Kreacher in the wind. He’s still with elder Duke (who was down the hill and out of sight from this angle), but the younger boys have split.
The youngest two – Apollo and Killian – are together, and, way to the east, Hayden and Tenaz are together. Not far from those two was Aspen. Just as I was getting used to seeing them all together, they seem to have decided to explore in pairs.
Aspen on a windy day was gamely providing “gotcher back” to Hayden – from a distance – where it was, you know, safe(r). But he couldn’t let the kid get himself into trouble, so here he was. Ready. Just in case.
Note that he’s starting to shed his winter coat. A little more snow today that didn’t come close to sticking made it still chilly. Don’t shed all at once, pal.
Lovely Temple with mama Piedra. Still fuzzy, and no wonder! We just got snow!
If you’re anywhere close to Denver – or not but watching the news – not THAT much snow. Not anywhere close to that much snow. I can measure mine in inch, and no, that’s not a typo and I don’t mean inches. It might have been an inch and a half. But it’s better than no inch at all, and it brought mud, which means it soaked in. Lovely moisture. relief.
Big girl Madison looks back toward daddy Comanche and Hollywood’s band at the purple-mountains-majesty end of day. Mama Kestrel and big sister Juniper graze in the background.
Adore Comanche in the dancing light at the end-o-day.
Do you think they know how gorgeous they are? How perfectly they catch the light and reflect its magic? They make my heart sing. What songs fill their hearts?
Young Apollo no longer is low man in the bachelor heirarchy; now newcomer Killian fills that spot.
Rite of passage for a colt leaving mama’s side and joining the stallion ranks.
The wind was ruffling their manes and tails and forelocks, but they – Hayden, indeed – were completely unruffled by our presence.
Hayden is not pictured in this lineup because he had started walking up the road to where I had stopped the Jeep.
From left: Tenaz (almost 3), Apollo (almost 2), Killian (!) (almost 2) and Aspen (probably 11+).
A couple of visits ago, Killian was not with mama Roja and her band (Storm’s band, which includes Gaia and her daughter, Cassidy Rain). I hoped he hooked up with the bachelor boys; he did! Aren’t they the picture of innocence in the pic above? 🙂 Killian appears to be an “off” shade of bay because he will turn grey, like his sire, Seven.
And, because I can’t leave him out, and because he was posing so handsomely for my friend Nancy, who was lying on the ground to photograph him, Mister Hayden:
Love, love, love his heart-star. From the cutest baby to quite a handsome young mister, this Grey/Traveler son is filling out very well.
As you can tell, it was a pretty windy day. Rain is in the forecast; all dances, finger- and toe-crossing welcome!
Our friend Ann also was with us for a visit to the horses. We saw Shadow and her baby girl (and Seven and Puzzle) but from a very great distance.
I also want to give a shout to friends Sue and Roy, who also were visiting the horses. Roy was the first to spot last year’s first foal of the year AND named her: Mariah. What a gorgeous girl she is growing up to be.
Shadow has our first baby of the year!
***Update: I’ve looked back through my notes, and it looks like DAVID definitely is the sire of this darling little girl. 🙂
She looks a bit like Storm as a baby.
Shadow stands over her little girl while she naps.
Shadow and baby with stepdaddy Seven. Check out baby’s curled ears. 🙂 I love seeing that!
Like my mom said: “Spring time = baby time!”
Nooooo … not THAT kind of blow. Check out her nostrils. She’s giving me the universal wild horse signal for “intruder alert.” She and Seven are the only horses that give me the “blow” anymore. But she’s so darn cute, I can’t even mind.
Here’s a current look at Sundance’s girls Raven and Kootenai:
Kootenai
Raven
Pretty, happy, healthy girls.
