The Little Drummer Boy

 Playing around with the "fish eye" feature on my camera. Huh........

 Spur, of course, camera hog he is had to get into the scene.........

 I think he works hard on that hair, like the kid I saw in the Old Port last week........

 Then Colby decided she wanted to drum...........

 He's TOO cute.......

 Oh yes, and Spur's version of drumming...........

 My pretty old lady............

 I have had trouble with my "sports" feature of my camera. Blurry, blurry, blurry. I read the manual. Just make sure the subject is in the blue frame box. Um......OK. Still blurry.........

Maybe it just takes practice.

Yesterday's trial

We did just one day. Last day of my vacation! Waaaaaaa...............It was SO nice being home all week just doing "nothing". I mean, seriously, I did LOTS of stuff, like went for a jog nearly every day, put my compost on my perenial gardens, weeded the vegetable garden, washed windows, cleaned the house, went shopping and spent HOURS messing around with my camera. But, it was just "nothing". I had no schedule, no plans, I was so chill about my day it felt GREAT!!!! I love my job, but it is nice not to have to be any where and not to have anyone depending on me for being there. I was at no one's demand, no plans, no schedule, that was AWESOME!!!!

But, my last day I did a trial. It was a wonderfully small trial and a great group of folks!!!! I had a blast. I left the house wondering why I would do such a thing on such a nice day. It was indoor in A/C, which was nice, but it was actually very nice here. I questioned myself as I drove down the driveway at 5 AM. However, once I got there and ran Spur I was PUMPED!! OMG, he ran GREAT!!! He was SO happy and into it and he Q'd and won his first four classes!!!! Got a Super Q and the WICKED hard gamble that I think only three other people got!!! It was AMAZING!! The crowd went NUTS!!! I always doubt I can get the gamble and sometimes just don't even try and just run something Spur would like, but this one had all the components of Silvia's Foundations class!!!! The first was a very far send to a tunnel.........yeah, got that, I think. He likes me with him, but he LOVES his tunnels. Then once in the tunnel a wrap jump. Got that if he goes for the tunnel the wrap would be easy. Then a VERY tough push to a back side of a jump. THAT was what presented the trouble for most. I thought.........huh........OK.......so I just need to approach it as a push. Not approach it with a straight line from the previous jump because then he would think serpentine, he needed a PUSH. So, after the wrap I brought him in away from the jump so I could then PUSH him to the back side. OMG, he SO got that. Easy peasie pumpkin pie!!! :D Like it was just MADE for us!!!! I don't think the others who got it made it look that easy!!! Even the judge was impressed!! He made a point to come up to me and tell me what a nice gamble that was!!! Hahahaha!!!! I think he was just happy SOME people got it. A zero Q rate isn't exactly what a judge wants, LOL!!!

See for yourselves...................

More fun with my camera!!!

While the photos of the horses rolling are cool, I can't say they are "having fun". They are rolling to scratch all the bug bites they are getting. Oi!! This is a tough time of year. The flies are nasty and seem to love the taste of fly spray. I am glad I am not some sort of livestock this time of year.

 I know, it's not in focus, but I still enjoy any photo with THOSE ears!!!

 My Gerbera Daisies are SO pretty.  .

 With flash..........

 without flash.......

 Toulouse! He's an odd cat, but he is growing on me.

 These guys interrupted my walk the other morning, bounding out of the corn field. Thankfully the dogs were busy hunting rodents in the tall grass, so their noses were pointed down.

 Our resident hawk, very far up in a tree........

 He/she was in the middle tree. :D I was able to stabilize my camera on a fence post.

 More Gerbera Daisies!!! Just cuz........

 The neighbor's garlic. Being harvested today, I hear.

 It looks like it has "life" to it and they are all listening to someone give a speech, or something!

It is a unique plant!

He doesn't seem too impressed with his medal, but I am!

I need to try to get a better photo when it isn't cloudy. He's just so darn cute!

Fun stuff!!!

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