I thought I'd post some shots from my photography trip last weekend to the Old Cowtown museum in Wichita. The first one is the view looking down the main street of Cowtown.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Blowin' in the wind



Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The Next Chuck Norris??
Monday, February 23, 2009
Fishin' on the farm
I didn't take these, but they were too good not to post. Jake and his friend Ryan took a few shots after their big fishing adventure in our pond. Which followed their big shopping adventure at St. Vinny's. Notice the nice 80's style jackets they're wearing, and Jake's 'Go Hog Wild for School Lunch' t-shirt? Fun times!


Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Henson's Mill

Monday, February 16, 2009
One man's junk.....
is my latest photo prop.......
Mike is in the process of clearing the debris from our barn fire, including an old shed that will be torn or burned down. Jake and some friends cleaned it out today, and this old suitcase was one of the 'treasures' inside. Naturally I had to rescue it.
This little tin was buried among a bunch of fruit jars and various other old containers. I'd never heard of Benne Bits, so I googled it and discovered that benne is actually sesame. According to the Byrd Cookie Company website: "Filled with a flavorful blend of aged cheddar, spices and toasted benne seeds, our crunchy Benne Bits have been a family favorite for generations" and they are still for sale. They sound yummy to me!


Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
How I kill time
while waiting for the horses' water tanks to fill up. It takes about an hour to get all the watering done, and I don't do well with just standing around, being bored. When the weather is nice sometimes I take my camera for entertainment. I was playing around with different camera settings to see what the results would be. These are SOOC (straight out of camera), no editing, no photoshopping. Except for the last one - which had just a tiny bit of touching up. hee hee.
First, I captured this beautiful sunset. I took several shots of it, and discovered that I got much more color with a faster shutter speed. I thought it would be the opposite. So I learned something.
Then I took a bunch of shots of the moon. It was kind of neat to be able to shoot the sunset and the moon rising at the same time.

Jake came along in the meantime and took the one that I posted yesterday of Sadie and me. After he left I was REALLY bored, so I attempted a self-portrait. It's kind of hard to get a good shot when you are holding the camera at arm's length while a horse is trying to hug you.

Jake came along in the meantime and took the one that I posted yesterday of Sadie and me. After he left I was REALLY bored, so I attempted a self-portrait. It's kind of hard to get a good shot when you are holding the camera at arm's length while a horse is trying to hug you.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Sadie & Me

This is Sadie, one of our colts that was born last spring. She is my favorite colt, and I am her favorite human. She follows me around like a puppy. If she isn't getting the attention she thinks she needs, this is what she does...comes up behind me and lays her head over my shoulder. She will not be ignored. She wants to be scratched and talked to and hugged.
Jake took the picture for me, grubby old chore coat and all. It is obviously not one of my best, but Mom keeps telling me there aren't enough pictures of me because I'm always behind the camera. So this one is for you Mom. I'd much rather be the photographer than the photographee though.
What I love about cats....
You never know where you'll find them.

She is actually on top of my kitchen cabinets. That is the ceiling you see behind her head. Sometimes she must go to great lengths to get out of the reach of Gus the Wonderdog. Yesterday morning she got up on the shelf in my closet and walked a little too close to the edge. The whole thing came crashing down, right along with her. And of course she just strolled away as if nothing had happened.


Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Icy Images
Here are a few more from the icy weather we had last week. They were all shot from my back yard. It was really cold so I didn't venture out very far, or stay out very long.
Thankfully the beautiful sunshine has been shining all this week.
All have been converted to black and white using Jenn H's Creamy BnW Action. Thanks Jenn!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Reminders of home

Monday, February 2, 2009
The only good thing about winter...
....pretty pictures.
Just a couple of the pics I took last week on our snow/ice day.

Fortunately this storm didn't bring much ice and snow. It mostly came down in a fine, foggy mist. When I went out with my camera, it was still cloudy, and everything was covered in a white film, giving it kind of an eerie, dreamy look.

Sunday, February 1, 2009
My, what big ears you have!

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