Chrome’s band is the only band that takes advantage of the water catchment. Not sure why this is, but I’m glad they know where the good water is!
Advantage
20 07 2012Comments : 2 Comments »
Categories : Chrome, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Terra, Water, Water catchment, Winona
Shane
20 07 2012Realized I hadn’t posted much of this girl lately, either. She’s closing in on her second birthday (mid-September). She has been with Hollywood’s band for several months, and her mother, Mona, joined the band a few months ago. Her sire is Kreacher, but Seven was her stepdaddy for most of her foalhood.
Hi, pretty girl. 🙂
Like most older “siblings,” she’s a good babysitter for baby Temple (not actually related).
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Categories : Shane, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Above the sun
20 07 2012Already under shadow:
The sun had nearly sunk below the hill Sundance’s band was on, casting them into shade. Pretty (dirty) girl Mysterium is looking over at mama Kootenai while stepdaddy Sundance looks up from grazing in the background.
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Categories : Mysterium, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Sundance
Horse laugh!
18 07 2012
Life’s too short to take it all seriously. 🙂
But because he’s too handsome not to post more …
He was alone by the east-pocket pond, which has water again. He still has a hitch in his giddy-up, but he’s doing – and looking! – well!
Mr. Handsome!
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Categories : Bounce, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Walkin’ with baby
18 07 2012Or “who can resist,” part 2!
That face! That look!
Melted. 🙂
Mister Skywalker is going very grey in his handsome little face.
I made a zoom-zoom trip into the basin this evening to check water sources. Only three ponds are still dry, and one is scheduled to be dug out as soon as the Forest Service gets to it (this week?). As hot and dry as it was this year before the rains finally hit, three ponds never went dry – better than years past when they’ve all gone dry! There’s even some green in them thar hills – very welcome to see. The ponies are very healthy. A new friend votes “fat mustang” for Terra. 🙂 Still waiting. Kootenai, almost a month from her due date, also is looking great.
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Categories : Skywalker, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Seven
15 07 2012Haven’t posted much of the boy recently, though he’s always around.
This was from a couple of weeks ago:
In Spring Creek Canyon.
And this was from last week:
So elegant in the dark storm light. He was trotting out to meet with Aspen.
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Categories : Seven, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Three girls, two sisters
15 07 2012
Babies Temple and Madison with Madi’s sister Juniper.
It’s fun to watch the babies become independent little selves. Juni is a good big sister, always looking out for baby Madi.
Healthy, beautiful girls!
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Categories : Juniper, Madison, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple
Daddy & daughter
14 07 2012As much as I love seeing mamas with their babies, there’s something so beautiful about seeing the daddies with their babies.
Comanche with daughter Madison. He’s a tough guy … the softest part of him is his great, big heart. 🙂
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Categories : Comanche, Madison, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Rain: falling, filling
13 07 2012
Aspen against a rainy sky a few nights ago.
The recent rains DID, in fact, put water in some of the ponds. Some went from very shallow to quite a bit fuller. Some went from dry to this:
The Flat Top pond. It (likely) won’t get dug out this year, but it’s good to see it with water again.
The northwest pond, however, should get dug out next week – it’s still dry. Or was; the basin got rain again this afternoon after a dry spell of a few days.
The east-pocket pond has water again. The Sorrel Flats pond has way more water (it was getting pretty shallow). And those are just the ones I’ve looked at, being more concerned with pony doings. What can I say, I get distracted easily. 🙂
I should have – but didn’t – take pix of the first Spring Creek arroyo crossing. No more water flowing, but the rocks the water pushed along was awe-inspiring (as always). Water is a driving force in this “Disappointment Country” – and the lack of it just as much, if not more so.
And I’ll leave ya’ll with this pretty sunset over the La Sal Mountains (to the northwest of the basin, in Utah):
It’s good to have rain. 🙂
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Categories : Advocacy, Aspen, Disappointment Valley, Ponds, Rain, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Water, Work projects
Temple
13 07 2012In honor of a very special lady who needs some prayers and positive energy right now …
Temple
Temple was named for Pati and David Temple, long-time NMA/CO board members, supporters of Spring Creek Basin and all mustangs, and simply wonderful people who contribute so much love and support to their family and friends.
Pati is battling some very serious health issues, and for this strong, determined woman full of grit and grace, I would ask you all to keep her in your thoughts.
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Categories : National Mustang Association/CO, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple
