Maiku moseys after his band with other bands in the distance.
As the seasons march on, the sun is setting earlier and earlier. That’s what it does, of course! It’s noticeable. Here, Maiku and the band were already in the shade of the hill while the rest of the basin still enjoyed the lingering evening light.
Soggy times may be a weird time to remember dusty times, but when the ground is wet (there’s been dew … DEW!), we can remember when the ground wasn’t so wet … when that dust just made for a dramatic background to a photo as Aiyanna, Rowan and Dundee crossed an arroyo on their way to evening water. 🙂
If ridges were the crests of waves and the blowing grasses the motion of the sea, Raven would be a seafaring equine goddess.
We’ve had more rain. Poetic visions aside, that’s more goodness for land and mustangs alike!
This shot came seconds after the pic in yesterday’s post, and just a frame ahead of her stopping near her stallion. 🙂
Terra. Sooooo beautiful!
The most lovely Terra gallops across the landscape to keep up with her band.
Clouds in the background (east-southeast) seemed to promise rain, but we didn’t get any until the next morning – an intense, quick little storm from the west – and that, just a drizzle.
I do love that horizon! It looks like a master’s painting!
South of Spring Creek Basin and Disappointment Valley is an area of the San Juan National Forest known as The Glade. Benchmark Lookout, an old fire tower that is staffed during fire season, has a commanding view from the top and can be seen in the far background of this photo of our lovely Chipeta. The aspen in western Colorado are a little less advanced than those in eastern Utah, but they’re catching up quickly!
The night I realized fall has sprung … err, fallen? … across the slopes of Utah’s La Sal Mountains!
Edge of Spring Creek canyon’s rimrocks at lower left; hills along northern Disappointment Valley across the midground.
Corazon is over a little hump of land, but it’s easy to imagine him face deep in waving galleta grass. In many places, the horses ARE face deep in healthy galleta and other native grasses!
Our horizons are still a bit smoky, but autumn most definitely is here, and coats are starting fuzz.
Tenaz.
Really, I don’t know what else to say!
Not even a dusting of mud can dim the loveliness of beautiful Alegre.
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 