Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Skywalker gets more handsome every year, doesn’t he? He was looking out toward Spring Creek canyon (you can see the rimrocks in the background), then turned back to me.

Oh, yeah, pal. It’s gorgeous out there. 🙂

This is how Disappointment Valley looks these days: Spots of snow on the distant hills, not so much underfoot, grey skies and a whole lotta mud (which isn’t necessarily obvious from this image) – and lots of furry mustangs. 🙂

We’ve had some amazing moisture this winter. Truly, it’s a winter to remember – and one that we have needed to give our vegetation a good soaking.

Mistress Houdini is the master of the mustang look. She has had a lifetime to perfect it. 🙂

Sundance was keeping a close eye on a nearby band … and all the pretty mares in it. 🙂

Kwana, and all wild horses, wild burros, wild animals, know their home country. And it knows them. Lives and places – intertwined.

We have a lot to learn.

We had snow once upon a time. Then it was warm, and the wind howled, and the snow melted. So Ma Nature put it back in our forecast. 🙂

When we had snow, it didn’t phase S’aka much. It won’t bother him when it comes again.

My gosh, isn’t she gorgeous? Mariah in all her mustang-ness is a classic beauty.

(Moment of photo-geekiness: Do you love the snow bokeh in the background? Delicious.)

This post is dedicated to my friend Roy, who named Mariah when she was a baby. 🙂

Beauty, yes. 🙂

Do you spot the spotted ponies? They’re in a line at lower center.