Time to vote.
Weekly Challenge: Inside
While I was in my backyard yesterday, I noticed one of my neighbor's petunias growing through a knot hole inside our fence. When I looked through another knot hole, I could see a garden of petunias inside the hole. Maralee
Friday Hummers
We are coming to the end of hummingbird season. The nights are getting cooler and there is a slight chill in the air during the day. The hummers will be soon be heading south for the winter. I will miss them. Maralee
The Finalists – Day Three
We now have the finalists in the 5th Digital Lightroom Photography competition. The ‘lead in Lines’ elicited a lot of excellent entries. It was down to the judges to whittle the entries down to just 10, not an easy task by any means, but with the help of our sponsors at Topaz Labs, we now have the 10 pictures chosen for the shortlist. All this week we will be posting those pictures.
On Saturday, we’ll publish all 10 pictures again and invite you to vote for your favourite picture. The third set of shortlisted pictures are:
Solitude

The Bridge
Saddlery
This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Steve Gonzalez, a local artisan and custom saddle maker. Steve custom fits the saddle to both the horse and rider for the ultimate comfort of both. He is a perfectionist when it comes to his saddles and it shows in the end product. You can learn …


