Friday's Picture of the Day

" No Description... I'll let you decide. "

Update :-D

20 or so of us got together Saturday to go skiing at Sugar Mountain. In the end we ended up going a little higher up the mountain to Beech Mountain Ski Resort. We spent the entire day making the most of the snow and had a great time!! I am sad to say I didn't get any pictures of the skiing part of our day. I did however, manage to get some pictures of the ride up the mountain... We had so much fun!



Mary Lynn spots some snow!



Me... And in case you're wondering, Mom says I have a lazy left eye.




Mary Lynn




Alex striking a pose-haha!

Our Map Reader, Michael G

Our Careful Chauffeur, Shane

A random moment in the backseat... I do believe it was an "Air Camera"

Alex hanging from the roof... JK The picture was taken this way over my headrest and I just decided to leave it this way.

Jacob enjoying the comfy seats in the van... lol

Friday's Picture of the Day

Hi all! I will probably be doing a Special post on Sugar Mountain Ski Resort sometime in the next few days as we're taking the day tomorrow and going out for a ski trip.

What: Thyatira Presbyterian Church
Where: Salisbury, NC
When: Me and Melissa went to check out the church for a pre-wedding photography set-up.

Monday's Picture of the Day

What: Calob giving hugs
Where: Latta Equestrian Center in Huntersville
How it happened: Betwixt mucking out stalls and filling up water buckets, LEC volunteer, Calob, found the opportunity to give one of his favorite horses a hug. He laid his head over the horse's back and said, "I could stay here all day!"

Saturday's Picture of the Day

A little late but it's here. No editing...


What: My quarter horse, Buddy
Where: The barn he is staying at for the time being.
How it happened: He was watching a stray cat I think and struck an awesome pose in the process.

Whoh...

Well, obviously, I've been getting very behind with my "Picture of the days" . I think I'm going to take a break for a bit so I won't be posting POTD's quite so often. Maybe once or twice a week.

Just keeping you updated! Have a nice week. :-)

Special: Kerr Mill Pictures

Sorry guys! I managed to get the pictures on here but I haven't had time to edit any of them. So what you see is what you get. Straight out of the camera. :-) Have A Nice Day (HAND) everyone!





A Millstone laying by the pathway



Cellar?

Waterwheel

Melissa Cockman taking pictures!

The shingles of a building nearby...

The backside of the Mill

The old architecture was fun to take pictures of...

Straight up!

Another Mill Stone

An old window

Special: Windy Day Excitment!

Elijah eating a grham cracker and watching the action--A firefighter's hose got blew off the truck and strung out all down the road. This is the truck parked out front picking up the loose hose.



A rainbow!



The double rainbow that I was priviliged to see!

Our backyard... Enough said.

Buddy's old pasture... I pointed out the trunks of all three trees that fell with red dots.

Tuesday's Picture of the Day

What: A pinecone in the pond
Where: The pond at Murray's Mill, NC
How it happened: Every good photographer cheats somewhere along the line. I set up for this picture and threw the pinecone into the pond which created the neat little bubble in the corner.

(I didn't take the time to watermark this picture but it is copyrighted just the same)

Monday's Picture of the Day

What: Drambuie AKA Buie


Where: The dressage arena at RHD


How it happened: This is Buie ,a 3 yr old Hanoverian gelding in the early stages of dressage training.

Saturday's Special Post 1/3/09

Royal Son -- AKA Raider showing his moves. These pictures were taken of Raider at his first time under saddle. He accepted the saddle so well that Racheal decided to lunge him a bit. What's the big deal? Raider has only been lunged about 3 times that I can recall. Maybe more but I wasn't there. So considering this, he did an incredible job in the round pen!

Getting the hang of it... "Look! I can do this!"

Re-adjusting the bit that he gummed at the whole time. "But Mooooom! It's my new toy!"

"I spy a skinny girl with a camera who won't mind her own business..."

The joys of training... "Look mom! I've got it now-- I've got the moves! Check this out--and this!"

Waiting for his next command. "I'm all ears!"

Thoughtful moment between horse and owner.... Ever wonder what horses think? I bet he's going, "So mom, how did I do? Did I do good? I did good didn't I? Yeah I did. I know I did!"

And owner's thoughts? Here's a flashback>

Friday Picture of the Day

Newborn longhorn heifer... How cute!

Happy New Year!!

Ho hum... Another new year.


WOO HOO!!! I think I'm gonna sleep this one in though. Then when I wake up in 2009, I'm gonna take Jacob to work at the church and then....... *Drum roll please* I am going to celebrate with Jana at McDonald's with a Big Mac. For the fun of pure self inflicted pain, I have went a whole year now with no sodas and no McDonalds. The sodas part was not hard. Just think of all that acid... Blach. But the McDonald's I have ALMOST broken several times but never actually done it. Unless you count the time about 2 months ago when I gobbled down my little brother's hamburger he didn't want one night, when him and our parents got back from town. They were SUPPOSED to have stopped at Burger King.... Well, I started realizing there were chopped onions on that cheeseburger so I investigated then... Only to find it was too late! Anyways... *Clears throat* That was an accident. It is now time to move on with my life and....

CELEBERATE 2009! :-D

(I may actually gain a couple lbs from this visit I'm planning to McD's... )


NOTE::: No Post of the day... Once again, I apologize. I WILL get them up by the end of the week. Honest.

No Post of the day

Hey everyone! I'm really starting to fall behind now. I've taken a few pictures but haven't had the chance to upload them yet. I'll try to get to ot tomorrow (Wednesday)... If I can't, just bear with me and I'll get them up before the end of the week. Have a wonderful near year!

No Saturday Picture of the Day

Sorry guys... Busy day and I didn't get to take my camera out.

Special Christmas Day Post

The weather was beautiful today so I drove out to the barn to get a ride in while I could. I rode Zippy and the other horses were really kicking up their heels and having a good time. So much so that Zippy wanted to join them and she about come out from under me a couple times. lol The cowgirl in me (The big mushy part) wanted to see what she'd do, so I jumped down from her back and stripped her saddle and bridle in a few seconds. She was gone like the wind across the field with the horses. That small herd of horses was a beautiful sight to behold right about then.

But of course, by the time I got back from getting my camera out of the jeep, they had run all of their energy out.

Here's the pictures I took today. I was feeling a B&W theme but I kinda fell somewhere in between I believe.

I always knew Zippy had a halo...

Buddy playing hide and seek over Zippy's back. *Haha... She'll never find me over here*

Door to the heart?

The cows across the road... Just minding their own business. As usual.

VOTE ON THE POLL PLEASE

Wednesday's Picture of the Day

What: The planks making up a walking bridge
Where: South Mountain State park
How it happened: Michael, Caleb, Jacob, Jana, and I went for a hike Sunday afternoon and I was able to get some neat shots. I tweaked this one in photoshop a bit to make the foot bridge look old. Any suggestions??

No Post of the day

Sorry everyone... Been busy... I'll try to get one up for tomorrow's Picture of the Day.

Making up for Saturday's Picture of the Day

Hi all! A little late but it's here. Enjoy!


How much can you do to a photograph? Editing creates incredible moods for pictures that can't be achieved otherwise. Although some photographers disagree, editing is a huge asset to the field of photography. Look at the difference bettwen these two photos. The below is a "before" picture and the above is and "After" picture. Although some may like the before picture better, (It's all a matter of taste) the after picture has created a completely different mood and mindset for the viewer. What do you think? Vote on my poll!

No Saturday's Picture of the Day

Sorry everyone! No picture of the day today. I could have went back through the thousands of pictures I have and pulled out a good one but I'd rather not. It's possible I'll post a picture tomorrow (Sunday) evening if I go to Latta Plantation as I plan to do. Thanks for checking in!

Friday's Picture of the Day

Hasn't struck midnight YET! Picture of the day has finally made it. :-)
This picture I dug out of a folder from earlier this year. Wouldn't it be great if it were spring again!!?


What: My cousins out rock climbing
Where: Black Mountain NC
How it happened: Every good photographer has to get their feet wet sometime right? I was standing out in the middle of the creek directing traffic (5 other kiddies) so I could get a picture of the girls.

No Thursday Picture of the Day

Sorry everyone! Haven't been able to get out with the camera today. Check back in tomorrow. Until then, God bless u!

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