An unusual summertime weather pattern brings a tropical influence and a dramatic sky to the landscape where That Herd lives. In this image, two three-year-old colts and some half-wild saddle horses watch me from the shelter of a large oak tree. Even the saddle horses are unapproachable; they think they are wild too; they spend way more time wild than ridden. The exception would be the paint horse. He’s the horse I have labeled “the happiest horse in the world” in previous posts. He seems quite happy to get a visit from a human.