Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Somebody (Winona) was in a hurry to get to Spring Creek to drink because, yes, dear readers, there’s water trickling through stretches of the Spring Creek arroyo in Spring Creek Basin.

Some stretches, you ask? Some stretches are damp, some are downright dry, and some have water trickling through runnels through the middle of the bed of the arroyo. It’s wild how the water runs *under* the bed of the arroyo … because otherwise, where does it come from *downstream* of those dry stretches?

Even with ponds offering walk-in-able water, it’s interesting how the horses drink from all their available water sources.

Mustangs. 🙂 They know how to drink!

The ponies still have some fuzz, but that’s starting to change.

Juniper: Mother Nature’s shedding tool. Looks like somebody had a nice bit of a rub.

The weather has been unsettled the last few days, which bodes well for our getting some much-needed moisture in a day or two. It seems wild that after a good winter, we should need that moisture, but those spring winds dry things out, and we haven’t gotten much new moisture in the form of rain (or snow) lately.

Those fast-moving clouds and changing light conditions can make for some dramatic lighting, and Sundance was happy (!) to pose! Ha – that’s not true; he was busy chasing green bits! In the pic above, I happened to catch him as he was looking across a little drainage at his band. Chew, chew … and back to grazing. 🙂 What a guy!

Maia still has some shading to her grey, but she’s not nearly as grey as she seems to be in the above pic. … That’s mostly MUD, and to see it is an indication that she’s finding wet places to roll. We DO have ponds with water coming out of the winter into the spring, and that’s always a cause for celebration!

Buckeye.

Bold.

Beauty.

There really don’t seem to be enough words … or the right words … or the words that do justice … sometimes.

Blessed.

From the youngest members of Spring Creek Basin to the oldest: Houdini. 🙂 One more trip around the sun, old girl.