April 9, 2012

Oh Where Does the Time Go??

So I feel this photo characterizes our year so far perfectly-just diving right in and getting out heads submerged without our body following to well....let me explain.....






After the holidays things got back into full crazy swing around here. The first exciting thing that happened was I took a ceramics class on camp-it was SO FUN!! I have since joined the Ceramics club (for a whooping 3 Euros a month) and have dove right in to making all sorts of things! Tea pots, cookie jars, garden ornaments, bowls, cups, and more to come! It's been a very nice creative outlet for me since I haven't been painting or even taking a huge amount of photos. The ladies are so very nice and HELPFUL! I know I will always have help (and lots of encouragement) with my creations. Matt keeps joking that I can't go to ceramics without spending a ton of money, which is not true!! I only spend a little ;)

These were the ladies in my class-it was such a fun time!





And you remember that horse I was loaning? Yea, he's ours now.

Meet "Harlequin Spam," aka, "Harley," "Doofus," "Cutie," "Idiot," and "Very Good Boy." After loaning for about 2 months we decided to take the plunge and buy him. And I have LOVED IT!!! It's SO wonderful to have my own horse again! No one else riding him (or screwing him up...only me!!). I get to ride whenever, however, and whatever I please. So we've been very focused our dressage and have had some very nice hack outs in which we didn't freak out (and by we I mean him) so things are going pretty well. Oh, there was a mishap with a trailer and he hurt himself and therefore made it so we couldn't compete in 2 shows, but it's not the end of the world, I learned. As much as I LOVE to compete, it's not the most important thing apparently. Why God chose to show me in such a dramatic way is beyond me ;)

He likes to give smooches. He's sweet like that!



He's a good looking boy huh? I am already smitten with him-was after about ride #3.






He's such a good boy-tries SO HARD to do what I ask of him. He is a lot like Rusty in the way he spooks, stresses, and hates me getting angry with him. It's great! But he does know how to work and he's super smart (like Rusty) but now I know how to channel the smarts!



Also in my attempt to get better at photography I've joined a photo club. It's been so fun-the guys who run it are professionals and make money doing it so I'm basically getting free photo lessons. I love it!! We focused on food a couple weeks ago and this is my great masterpiece from that session! The one guy (Andy) wanted to steal my wide angle lens when saw it-goodie! I have good equipment! What do you think of this photo?

Wine and strawberries-yummmm!





So Matt's been pretty helpful with me getting better at photos as well. The other day he suggested that we go to see a shipwreck, let Joey run around, and take photos. Sounds like a good day huh? We threw the frisbee for Joey, which he always goes crazy for! And I played with the camera some, trying out some things I've been learning. It was fun!



Whatcha looking at guys?





Isn't he the most beautiful (and manly!) dog?? Poor guy was pretty tired! Look at that tongue!





We've discussed adding elements to photos to make them a little more interesting, so I added some rocks. What do you think?





I've also been thinking I may need/should/kinda want to make a label/name thingy/copyright thingy to put on my pics, so you suckers can't steal them! Here are some I've come up-what do you guys think? I really want your vote/imput-and if you can't figure out what MLM stands for, we have some problems ;) Right now I'm being nice and adding Matt to this but I may cut him out since he thinks it's a stupid idea to do a moniker so why should I add him to my genius? I'll start thinking of something that is just me as well-we shall see what I come up with :)




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