Tommy Lee

tommy at trlr2

Originally uploaded by RackingSaint

Tennessee Walking Horse gelding
registered Racking Horse
Rollan’s Star Skipper

Bo

Bo

Originally uploaded by RackingSaint

Retired American Quarter Horse gelding.

Wish Upon a Star

I was checking in on a forum I frequent and found that a friend had posted a photo and was requesting that we have a try at editing it. The photo is of her daughter and her horse and she wanted to see if it would be a good candidate for use as a Christmas card.

I had a go and, to my delight, she loved it. I’ve always enjoyed the stories and photos of her daughter’s horsey adventures, so I was especially thrilled that she liked my ideas.

This is what I came up with:

Living the Country Life

Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting my daughter’s two best friends for sleepover and a movie. We took the girls to see New Moon and then came home. The next day, one of the girls was picked up by her mom, leaving my daughter and the other friend to spend plenty of time being silly. Of course, Angus the Scottie had to get in on the action……attention hog that he is.

Angus attacks water video

Angus attacks water video

Originally uploaded by RackingSaint

Angus, The biggest little dog in the South, tries to “catch” the water. Then gets angry and ‘fusses’ at it when he is unsuccessful.

I love this little scottie so much!

Going to the dogs (hopefully!)

On Monday night, we were guests at a friends house for Monday night football. Well, I don’t enjoy watching professional football at all. So, I took my camera and played around with the two Dachshund’s who also live there.
Rebel

Lucy

I also reworked a couple of photos of our cat, Seal. I’ve got a trial of a new photo editor and am in the process of evaluating it. Too soon to tell how I feel about it over all, but I wanted to share these:

Seal

I really love pet portraits. Hopefully, it is something I can expand on in the near future.

horn worms

I was so happy in the summer that the horses “planted” three tomato plants for me.
I took care and transferred them to a container. Put em up on the porch so they would be safe.
Imagine my chagrin when I went out to check them (as I did every evening) and they were covered with these little bastards! Ruined!

On the road again with one of the best.

Yesterday morning, Tricia and I had decided to meet up and go on a little mission to capture some shots. She was the navigator while I was the driver and she took me to a part of Buck’s Pocket Park which is also a part of the Lake Guntersville properties. The place is called “High Falls”. I would estimate that it is about 25 to 35 feet in height. But it is width and girth of violently rushing water that creates the roar of rapids which greets anyone who visits. As soon as I opened my truck door…there it was! No, I couldn’t see it, but I sure could hear it!!

Following are a few of my favorites so far:

This is taken from the ‘near side’ or side from which you enter.


My good buddy Tricia:


From the offside approach you have this view and open access.

A great mind at work here:

I liked the contrast of the yellow flower against this moss

Tricia, who is forever discovering new things in her corner of the world, excitedly told me about a very unusual plant she had found down in a hollow back behind her house. So, when we got back to her house, we hiked down to see it and I got this shot. Neither of us had a clue as to what it was known as so I spent a great deal of time last night to finally find that it is known by several names. For example: Indian Pipe, Ghost pipe, Ghost Plant, Corpse plant/flower. Something about this plant that I find so super interesting is that it has NO chlorophyl nor does it perform photosynthesis. hmmmmmm.

ein playing possum

ein playing possum

Originally uploaded by RackingSaint

This nut did me the favor of posing for some photos last night. He’s pretending to be asleep in this one. He makes me laugh every day. I never thought I would ever be really attached to him. He was a gift to my daughter from a horse trainer. I have developed a pretty strong bond with him, though. He’s a sweet boy….just a little too good at his job of herding. The horses don’t care for him too much….go figure.

falls soft

falls soft

Originally uploaded by RackingSaint