Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Two nights ago, the sun was setting as the moon rose, so the horses were in shade as our planet’s satellite rose over Spring Creek Basin’s eastern horizon (Temple Butte and McKenna Peak are just out of frame to the right).

Just possibly, though, in the above pic, it’s the GRASS that steals the show. That’s galleta and grama Temple appears to be wading through. Only the best for our wild ones!

Last night, the full September harvest supermoon rose over Spring Creek Basin’s eastern horizon after sunset.

Lotsa practice the last few nights. 🙂 Hope you all enjoyed the last supermoon of the year, wherever your place on Earth!

It’s the being-there that’s so awesome. 🙂

Piedra, of course, is beautiful with any background. But there’s something particular about this background. … Do you see it? … With the sun still fairly high above the western horizon, the “it” looks like a cloud on the basin’s eastern horizon.

How ’bout now?

It’s not yet full, so it’s not yet super … but it’s about to be both. 🙂

We’re starting to see the lower-elevation signs of autumn (which began Saturday, by the way): snake weed and rabbitbrush flowering golden, ponies just starting to add some velvet to their coats.

It’s a beautiful time of year. 🙂

Maia nibbles on some tasty four-wing saltbush while checking on the littlest member of her band, who was off visiting another family. … Kinda the mustang equivalent of “visiting the neighbor kid down the block” – or the next ranch over when your backyard is 22,000 acres.

Most lovely Winona. She was near a few other bands, including son Buckeye’s. One wonders what she thinks about being a grandma to such a beautiful grandfilly. 🙂

A couple of days ago, with their attention fixed between a lone bachelor (there were three other bands to the left, behind them) and my two visitors, I finally got an all-together family portrait of Buckeye’s band. Bia’s attention, of course, was on the most important thing of all. 🙂