More Pencil Crayon!

I recently drew another pencil crayon picture.  This one is of my dad playing his little 'c' trumpet to Monarch!  The horses love it when my dad comes out and plays his trumpets to them, as you can see here!  This will be a gift for my dad once it's framed... I'm thinking father's day???  I hope he likes it!

Detail of Monarch in progress...

Kitchen shelf with unframed art pieces...

It's been a while!!!

Yes, we're in the midst of winter - Ugh!  We've had a lot of snow this year.  Personally, I can't wait until late spring and summer.  I'm just not a cold weather person anymore!  I've been terrible at posting lately, but will try to keep up again.

 Busy Ploughing our road!

 Lilli in her winter jacket

Monarch and Simba - looking beautiful as always!

A Fall Ride

I had the great pleasure to go on a lovely fall ride the other day. Simba is coming along nicely and it was such a good ride. It was the first time I'd taken him up to this area. I'll definitely go here again as the ground was good, lots of places to gallop or canter, plus the views were spectacular! This time I finally took my camera along on a ride.

In The Saddle Again!

How wonderful to be riding again! My ribs seem to have healed up nicely and for the rest of the summer I will hopefully be spending more time in the saddle. Monarch is back from his 30 days of "boot camp" and I had my first ride on him. He was quite well behaved, but I didn't ask him for much. Simba on the other hand was being a bit of an egghead and bucked a few times when I pushed him... He's also normally very good, but I think having his buddy Monarch back home has given him a bit more of an attitude again. I'm sure I'll get that out of him soon :~)

It's Wintertime!

Winter is 1/2 over thank goodness!!! Aside from Christmas, not my favourite season! Ben's birthday was celebrated at the beginning of January. The animals are all fat and content. The sheep are visibly pregnant and we look forward to the arrival of the lambs at the end of March.

Oops... I misspelled pigeons...

An Evening Walk

How lovely it is, going for evening walks with the "whole" family... You'll see what I mean below...

Fiera, looks on as the boys walk ahead... she takes off after them shortly...

Monarch quickly finishes his grain...

Simba heads off to follow everyone!

Monarch canters to catch up!

Simba looking back to see when I'll catch up!

Adoration

Did I ever mention that my two lovely horses seem to adore children... I think these photos kind of show that. They have never shown any nastiness or bad behavior EVER! I'm so lucky to have two such lovely animals! I will definitely post some better pictures of Simba and Monarch soon!

A Gift...

I was working on this "gift" for someone today.... It was a fun project, although I felt a bit guilty when there was so much "other" stuff to get on with - you know how it is!!!

September 11, 2010.... Just a little update! This finished piece just won 1st prize at the local Fall Fair - an added bonus for the soon to be recipients!

Round and about the Farm

It was such a lovely day yesterday that I just felt the urge to go out and take some photos around the place.  I particularly had fun snapping the animals - they were being so silly "behind the scenes".  Simba kept pushing his bum into my face because he wanted a scratch.  Monarch kept following me around and putting his face in all my shots.  The goats were butting each other (unfortunately I never captured the rearing up that they do which is quite funny!!) It was altogether a lovely morning!

Wintertime

Here are a few photos of our winter so far.  There have been some truly beautiful days.  Christmas and New Years have come and gone - quickly as usual.  Today I finally took down all the decorations, always a slightly sad time for me as I love the warmth and "sparkliness" of the holiday decor.  Twinkle lights are of course one of my favorites!  Tonight a few birthday decorations will go up for Ben's birthday tomorrow...  I'm eager to finish and organize a couple of areas/rooms of the house.  Ie. A computer area upstairs... my "studio" on the main level.  Endless things to do... sometimes frustrating not being able to accomplish them faster!  Well... Happy New Year everyone, 2010 will be an interesting year to say the least!?

Peter with Fiera

Taking Simba for a ride on Christmas Day...

Justin with "Shreddie"

Peter with Monarch

Shreddie and I

Ben with Shreddie

My boys and I :)