Because you can never see too much of this lovely pinto pony who thinks she blends in to her snowy environment. 🙂
Spring Creek Basin got 1 to 3 inches of snow Monday night. Then we had wind, which already scoured some places free or nearly free of snow. It’s very nice to have more moisture!
The region got some more snow. Not as much as pictured above, with Puzzle, from a few weeks ago, but it’s always nice to get moisture. 🙂
Lower Disappointment Valley has melted into basic brown again, for the most part. High temps melt snow, which creates mud, which leads to undriveable roads.
Naturally, we’re craving colder temps and more snow. 🙂
As I type this Sunday evening, we’re hoping Monday’s forecast for snow proves accurate, even down here in the “low lands.”
Above, Killian was digging through the (fairly) new snow to get to the grass beneath. They’re working a bit harder for their grub this winter (!), but they take it all as it comes. They’re WILD, after all! 🙂
Handsome little Maiku is on a mission … known only to him. The band he’s with was to the left, and he went trotting away from them. Ah, the mysteries of mustangs.
Today’s inspiration comes from an email from a local environmental group that is as profound to that audience, dedicated to protecting high-elevation Colorado, as it is to us, protecting Colorado’s high-desert mustangs:
We’ve gone back to grey and drizzly. We have less snow and more mud. The more (moisture), the better. 🙂
The morning started sunny – which is less normal this month than almost ever in Colorado – then turned cloudy. We have some moisture in the forecast, so cloudy is good, and if clouds bring ANY kind of moisture while we continue on in the D4 (worst) drought category, clouds are good.
You can see by the grassy patches under Spirit’s and Puzzle’s hooves that our snow is melting, so more clouds and more moisture would be welcome. Though I’m sure the ponies enjoy easy access to even the slight offering of last year’s marginal growth. 🙂
A side note: Check out Spirit’s little under-eyeliner of brown. What a sense of fashion and makeup that little girl has!
There’s always something about a beautiful bay mustang.
There’s something even more magical about a beautiful bay mustang during a snowfall.
Tenaz was defending a young mare from a young stallion. Chivalry; it ain’t dead, folks. 🙂
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Karen and Shaun Mason are visitors to Spring Creek Basin who compiled a 2019 calendar of photos of the mustangs. They’ll donate $5 from every calendar purchase to the Colorado chapter of the National Mustang Association, which supports the mustangs of Spring Creek Basin and elsewhere in Southwest Colorado.
The images are gorgeous and “processed in photographic oil,” which gives a really lovely, painterly quality to the photos.
If you’re in need of a calendar that really is art, check out Karen’s and Shaun’s!
Do you see them? They were hard for me to find, and I was looking hard. Slightly left and above center, there are some black bits smaller than the trees. There are actually two bands and a couple of bachelors up there.
They were the first to get the sunlight when the sun finally rose above the deep cloud bank lingering to the southeast. On the “flats,” there’s still an average of maybe 3 or 4 inches of snow
We’ve had lots of melting as well as some tantalizing drifting wisps of snow falling. More is in the forecast. 🙂
She doesn’t have a riding hood … but little red Tesora doesn’t need one. 🙂
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 