. 😉





Corona, halo’d

21 03 2013

Corona, haloed.

Very last light of day rims the girl in lovely light.

I looked for Sundance’s band for two days, then found them where they were, well south of where I had seen them just three days previously. This is the basin’s traveling band, for sure.

This visit capped a wonderful, peaceful visit with the two pinto bands, which were close together – and followed a David sighting! That was the first I had seen him since I found his mares (Puzzle and Shadow) with Seven. He’s alone but in terra familiar and looks well.





Grey in black & white

20 03 2013

Grey

At this time of day, there wasn’t much difference between the color version of this image and this black-and-white image. His white eyelashes show up very well against his lovely dark eyes!





Storm in the forbidden forest

19 03 2013

Storm off the road across from the Sorrel Flats pond.

So it’s not very forbidding, and it’s not exactly what one would call a “forest.” But it frames Storm very handsomely, doesn’t it?

Early-ish morning, and he and his family were on the way to drink at the Sorrel Flats pond.





Pretty girl and a peak

18 03 2013

Cassidy Rain in front of McKenna Peak.

Cassidy Rain about a week ago in front of snow-covered McKenna Peak. The snow now has melted.





Play time, mustang style

16 03 2013

Madison and Temple playing with a deer skull with antlers attached.

Madison and Temple, bold, bright, beautiful mustang girls, found the coolest of cool playthings in the basin the other day: the top part of a deer skull with the antlers attached. (Quite old and weathered.)

Madison playing with a deer skull with antlers attached.

They chewed on the tips, sniffed it, pawed it – lifted it once, and I managed to back focus the three frames I caught – and generally had a grand time with it for about 20 minutes!

Temple plays with the deer skull with antlers attached.

Lesson: Make fun where you find it, with whatever you find!





Going … going …

15 03 2013

Juniper naps on a warm spring day.

Juniper was a sleepy girl …

Juniper succumbs to a lovely, warm spring day.

… on a lovely, warm spring day …

Juniper succumbs to a lovely, warm spring day.

… and she’s gone. 🙂

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Juni down for the count with sister Madison and mama Kestrel. Daddy Comanche was behind them to the right.

What a lovely day. And there’s a blush of green across the hills. As dry as it is, that’s nice to see.