PHOENIX

"Shifting clouds, a Phoenix emerges."

Sometimes we have different levels of intensity in our lives.

This is another shot from the Chinook Arch Sunset series.

The sky went through various levels of intensity that evening.

I spent a great morning yesterday setting up my very first website. It took about four hours. The hardest part was deciding on the template......to many choices. I still have much to do, but figure a couple of dedicated hours,I should be able to complete the majority of the information I want to upload.

It will have to wait until Monday, as I have a busy weekend ahead.

Have a Sunshine Weekend!!

OLD BOOTS

I have a fascination for antiques and just plan old things. I find a certain beauty and mystery in them. I love history, especially family history.

With all the new technology we have it so easy in comparison to our relatives of days gone by. I don't think many of us could be transported back to the old days and be able to manage the hard labor in a day of a pioneer. I think we have a higher level of mental stress now compared to a life that held more physical stress and hardships.

Today is Canada's Remembrance Day.

A day to remember all the fine men and women that have laid down their lives for us. From long ago and also from current day peace keeping.

This is our day to remember all of you and to give our thanks.

SPIRITS IN THE CHINOOK ARCH SUNSET

This is another shot from my Chinook Sunset series. This photo is the first in a series of shots that show the progression of the changing shapes in the clouds. Which become more defined in each shot. I have been encouraged by friends and family to enter the best shots into some upcoming photo contests. I will not be posting those pictures at this time, but will after the contests are over.
I have been very busy working on my outlines for my cartooning classes for January. I need to organize and start advertizing for these classes in the next couple of weeks, as I have found out in the past that December is not a great month to advertize, because most people are finished shopping and are focused on Christmas. You might say that lessons would be a great present and I agree. Hopefully the classes will fill quickly.
I am excited to instruct from my home rather then a storefront. I think it is always awesome to see city kids being creative in the country. There are such different things to expose them to on the farm. I get such a great feeling when a child can be upclose to one of our critters for the first time. Sometimes they have a hard time containing their excitement. And always they ask if they can come back to visit. It is great to see. Have a great weekend!!!

SUNRISE THROUGH THE FOG

In the winter months often our place will have a morning or late day fog, while half a mile away will be clear as a bell. The joy of living on top of a hill. The sunrise through the fog this morning was ominous and also beautiful at the same time. The fog is now lifting. I hope the sun will warm up the day, so some of the snow from yesterday begins to melt. Have a Sunshine Day!!

CHINOOK SUNSET ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

This is another photo from my series that I took last week. Last night it started snowing and we woke up to several inches of the wet heavey white stuff. It is still coming down, now more like sleet. We have been very fortunate this year. Our fall has been very warm. But like most, I am not looking forward to the cold weather and slippery road conditions that follow.
Oh well, I do love to have all the seasons. There is beauty in each one. For me it is much harder doing my chores with our large critters in the winter. Hauling water every other day,feeding them twice a day, and mucking the barns as needed.
When the weather is not as nice, our mini donkeys would prefer to hang out in the barn. Our llamas tend to stay outside until the weather becomes bitterly cold. They always have access to their barn, but prefer to sleep outside under the stars. Our pony seems to enjoy being outside more then our mini donkeys do, but does enjoy their barn at night. Have a Sunshine Day!!