Fun at the Creek

Carter and Riley Jo


Sterling giving Cade some fishing tips?!?!

I think that a few of the kids were disappointed that they couldn't strip down to their undies and play in the water again this year!!

Branding Day

Nothing like a branding to let me practice with my camera. There are so many things to photograph. Although this year I took the pictures instead of setting my camera to automatic. I didn't get a whole lot of good ones of the people, but I did get some AWESOME landscape ones. I know what my mistakes were so that has to count for something. So all & all, I did OK. Note...the blue sky..that's a plus for me!!!






Gotta love the run away calves!!

Buddies...

Sterling had lots of help from Cade and Riley Jo. While Sterling was busy hobbling his horse, Cade had the very important job of holding the bridle. Now that's teamwork.

Try, try, try as you may.... Sterling & Tater couldn't quite reach high enuf to get the bridle off. According to them it was ALL the horses fault because he wouldn't lower his head!!

Say CHEESE!!!

Tater...

Dustin has been waiting on this day since the branding last year. What's not to like... going for a ride, playing with friends, good food, and usually playing in the creek at Mike's house (weather permitting) when it's all over?!?



Taters buddy, Boone (the horse he was using last year), has been showing his age lately so our neighbors up the road were nice enough to let him ride their daughters horse, Titan. Dustin & Titan seemed to get along pretty well. I think that he was just glad to be in the saddle again.

Chance and Dustin..... that's trouble!!!

My Cowboy

It's been 10 years (almost 11) and there's still something about this man that I find irresistible.

Look closely... I finally got solid proof that he DOES smile.

Spring time in Montana

Here it is almost May and it's snowing. Hopefully it will disappear as quickly as it came, but there is something about spring snow that I find appealing. As bad as I want warm weather and sunny days, a spring snow seems to renew everything and the snowflakes are so big and fluffy. Just beautiful. I tried to get a picture of the big flakes... this is what I got.

Okay... NOW I'm ready for nothing but warm and sunny days!!!!

Kids vs. Horses

So I have been taking a photography class to learn how to use my camera to its full capabilities. Actually it was a really interesting class and I learned a lot. Now I just have to practice and find the right groove for myself and my camera. The hardest problem I'm having is getting the exposure set correctly. Oh well....practice makes perfect!!!


One thing that I have discovered is that you can only photograph kids for so long before they start to protest. Lucky for me it seems that horses have a much longer patience span then kids do. They really don't seem to mind me clicking away at them.