Horses in the Snow

Hey! I haven't been on here in quite some time, now! I've been busy, but hope to start updating things here a little bit more often... :)

Anyways, we got some snow (finally!) the other day, and I was able to get out and get some pictures of the horses. (Horses that belong to three different neighbors...) Most of them turned out pretty well, I think. 

 This horse is named Betty. She always comes over to greet me in the morning when I get out to the barn to feed the cats. She is such a beautiful horse; I think she's a Morgan or a QH/Morgan cross.

 However, it's very hard to get pictures of dark horses in the snow...

 The is Betty's pasture-mate, Cheyenne. 

 Cheyenne

 Betty

 Me and Cheyenne

 This nose belongs to Sage, a young horse adopted from a rescue last year. She's come a long ways from what she was like when they first got her, but she still has a ways to go... 

 She gets especially frisky when it's chilly out.

 This one is SO perfect... I 'm hoping to wood burn it sometime. 

 I wish I was closer to her when I got this shot, so that it would be in better focus and detail.

 Her mane is also quite perfect in this one, as well. Too bad I cut it off with the camera. 

 She's really a beautiful horse. 

 These sweet-looking donkeys are named Molly and Serafina. (Molly actually is pretty sweet, but Serafina definitely has that ornery donkey character...)  I can easily see a picture like this on a valentine or something. 

 This is Annie, a beautiful bay quarter horse. If you click on this picture, and zoom in, you can see Holly in the reflection of her eye...

 Holly, my best horse-friend.

 Another close-up of Annie. 

 Close-up of Holly.

 The whole gang, Going in a clockwise circle-- Annie, Holly, ladybug, Molly, and Serafina.

 Me

Holly...sleeping....

Enjoy!

Photography Challenge -- Spring

Here's my entry for the photo challenge over at The Radical Measure.

It's some cherry blossoms on our cherry tree.

We got lots and lots of cherries from it. 

Comments and critiques welcome!!

Henry

Here are some pictures of Henry that I posted for my ad on craigslist.

Sunlit Portrait.

Here's my entry for the Sunlit Portrait photo challenge over at Lucia, etc.

Here's a link to her blog: http://www.one-beloved.blogspot.com/2012/04/march-photo-challenge-finalists-april.html

And here's my entry:

And here are some other pictures I got that day.

 Soft focus effect....I love it.

 I like doing my hair that way. It only takes a few minutes, looks, pretty good, and for the most part, it keeps you hair out of your face.

 This picture was actually an accident.... I had forgot that I had zoomed the camera in, and tried to get a picture of myself. Instead, I got this, and ended up kind of liking it.

This one as an accident too. I have bad aim when it comes to cameras.....haha

Something that makes me happy...

Okay, so, I know I already posted this picture, but this time it's for a photo challenge of 

"What makes me happy?"

Here's a link to it if you want to enter:

http://emmaspic.blogspot.com/2012/04/photo-chalenge-i-am-so-blessed-week-1.html

And here's my picture: 

(btw, no, I didn't take this picture, because that is, in fact, me in the picture. haha)

Horses always make me happy....Especially the one that I'm leading, named Holly.

Riding (and leading) Holly

A few weeks back, my little sister, Cathi, had a birthday Tea Party!

After we all had lunch, the plan was to make necklaces. ('m not a big fan of making necklaces.....) But since it was such a nice afternoon, we decided to take a walk. While on the walk, we (meaning Ashley Bergen and I) decided that we would go and visit the neighbor's horses. Ashley then told me that she had brought a change of clothes, just in case we got to do anything 'more fun' outside. We then decided to ask my neighbor Stacy if we could get Holly out, and go for a couple of rounds around the sand arena. She agreed, and so here are some pictures:

 This is Me and Ashley. (Don't you just love how our shirts kind of match?)

I can't really figure out why, but I absolutely love this picture. I usually don't really like the way I look in pictures, don't ask me why, but it's true. :-D But in this picture......I don't know. Maybe it's just me.....haha
(btw, it looks a LOT better when its big, so click on it if you want the real effect of it.)

All my horsey friends! :-D

A few days back, maybe a week or so, it was cold and cloudy out. I decided to get the camera, go outside,  visit the horses, and get some pictures. I'm just now getting around to editing and posting them.

 This is Cheyenne. (No, thesky was not that color that day, I just wanted to try out some tinted editing.

 These are some of the Bernstorf's horses. The on on the left is named Star, the middle is New-bar, and the right I think is named Lucky.

 Star and New-bar

 Me and Lucky. He's named Lucky because he's actually a twin. His twin died at birth and everyone is surprised that Lucky even survived.

 Okay, I don't know the names of these, but I call the one on the left Dominic, the one in the middle Sarge, and the one on the right Holland.

 Me and Holland.

 Sarge leaning on Holland's back.

 I am very proud of this picture, to say the least.... This is Sage, the Karjala's horse. When it's chilly out, it's really easy to get her excited. She only actually reared twice, but she crow-hopped and bucked a whole ton!

 This is Annie and Holly, two of the Nicholson's horses. (Annie's the bay, and Holly's the buckskin.)

 These are the Nicholson's miniature donkeys. This picture looks like it belongs on a valentine or something....

 The one on the left is named Molly and the right is named Serafina.

 Here's Annie and Holly again.

 Annie getting a little over-excited.....

 The white horse, named Ladybug, doesn't come around whenever Annie is around. You see why in this picture. :-( For some reason, Annie all of the sudden turned on Ladybug, and started chasing, kicking, biting, even trampling her. We can't figure out why..... Mrs.Nicholson is trying to sell Annie now.

 Ladybug out in the field after Annie stops chasing her.

 Every time I see this and the next picture, I realize that I just love donkeys!

 Serafina. <3

 Ladybug looking wistfully at us. 

This is from a different day, but I didn't want to make another post just for this picture. Anyways, I glanced into the mirror in my room one day, and saw that the sunset was shining perfectly through our window, so that when I turned my eyes in just the right way, the sun shone right through them. I love eyes. :-D
(It looks a lot better when its bigger, so if you want to see it bigger, than click on it.)


Click on the pictures to see larger view!