Along the trail

We have beautiful walking trails in our city.  The paths wander through the coulee and along the river.  With the river coming through the city, you can see deer at any given time , some even wandering casually through the downtown streets.  These three beauties were sharing the pathways with me the other day.

I think they are waiting for greener grass to appear as well!

 A light skiff of snow on the ground again this morning.

"She said Yes..."

Well, I have some pictures to post of our big news!!  Our son, Kaleb, is engaged!!  Jami said yes!! and there is a wedding to plan!!  He proposed on November 18th.  The happy couple was home this past week end and we had a fun "photo shoot"!!  We had some challenges with the windy day, and then some of the shots that we took inside should have had a tripod for....but remember I am not a professional...just learning as I go.

Pretty eyes.....

 Some shots in a neat old building...even hauled the Ikea couch along for the photo shoot!

Fun trying different editing in Picnik.

The date is set for May 5th

We are so happy for both of you!

Linking this to:

Sweet Shot Tuesday

Show off your Shot

Turquoise Lovin

Little pumpkin photo shoot...

It was another beautiful fall day here in the Canadian Badlands.  I headed outside with a few props and little pumpkins.  Here's what I came up with after having some fun editing in Picnik.

Black and White with the orange painted back in.

I bought a piece of burlap to use for a backdrop....

These are the pumpkins I used on our Thanksgiving Dinner table.....

Just switched up some of the letters

I liked seeing all the white pumpkins in blogland, so I painted

a few of these minis to go along with my white pitcher.

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Fall!!

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Show off your Shot

Texture Tuesday

Wordless Wednesday

White Wednesday

Farm House Friday

Photo Swap

A fun little photo shoot...

I had a fun afternoon with four special little people!! and here are the some of the results!

You will probably see these again as I play around with some editing on them.

Sweet little faces!!

I need a name for my photography...any suggestions out there????

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Show off your Shot

A great day for a picnic...

This past Sunday was our church picnic.  It turned out to be a great sunny day..and I had my camera ready for some summertime shots.

We have been blessed with rain, and with the rain comes puddles, and what do you think happens when you put kids and puddles together!!!   You know that someone is going to get wet!!

and did they ever!!

These two little girls were so cautious as they went to the edge to check things out...

Barefoot and carefree..the way summer should be!

The ice cream was a  hit...

 as was the bubble machine

One little boy took time to check out some of God's wonderful creation!

There was visiting to do...

and of course the food was a hit!!  (gotcha C!!)

It was a great day of spending time with my church family and being thankful for a day of summer...

Have a great day everyone! and thanks for stopping by the country.

Now I am off to see if the Vancouver Canucks can bring home the Stanley Cup!!

Photo Story Friday

Wordless Wednesday

Day 2 and Day 3 of the 7 Day Picture Challenge...

I had to head into Calgary after work yesterday, so I threw the camera in the car and was looking for something to take a picture of all the way to the city!   Great way to stay awake too!!  

I pulled off the hiway and decided that this old barn would be the photo of the day.  I got playing with some basic editing in IPhoto, and made the picture look a little bit antiqued with fuzzy edges.  As you can see from the picture below, the blue sky wasn't right behind the barn until I shot further away.  I am so inexperienced at this picture stuff.  But, hope you like it anyway

I shot the next picture when I got back into Hanna today.  This is the sign to the old Seymour Hotel in Hanna.  It is close to the railway track and way back in the day the people getting off the train would be able to see the HOTEL sign from the train station.  I would have to do some research to find out when it closed, but now it is just a dilapitated old building on the edge of town.  

Boy if these old walls could talk!!

I am also listing some other photographers that are playing along, so be sure to check them out too, or why not join in yourself!  Thanks to Sarah for getting us all going  :)

Mamamonki from Adventures of Being a Mom

B & B's Mama from B & B's Nest

Robyn from Out of Ours
Carmen from This Is What I Love
Barn Charm  

7 Pictures in 7 Days Challenge

I was visiting one of my favorite blogs, Cozy.Cottage.Cute , and Sarah is doing a one week photo challenge.  So, I thought I would join in!  I know there is a 365 day photo challenge out there, but that is too big a task so I figure I can handle doing 7 days!! 

My first photo is from Ben's Midget B Provincials that happened this week end.  Ben plays defense and this is one of my favorite pictures I have captured of him and Aaron, our goalie.  This was the end of the semi final game that the Colts won, advancing the team onto the final medal round.  You can see the big smile that Ben has on his face as he was the first person back to congratulate his team mate.  It was a great game!