Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

While we were back in the east pocket, we could hear baying hounds. We never saw them – they seemed to be up on the ridge to the north (more to the left out of frame), but the horses were well aware of them.

Houdini was feeling shy. See her – just barely – behind Hollywood?

And Shane was feeling so good in the sunshine while a few flakes continued to fall, she just didn’t feel like turning around.

That’s Brumley Point in the background.

We didn’t get much snow with this system, but we still have enough that I was wearing my snowshoes to visit them. 🙂

My favorite kind of snow. … The falling kind! 🙂

Hollywood.

You’re so very welcome. 🙂

P.S. We got snow *yesterday*. Not much – just a dusting on top of what we had – but it was welcome. As was the sunshine that came afterward!

Dreaming of fresh-snow days … because we didn’t get our hoped-for snow. We still HAVE snow. We were just greedily hoping for FRESH snow. 🙂

Miss Terra, looking glorious in the golden snow (which is much better than yellow snow!). 🙂

Corazon, lookin’ all wild-stallion-like against the big, blue, Colorado sky.

We’ve had a couple of 30-plus-degree days, so some melting has been happening. That said, we still have a fair bit of snow on the ground, AND we have snow in tomorrow’s forecast! Doesn’t get much better than that. 🙂

Temple grazes through the snow (still!) in the divine late light. Spring Creek canyon is in the background.

Nearly two weeks after our big Christmas snowfall, we (still!) have snow on the ground!

Ol’ Aspen gives me the sideways stinkeye. He cracks me up. 🙂

The last big day that I was out with the mustangs, the sun was pretty bright. This time of year, it stays fairly low in the southern sky, but you still get some glare.

The horses were in an area of dried sunflower stalks when Comanche went after his lieutenant, who had the temerity to get too close to one of his mares (!). I was up the hill above where they ran and ended up shooting in the direction of the sun.

I love his action and the lines in the background, so when I was going through photos, it occurred to me that this one might work in black and white. The scene is a bit “busy,” and I’m not sure whether that works for it or not.

For contrast, here’s the same image in color:

Well, I know which one I like better. I’m a see’er-in-color, after all. 🙂

Every now and then, it’s fun to take a different look at the familiar.