Mysterium is squinty-eyed with the sleepies on a wonderful autumn evening under Temple Butte in Spring Creek Basin.
It was a night for layers! We’ve had a low temp in the 30s now in the basin and low country of Disappointment Valley. Gettin’ nippy.
No worries
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Brimming with good health
6 10 2023
Doesn’t Maiku look healthy and well-fed?! Such is the bounty of autumn in Spring Creek Basin. 😉
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Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Blue-hour gold
5 10 2023
Bluey Temple looks gorgeous in her muddy bits and all that delicious, delightful, divine grass, with the last light glowing on the western rimrocks.
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Grey, all grey
4 10 2023
Storm and two of his mares look toward sunset just after the sun had dropped behind Knife Edge.
It’s October, but it still sort of shocks me that the horses are starting to grow their winter coats. How did we get to this (wonderful) time of year again? We ARE enjoying the autumn loveliness!
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Two of a kind
3 10 2023
Lovely, lovely, lovely. Truly. 🙂
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Categories : La Sal Mountains, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
View of a different color
2 10 2023
Readers may have noticed that there were two blog posts yesterday. That was a bit of a goof on my part; instead of scheduling “A hole in the clouds” for today, as I meant to do, it published immediately – literally.
But I think it worked out in a typically atypical way. For today’s post, a look at Disappointment Valley from the top down. Not all of it, of course; most of the valley is around the bend. 🙂
In the foreground, Gambel oak, turning gorgeous shades of red and orange. We don’t have it down-valley or in Spring Creek Basin where the elevation is lower, so it’s nice to see the touch of color at the upper end. Pretty soon, the cottonwoods all along Disappointment Creek will be turning gold. Though the creek doesn’t run through Spring Creek Basin, we have a handful of cottonwoods in the basin. Maybe I’ll get lucky and see some ponies near some cottonwoods this fall.
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Categories : Disappointment Valley
Caught ya nappin’
1 10 2023
Auntie Maia keeps baby Odin company as he naps. He didn’t move a muscle, even as she moved on to graze. No matter the species, babies rely on their adults to keep them safe while they nap the sleep of innocents (not to mention innocence). 🙂
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A hole in the clouds
1 10 2023
A crazy ol’ wind blew in some stormy weather above Disappointment Valley on Saturday. Our biggest color change down here in the lower valley so far is flowering rabbitbrush and snake weed. But lookie: Up high, the aspen are going gold.
We didn’t get any rain in the mid- to lower valley or Spring Creek Basin (beyond, maybe, a handful of windblown drops). See Benchmark Lookout atop the Glade, right under the curtain of rain? Check out this short PBS video about fire lookouts Rick and Linda Freimuth, who staff the tower during fire season. Bonus points if you pick out Spring Creek Basin icons. 🙂 (And yes, we ARE very thankful for their observations!)
No rain, but it sure left some beauty in its wake before the hole in the clouds over the western horizon closed for the night.
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Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Glowing grass
30 09 2023
Galleta (mostly) and grama (some) glow against the evening light while Skywalker grazes.
Sometimes, it’s not too bad to photograph grazing horses eating. 🙂 We have a bounty this fall.
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Golden hour blue grey and velvet black
29 09 2023
Two nights ago, the sun was setting as the moon rose, so the horses were in shade as our planet’s satellite rose over Spring Creek Basin’s eastern horizon (Temple Butte and McKenna Peak are just out of frame to the right).
Just possibly, though, in the above pic, it’s the GRASS that steals the show. That’s galleta and grama Temple appears to be wading through. Only the best for our wild ones!
Last night, the full September harvest supermoon rose over Spring Creek Basin’s eastern horizon after sunset.
Lotsa practice the last few nights. 🙂 Hope you all enjoyed the last supermoon of the year, wherever your place on Earth!
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Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 