Pirate leads the mustangs to the hay line on a very frosty – 5-degree – morning in Disappointment Valley. When I call the mustangs to hay from the truck, I sing, “Heyla, hey-laaaaaa, mesteños!” (or is that *hay*la?). They’ve learned that that’s the call to yumminess. Our snow is melting into mud, but more is […]

These photos were taken the day after the rainbow photos. What a difference a day makes! Under all that glorious snow is a lot of mud. It’s good moisture for the soil, but the slop makes it difficult to get around. Here at the sanctuary, our mustangs are in a few different bands. The horses […]

This blog post and the next feature photos that were taken on consecutive days … and show that Ma Nature is our most influential neighbor here in Disappointment Valley. 🙂 In the photo above, Gideon’s band enjoys grazing in the wet pasture after a morning of rain. A fabulous rainbow finds the horses as “the […]

It’s hard to get mustangs to pose – even when they’re in front of a glorious background. Those are the La Sal Mountains in Utah, and they’re covered with fresh snow from the last snowstorm. The dun mare in the photos is Jif (to clarify, she’s a “peanut-butter dun” – I’m not making that up). […]