Atmospheric

28 01 2017

Temple Butte in lifting snow-mist.

Temple Butte in lifting snow-mist.

Temple Butte in lifting snow-mist.

I couldn’t choose. 🙂

There’s magic in them thar hills.

Temple Butte itself isn’t in Spring Creek Basin; it’s just outside our southeastern boundary. The foreground in these photos IS Spring Creek Basin. The southeastern and eastern parts of Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area also are part of McKenna Peak Wilderness Study Area – which also extends to the east beyond Spring Creek Basin. (Note: McKenna Peak also is just outside the basin, and it’s visible from this vantage, to the left. With my long lens, I couldn’t fit them both in the confines of one photo – and it was more wreathed in snow-mist. :))





Spotting skills

27 01 2017

Pintos, Killian's

Sometimes, it’s easy to spot the mustangs.

Ty

And sometimes, it’s just dang near impossible. 🙂

 

 





Why did the turkeys cross the road?

26 01 2017

Wild turkeys!

Because it was less full of distracting vegetation for the resident paparazzo!

OK, full disclosure: These turkeys weren’t in Spring Creek Basin. But they were/ARE in Disappointment Valley, very close to the basin. And who doesn’t love turkeys?!

Wild turkeys!

They have some gorgeous feathers, don’t they?

Another note: It’s hard to get in-focus photos of turkeys. Those little heads are harder to focus on than, say, big mustangs. 🙂

 





Sun ‘n mud

25 01 2017

Copper

Lessons from mustangs during mud season:

Don’t be in a hurry.

Step on solid ground.

Be deliberate.

Enjoy the sunshine. 🙂





Never enough

24 01 2017

Sundance

We never get tired of looking at these magnificent mustangs, eh? Don’t answer that; the answer is obvious. 🙂





Grey like the day

23 01 2017

Maia

Our May showers are here in January. 🙂 And Maia is ready to greet the flowers (to come)!





He got da blues

22 01 2017

Kwana

Oh, so handsome.





Gittin’ ‘er dun

21 01 2017

Mysterium

So pretty, in all weather. The little bit of snow we got melted quickly – more moisture for us!

Mysterium knows how to make the best of all conditions. She greets those conditions as they come and always makes the most of the opportunities





Skippity-do-da

20 01 2017

Hollywood

Hollywood looks like he’s doing the four-step through the mud in pursuit of his band on a grey day in Spring Creek Basin.

We have more rain and snow in the forecast, and it’s still damp out there. We’re beginning to look forward to an awesome spring. 🙂





Pinto pony on a ridge

19 01 2017

Maiku

Maiku pauses to pose handsomely on a little ridge in southern Spring Creek Basin.

We finally got some sunshine, which seems a little crazy to point out because we have more than our fair share of sunshiney days. Usually. This winter has been unusually cloudy, and wet.

And we’re not complaining at all. 🙂