Archive for April, 2010

This post is a little diversion from my usual. I am sharing, again, the view from my backyard. I often sit on my deck at watch the horses run. They are beautiful and calming and have such personality. I shoot them whenever the mood strikes or they are doing something funny or different. Last Friday I had to take a break from my Project:Garage Clean-up and go grab my camera and capture the unusual – the horse nap.  I admit I know little about horses except from what I observe in my back yard but in all that time I don’t think I ever saw a horse laying down on the job.

I try hard not to disturb them when I am on a horse shooting mission so I get my longest lens, which isn’t very long, and walk gently toward the fence that separates my yard from theirs. Luckily for me, I didn’t disturb their nap time so I could grab as many shots as my heart desires, which was a lot.

Here are a few ‘fun with horses’ shots to share:

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They are beautiful, no?

My son surprised us all when he wanted to tackle this really TALL ropes course and zip line this weekend at an Earth Day Celebration.  It got slightly scary during one part of the course but he was determined to finish it and was very brave. This is the face of victory.

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Its a girlie weekend. The boys are off to a cub scout camping trip so us girls get to play in the sun, get a Princess movie and have popcorn.

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Can you sense the attitude from there?


These vibrant blues get me every time.

This week was Spring Break for our son from school.  We decided to take him to NYC for a long weekend without his sisters.  He had a blast being there.  Here is my favorite shot from the weekend.

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For  more shots please visit my family blog:
The Nelson Gaggle

Just a little spring time goodness as seen in my yard. :)

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