Storm and Sundance have a little meeting with their bands at safe distances. They sniffed each other; they sniffed their stud pile. There was some squealing and more mane tossing than the girls ever do. … And they went their separate ways.
Ah, boys. 🙂
Merry Christmas Eve!
Completely at his leisure, Hayden watches me while I admire him. 🙂
Storm also has been to the Spring Creek Basin hairdresser, apparently. 🙂
Yes, we groom our mustangs before their model photo jams.
🙂
OK, OK. No we don’t. Mariah’s just gorgeous that way. 🙂
Happy winter solstice!
Sunset made silhouettes of the horses against ridges very far away, outside Spring Creek Basin. Peaceful grazers, doin’ what wild ones do.
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Happy birthday to dedicated mustang advocate Kat Wilder! 🙂
It’s official! Temple Butte IS Temple Butte!
Just last night, we received word that our application* to name Temple Butte, above Spring Creek Basin’s eastern boundary, in honor of our beloved and much-missed Pati Temple was approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
We are ecstatic. 🙂
Pati was an integral part of NMA/CO‘s long mission to protect and preserve Spring Creek Basin’s mustangs in a way that sustains both the herd and the range upon which they depend. With perseverance and commitment, our partnership with BLM’s Tres Rios Field Office is stronger than ever, and our horses and their range are beautiful and healthy.
We are forever grateful for Pati’s guiding light, and, thus named, Temple Butte now is a testament to her memory.
The formerly unnamed promontory has its forever name. 🙂 Just in time for Christmas!
*Heartfelt thanks to Ann Bond for her diligent efforts gathering and submitting the paperwork for the application!
** Another aside: Pati is responsible for Seneca’s name. 🙂
Skywalker and S’aka, famous together. 🙂
S’aka looks even smaller than Skywalker because he’s on the low side of the slope, but he really is that much smaller than big-boy Skywalker!
Snow has such a lovely way of highlighting the land’s ridges and rills.
Wild horses have such a lovely way of highlighting the magic of the land. 🙂
We need more of that white stuff.
Mother Nature and Father Christmas might bring us some just after Santa’s flight. 🙂
How DO they do it? Standing there looking all handsome like.
Just standing there, GLOWING.
Just standing there.
Wild.
WILD. 🙂
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 