Sunday, August 30, 2009

Quick mention!

Hey everyone!
As you can I posted 2 new posts today. But I have also tweaked some of my other entries a bit. I have added some photos to some of them and edited some of the ones that were not edited. I have also blown up some of the photos that were small before. They are just very small changes but just wanted to let you know incase you were interested! Have a great day!

Surprise photos! Taa daa!

Taa daa!
Well, as I promised here are the surprise photos! I haven't done much horse photography over the last few years so I am a little rusty! But I had a film to fill the other nite and decided to take some shots of a few of the horses we have been working with this summer. I will post photos of the rest of the horses we have been working with this summer when I get some shots of them. The first 2 photos are of our 2 year old Jay. He is a registered APHA gelding and is coming along nicely. If anyone is interested, he's for sale! The following 4 photos are of 2 more 2 year olds we have been working with this summer. They are my Dad's but we are training them. The next 2 are of a 2 year old buckskin quarter horse gelding. He has been a real pleasure to work with. He is tons of fun to be around, he is quite a character. His name is Bucky! The last 2 photos are of a registered 2 year old quarter horse gelding. We call him Blue, seeing as he is blue! He is just being started under saddle at this time. We will be starting to ride him this week. Bucky and Blue are not for sale at this time. We have had such a fun summer training all these horses. It has been 10 years since I broke my last horse so I was a little rusty when we started, but it all came back to me real quick. Just like riding a bike, as some would say. So, we have been working with 3 - 2 year olds, 2 - 3 year olds, and then 2 older broke horses which are ours. We keep them in shape so when we do something new with the young ones, that they are ready to go! Enjoy and if you have any questions regarding any of these horses, please feel free to contact me at any time!





Celebration & Remembrance

Hi,
A couple of posts back I mentioned that I had the opportunity to share in a very touching moment with the Morden Fire Dept in giving salute to a fallen comrade? Well, here are the pics I promised to post. Again, they are not the best as we had to quickly snap them between traffic and could not get up as close as we wanted but here they are anyway. Their fallen comrade was a fire cheif from a community just down the road who passed away in a motorcycle accident in Alberta. I thought this was a really nice way to honor him and his family. It was pretty cool! He was escorted by fire trucks and saluted by depts all the way from Winnipeg airport to home. Below are a couple pictures of the salute. The first one is just the guys saluting and the 2nd one is of the guys and our fire truck leading a bus with his family on it home.



CELEBRATION! Below are a few photos of the FD in the Morden C & A parade this year! The boot drive the firefighters did for Muscular Dystrophy was a success. They raised just over $10,000! Way to go boys!



Saturday, August 29, 2009

Centre Island South getaway

Hi!
Remember a couple posts ago, I mentioned we had a nice relaxing weekend away at Centre Island South? Well, I finally got some of the pictures uploaded for you all to see where we went. Now, these are not the best photos I have taken but the weather was rainy and wet and I had to quickly snap these photos inbetween rain showers. It is a really pretty place and we had a great time. Our hosts, Larry & Alice Anderson, were so welcoming and we had a fantastic time!! For any of you fishermen out there, this is a place where there is world class bass, walleye, and musky fishing. They have caught some monsters out there. So, head on out to Centre Island South if this intrigues you!!


This is the main lodge.
This is the room we stayed in. The view from the outside.

This is the bar. Larry designed it to look like a mexican cantina. Its pretty neat!


This is their games room. Pool table, ping pong & a card table. There are also several gorgeous pieces of art on the walls.

This is the main living room with a spectacular view of the lake.

This is the room we stayed in from the inside. It also had a beautiful view of the lake.

A view of the surrounding area. Falcon island is the shoreline the furthest away.

The view of one side of the island.
The view of another part of the island.
Thanks Larry & Alice for your hospitality. They have a website. Just google Centre Island South.



Thursday, August 27, 2009

Gavin & Molly's 1st birthday party!

Hey everyone!
A little while ago I had the privilege of being asked to take some photos at Gavin & Molly's 1st b-day party! These are 2 cute little cousins that were born in just weeks of one another. These sure are special friends of ours and we had a great time at the party!! Here is just a smattering of what I captured that day! There are some of the b-day babes and some of family. Enjoy!!
























Wednesday, August 26, 2009

New pics soon to come

Hey all!
Just a quick update here. I am in the process of photo editing and will be posting new photos up soon.
I will have quite a variety to post. There will be photos from a 1 year old birthday party photo shoot that I will be posting. There will be photos from our weekend at Centre Island, photos from the Corn and Apple Parade of mostly the fire dept, there will be pics of the firemen giving their salute to a fallen comrade on his way through Morden to home, and then last but not least, will be a surprise! We will see what I will post!
I am also hoping to get some of my wedding portfolio uploaded, edited and posted very soon!
For those of you that don't know, Bryan and I run a little side business called Wildhorse Photography and Design. Bryan woodburns his toilet seats and builds picture frames. He does custom work on just about anything in this regard. I am a sideline photographer and I started taking horse portraits and livestock photos and it just evolved from there. I do weddings, family photos, etc. I have also been blessed over the last 8 years to be able to attend practice burns with the Morden Fire Dept and be their "official" photographer per say and I have captured lots of cool images. I feel I have gotten much better at firefighting photography over the years and each time I do it.
I just sold 5 of my firefighting prints and my customer was ecstatic with the out come. Bryan built the frames for him and together the pictures were absolutely stunning!
I will be posting some more of the prints that will be for sale, so if you see something to your liking, let me know. I will be happy to sell you what you want. Bryan will build the frames as well, unless you want something different than barn board. I do have access to another framer who will do custom framing and who does some work for me as well.
Well, have a great day and can't wait to get my next post out with new photos!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Weekend away

Hey!
Well, we're back from a roadtrip that we thought was gonna take forever! We used google maps to get the time to go to Young's Bay in Minnesota on Lake of the Woods from here. The total it said was 4 & 3/4 hours. Boy was it wrong! It took 3 hours. From Young's Bay we then were picked up and whisked away to Centre Island which is on the Canadian Ontario side on Lake of The Woods. There is a fishing lodge there that we were invited to see by some new friends. We had a great time. The place is beautiful and feels just like a home away from home. It rained the whole time but we had fun and relaxation anway. This will likely be our last trip anywhere this year. We may take a winter holiday but that will sometime in 2010, maybe.
I will be posting pictures of Centre Island South once they are ready.
See ya later!

Friday, August 14, 2009

A bit about us

This is our wedding day! We had sooo much fun! It was a beautiful fall day. We will be married
7 years on Sept. 21/09. It has flown by and every year we just love each other more!! The
horse in this picture is Soxx. I raised him from a baby. He passed away on May long weekend
this year! He was 19! I miss him!! But I enjoyed and am blessed by the time I had spent with
him!

Another one of our favorite wedding pics! We have both these framed in our home!
Wedding photos were taken by Nikkel Photography.
This is Bryan & I with our horse Fiddle. We have had him for just over 4 years now! He is
alot of fun!
Another one of Bry & I with fiddle.
These 2 pictures were taken by Rick Hiebert, Actionplus Photo. Thanks Rick!

Late last fall Bry and I had some pics taken for our christmas cards. These are the last pics I have with Soxx!!
I love this photo.

This is taken down the back trail in our bush!

Another one of Bry and I.
I like this one!
The above 5 photos were taken by Tara Wyton Photography. Thanks Tara!!

For those of you who don't know, Bryan is a firefighter on the Morden Volunteer Fire Dept. He has been on the dept for 10 years now. He joined right after he graduated high schoool. This photo here was taken at the open house last summer. They were helping the kids shoot water at a target.

This is Bryan and I at a wedding. Not very often we get all dressed up!

Monday, August 10, 2009

Peaceful & Serene!

Hi!
The pictures and edits below are from beautiful Sioux Narrows Ontario and area. We have family there and are so blessed by being able to stay in their big, beautiful cabins right on Lake Of The Woods. It is so quiet and peaceful there and it smells wonderful! I just love getting out of the car and smelling that northwoods air. There is just something relaxing in doing just that. Below are some pics, and obviously some edited pics, that I have taken over last fall and this summer! The first 4 are from a place called Black River. What it is, is a little area on the side of the highway just down the road from my Uncle's place. There is a lake which this little water fall runs out of and at the bottom of the water fall is a big pool with lily pads and lilies. I would love to build a cabin there! The daisy is on the side of the road right by the river. The following 2 pictures are at Berry Creek which is just around the corner from where we stay. We always have fun fishing there. The last photo is of a loon that came real close to the dock, so I snapped a quick photo. Hope you enjoy these!