31 July 2007

I have been editing photos and getting them ready for Larry to put on my website. They are all up now but I had to share these shots with you. These classes were the last ones of the show on Sunday evening. They were the children's in hand trail class and Pet pony class. The one judge in the grey jacket was exceptional with all of the children, she was quite a character and kept us laughing all weekend. She walked through the course with the children as can be seen in the first shot, but she was jogging when they needed to trot and really made it fun for them all. The second judge is at the back.

This little guy was determined to do it because each child got a "prize" at the end of the course. His father was going to help him but he wanted nothing of it. The judge kept a close eye on him and guided the pony when it needed to be without letting on that the boy wasnt doing it all himself. He is so tiny and he did a great job.

This was his choice of prize at the end, complete joy and happiness LOL. These children are our future and it was so nice to see someone take the time to talk to the children in all of their classes, giving them advice and reasons for the decisions she made so that they could learn from it.
Taxes is doing really well, I managed to change his dressing today without too much drama, he is settling right down. It was dreadfully hot, in the 90s by 6pm this evening. I am still editing photos, will carry on tomorrow. I will also try to let Taxes have a bit of exercise tomorrow after I put all the horses in, I don't want a repeat performance so it is better to take the distractions away then he will have no reason to go through the fence.

Well my blogging buddies, I am off to bed, tomorrow is another day. We are expecting temps in the 90s for the next 5 days at least and everything is so dry. The pasture down the road is keeping the mares fat but unless we have more rain it will be turning into a dust bowl soon. The grass is very short now.

(((Hugs)))) Will catch up on a few more blogs and then turn in.

Lori
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30 July 2007

I havent shot jumping for years. A lot of my horse photography in South Africa consisted of show jumping, cross country and low level dressage. It was really nice to be able to photograph it again even if the fences were pretty low. So here is one of the smaller riders negotiating one of the jumps in fine style!!

I managed to get all the photos sorted and Larry is busy putting them onto my website tonight. It was a good weekend as far as sales goes which is great because all of my other shows are on the decline as far as photo sales goes. I love this club and they have been very good to me over the past four years that I have been shooting for them. I have also shot some of my best show photos here as well. It is a nice venue (despite the lack of shade) and I can get some decent backgrounds while shooting in the arena (usually cars, people, trailers, wires and general chaos).

I was really tired when I got in last night but had a reasonable nights sleep. I got Taxes leg redressed without too much trouble on my own this afternoon. It is not looking too bad as far as infection goes so it was a good thing that I got the dressing on so soon after it happened and he didnt chew it. I have a feeling that he is going to have a large scar though, time will tell. I would post a picture but I am not sure everyone would want to see it. It is about 5 inches long and two inches wide at the widest part.

Now I need to get the prints all prepared and mailed off and catch up on the barn work again.

I have posted a picture in yesterday's blog so am up to date with that.

((((Hugs))))

Lori

29 July 2007

I am cheating tonight as it is 11.15 pm and I have only just got in from the show. I still have to unpack etc. so I dont have any new pics to post as I am on Larry's puter so I will post a pic in the morning.

((((Hugs))))

Lori

30th July:

I am still trying to edit and sort photos, I shot 1400 pictures!!!! This one is a picture shot on Sunday morning at the show. It is a picture of a welsh pony mare and her foal who belong to one of my clients. We got in early and shot these quickly before everything started. I liked this shot despite the shadows, so hope you enjoy it too.

Lori

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28 July 2007

Just a quickie, we have internet access at the Motel and I didnt bring my laptop so am using Joyce's and unfortunately she has no card reader to upload one of my pics to her computer so I am posting a shot that she took today which I think is awesome (I taught her well LOL, no really she has a great eye for people, has never been around horses so this was new to her). I am glad I got to post because I didn't want to miss a day.

Things are going pretty well, very very hot and humid but at least good weather for an outdoor show.

Talk tomorrow night when I get home. (((((Hugs)))))

Lori

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27 July 2007

I started the day off very badly this morning. Taxes got through the fence to go and play with the mares, I managed to turn the electricity off and lift the wires enough for him to go under and back to his side but he promptly walked back through, I didnt see him do it as I had my back turned to him putting the fence back in its holders, so can only assume that he stepped over the wires and because the electric was off they didnt zap him. He and the two fillies raced up and down and the next moment he veered off towards the fence at full speed and tried to jump it. He got his back leg caught in the wire and now has a really bad wound, the whole front of his lower leg has almost been skinned, about six inches long and three inches wide. I got the vet over and he said it would be pointless to stitch it as he already had sawdust in the wound when he ran back into his stable and it is in a really bad place to stitch. I have managed to dress it temporarily and the neighbor who is feeding them for me this weekend (who has had to tend a similar wound to one of the horses before I met Larry) is going to be keeping up with the cleaning and dressing of it until I get back on Sunday. I am praying that he is going to be one of those horses that doesnt chew bandages. He hasnt touched it yet. So these pictures of him from yesterday will be the last for a while as he has to be confined to his stable until it heals and that could take months.

This is a picture of my filly Lori yesterday when I let Dosie (her daddy) out with them......
..... and this is Dosie enjoying his first taste of freedom!!
I am making this short as I am packing to go to the show and wanted to post before packing the computer up to take it with. If I am unable to post tomorrow from the motel with my laptop it will be the first day that I have missed since starting this blog on 1st January this year.

I just hope the weekend goes better, I feel sick knowing that I have to leave Taxes for two days but the neighbor is very good with the horses and loves them just about as much as I do I think, so they are in good hands. My poor little boy.

I will be back on Sunday evening, take care everyone ((((Hugs)))))

Lori
xx

26 July 2007

Well Mike here is your little buddy. I took these today while he was playing with his Jolly Ball. He is a real little tyrant!!!! I have said it before and I will say it again, this is the first baby that I have had that is this full of himself. He just wants to bite everything, jump on everything, kick everything and generally be a total brat!! Strong willed is an understatement LOL. I hid behind the gate because he wanted to get me in between getting the ball. I tried to lure him out down the field but he wanted to hang around the barn, so please excuse the eyesore, the mares chewed all the walls the one winter and we have just not had a chance to get some siding up on it.

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He had a ball (pun) with this and I kept coming towards me so I battled to get full shots but the few I did get were so funny (despite the ugly background). He must be at least 18 inches off the ground in the pic above.

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Well angelic would be the way to describe him in this one but we all know that he is anything but an angel.

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I tried to get caught up on a bit more today. In between the trip to the doctor tomorrow and leaving for the horse show hopefully I can get caught up on some more.

I turned Dosie (the stud we gelded two months ago) out with the two mares today and it went very well. There wasnt too much fighting and I hope that he is going to be a lot happier being able to be out in the field with other horses. I will have to find a fourth horse to turn out because they tend to pair off and My filly Lori and Cayenne are a pair so he has no-one, just need to decide who would be best.

Karen thanks for your visit, dont worry I very rarely get to comment on all my blogging buddies' blogs these days and I feel so bad too, but sometime soon we will all slow down (when the summer is over maybe and we spend more time indoors) and we will be able to catch up with everyone's news and pictures.

(((((Hugs)))))) to you all.

Lori

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25 July 2007

I am starting to give up hope that I am going to catch up with you all. Carmi it was so nice to hear from you, I have been a bad blogger too I am afraid, just not enough hours in the day. I find a bit of time early in the morning when I go out to feed the horses. I take my camera with me and just snap what I see. The neighbors and people driving down the road are used to seeing me crouched down or laying down in the field taking pics. It is nice and cool then. It is amazing how many flowering plants you can find in the wild. This one is probably about the size of the end joint of my thumb. After mowing the field I have found all sorts of plants at ground level.

We had a bit of rain this evening, not a whole bunch but better than nothing and enough to wet the ground and give the grass a bit of moisture, yaaay.

We have to go to Fort Wayne on Friday again and there is a chance that Larry will need another minor surgery. There is just one small spot that wont heal and now it is starting to grow bigger so we need to address it immediately.

Tomorrow I have to get all the stalls in order, do some shopping, have the tyre fixed on my bus that I use at the shows and the list gets longer because I will have to leave for Rochester (where the show is) Indiana, about 89 miles north of us, by about 5pm or so. I dont like driving at night so want to make sure I am there with plenty of time to spare.

Another day my blogging friends, thanks to you all, you are all always in my thoughts. ((((HUGE HUGS))))

Lori
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