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PWP Week of July 19 2020

Another week in the book. It was a hot humid one here. The Boy and I spent a lot of time in the house. Sunday wasn’t too bad, which was a good thing as I spent a few more hours photographing the rodeo slack. Lots of pictures of cowgirls and cowboys riding gorgeous horses. The trail camera did an awesome job of capturing our deer and the foxes that share space with us. I did manage to get pictures myself of a doe and later two fawns. Due to the high temperatures we spent some time creating in Studio 13. I hope you enjoy this week’s photos. We had fun taking them and editing them. Till next week!

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July 26, 2020 | Categories: Athletes, Barrel Racing, Creative, Flowers, Grain crops, Horses, Rodeo, Saskatchewan wild life, White tailed deer, Wild life | Tags: Calf roping, Dolls, Fawns, Ladies barrel racing, Old buildings, Red fox, Steer wrestling, Team roping | Leave a comment

PWP Week of July 12 2020

This week marks the half way point of July. Summer is going by really fast. Most days the weather doesn’t realize it’s summer. Nights and mornings are pretty cool. The Boy and I went on a rode trip and broadened our horizons and add new content. Found some more wall murals in a small town. These are pretty old but I think they are still wonderful. My assistant the trail camera took some wonderful shots of three whitetail does. I’ve included quite a few of them as there are so beautiful. Such big eyes. The first rodeo since Convid9 appeared happened this weekend. I went and photographed some of the slack Saturday AM. It was a night rodeo so that makes it a no go for me. I’ve included a few from the day. Nice horses. Good riders. Hope you enjoy this weeks collection.

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July 18, 2020 | Categories: Barrel Racing, Canada geese, Dogs, Grain crops, Horses, Murals, Red Fox, Rodeo, Saskatchewan wild life, White tailed deer | Tags: Calf roping, Flora & Fauna, Horses, Steer wrestling | Leave a comment

PWP Week of July 5 2020

This week The Boy and I were out and about. We both like road trips. We saw two large wall murals. One was called “Market Day”, the other “Dinner in the field”. My peony bush has decided it is time to bloom. It is about a month later than plants in the city. I spent some time with one blossom in Studio 13 using different backgrounds. I have a favorite wonder if you will? No barn would be complete without a barn cat and we have Barn Kitty, the tabby. She decided to come out and see what I was up to. We visited a man who I will call the Gopher Whistler. He does his whistle and gophers come from all over for the bread he feeds them. For him they are very tame. The are cute but can cause a lot of damage. Here are shots from our week, again, a bit of everything. Hope to see you next week.

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July 12, 2020 | Categories: Cats, Creative, Flowers, Grain crops, Murals, Wild life | Tags: Canola, coyote, Gophers, Peonies, Tabby cat, Wall murals, Wheat | Leave a comment

PWP Week of June 28 2020

This week was a week of celebration. July 1^st for my Canadian friends and July 4^thfor my American friends. Hope all had a good time. I spent July 1^st home with my family. The only fireworks was the discussion on what to have for supper! We had warm/hot weather and thunderstorms this week. The shots of the clouds are straight out of the camera. No magic editing. The clouds looked fierce but we only had minimum wind and 3/10^th of rain. My assistant the trail camera caught a whitetail doe and her fawn and two of the bucks that spend time in our area. The Boy and I went on a road trip one day. Saw some cattle and a moose on a hill that someone had built . Looks pretty realistic. One evening when we were out and about, there were turkey vultures flying over head. That does give a person a funny feeling! On one of our hot days The Boy and I spent time in Studio 13 experimenting with different props and backgrounds. I had a good time, felt good getting the creative parts of the brain working. The Boy had a good nap!

All in all it was a good week. Hope to see you next week.

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July 5, 2020 | Categories: Creative, Dogs, Flowers, Moose, Red Fox, Saskatchewan wild life, Wild life | Tags: hummingbirds, killdeer, Moose, peony, Red fox, Redtail hawk, stormy clouds, White tailed buck, whitetail doe, whitetail fawn | Leave a comment

PWP Week of June 21, 2020

Happy Sunday! My week went fast, how was yours. This week we have some action shots. Flying ducks and bees; running coyote and deer. My assistant the Trail camera caught some great ones of the deer that live in our pasture. We are pretty dry here and a caught Quill having a dust bath. Think he was trying to impress the ladies. One evening we had an unwanted guest on our front lawn. This shot was taken thru the window as I wasn’t going outside. Went on a road trip but the only shots I have from it are the ones of the mule deer doe in action. The driver didn’t see the photo opportunities I did and wasn’t inclined to stop. I counted about ten shots that would have fit in here. Oh well. Hope you enjoy these. I’m hoping to spend some time in Studio 13 being creative this week.

Come back next week and see what manifested.

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June 28, 2020 | Categories: Creative, Dogs, Flowers, Horses, Saskatchewan wild life, White tailed deer, Wild life | Tags: bees, coyote, mourning dove, robin, skunk, whitetail doe, whitetail fawn | Leave a comment

PWP Week of June 14 2020

Happy Sunday. We hope you had a good week. The Boy and I did. For a while I’ve been planning putting a photo studio in the barn. It’s not very elaborate but I am having fun with it. The Boy lays and watching as I change background, bring out more props, make adjustments, probably thinking going for a walk taking pictures would be more fun! It stays cool in the barn, so it is a good place for both of us to hang out when it gets hot out or windy! On Tuesday a friend/ photographer came over and we practiced with props and backgrounds. She has a very creative mind and wonderful props. I hope she visits again! We used old calendars for backgrounds and they worked wonderful. If you have old calendars lying around needing a home, please contact me. Prairiewindphotography3@gmail.com I promise they will be treated well. My iris plant is providing blooms now. I spent some time trying different background with one of the blossoms. Scrapbooking pages work great for these backgrounds. A while ago I acquired a Lensbaby Composer with various optics. I did some practicing with it once I assembled the studio. I am looking forward to doing more. I already have some favourite optics. The Boy and I went on a road trip. Came across the goose and duck family. Imagine a family of nine. The wild roses are in full bloom. Each morning as we walk I find more to photography. Soon they will be gone and something will take their place. My assistant – the trail camera caught the curious young buck. We have three bucks and a doe that visit often. The only credit I can take for this one is positioning the camera!

I hope you enjoy this week’s collection. See you next week!

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June 20, 2020 | Categories: Canada geese, Creative, Flowers, Lensbaby Composer, White tailed deer | Tags: Canada geese, Creativity, Flora & Fauna, Flowers | Leave a comment

PWP Week of June 7 2020

Not much photography wise is happening as of yet. No events, concerts, horses chasing barrels. I’ve pretty much been staying close to home. However, the camera isn’t gathering dust. It comes with us when The Boy and I go for walks or drives. I’ve decided to do a week by week pictorial story of our adventures. Each day brings something new. If it doesn’t there is still the usual – horses, flowers, birds. Please join me as we travel thru the week of June 7. Today starts a new pictorial log. I hope you come back next week to find out what we saw.

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June 14, 2020 | Categories: Dogs, Flowers, Horses, Wild life | Leave a comment

Young bucks

This season of photo opportunies has been pretty well nixed. Everything cancelled. Spring in the country can provide lots of photography but sometimes Mother Nature is slow in providing them. Around where I live we’ve had a lot of wind and it’s been cold. The crocuses finally covered the hills, now the lilacs are blooming here. My trail camera managed to pull up some of the slack and recorded shots I never would have been able to capture. However, the animals have been slow in returning also.

I hope you enjoy theses shots of two young bucks, my assistant the trail camera was able to catch. Hopefully we see more of them.

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June 7, 2020 | Categories: White tailed deer, Wild life | Tags: Browning Trail Camera, nature, Saskatchewan Wildlife, White tailed buck | Leave a comment

2020 Sleigh Ride

New Years Day I spent out in the fresh air, not at a table loaded with food. That came later, two hours later. Friends gathered for a sleigh ride. Five teams loaded with people with plastic vehicles being pulled behind. I thought they were for the little people in the group but throughout the ride I saw a number of big people enjoying the fun. Once we were back in the yard, everyone gathered in the house for stories, laughter and a super potluck supper. If you went home hungry, that was your own fault. New Years Day 2020 saw a lot of people going home fun, happy and probably a bit tired. Please enjoy the photos from the day. The last three photos were taken from inside the caboose. Sorry there is no potluck supper at the conclusion!

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January 4, 2020 | Categories: Horses, New Years Day, Sleigh Ride | Tags: Draft Horses, Fun with Horses, Sleigh Ride, Winter fun | Leave a comment

2020 is here

2020 will be here tomorrow. By now the 2020 calendars that were given as gifts will be waiting to be hung and the 2019 calendars will be put away. The collection of photos for the 2021 calendar has begun. If anyone is interested in purchasing a 2021 calendar – $20.00 each, please contact me. Prairiewindphotography3@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting my site in 2019 and I hope you return in 2020. Here for you viewing pleasure are the photos used for the new year’s calendar. You can see more of my photos on Instagram — Wilma Olmsted (Will.1157).

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December 31, 2019 | Categories: Calendars, Other | Tags: Flora & Fauna, Flowers, Horses, Saskatchewan skies, Saskatchewan Wildlife | Leave a comment

Canadian Western Agribition 2019

After a couple years of not attending, I went to the Canadian Western Agribition to photography the horse pulls. These gentle giants put on a good show. The weight divisions were light weight, middle weight and heavy weight. I am posting a sampling of the shots I took. If you are interest in seeing more visit the gallery on the club’s website. Qu’Appelle Valley Horse Pull Club

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December 26, 2019 | Categories: Canadian Western Agribition Horse Pulls, Horse pulls, Horses, Qu"Appelle Valley Horse Pull | Tags: Canadian Western Agribition Horse Pulls, Horse pulls | Leave a comment

Dutch Growers

This December, a friend and I explored Dutch Growers in Regina. What a wonderful place. So much to see. I could have wondered around there all day. I’ve put a few of the photos I took that day together. Hope you enjoy them. I enjoyed taking them. There is one in the collection I didn’t take. A nice young man, employee at Dutch Growers, took one of me sitting in the Santa sleigh. Unfortunately Santa wasn’t there. Maybe next year!

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December 23, 2019 | Categories: Christmas, Dutch Growers | Tags: Christmas, Decorations | Leave a comment

Historical Bell Barn

The historical round Bell Barn in Indian Head SK has many functions during the year. I attended the Horse Fair this year. The day was perfect and there was lots to see and learn. Here is some of what I saw. As it is a yearly event, I plan to attend next year. Maybe I will see you there!

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September 29, 2019 | Categories: Bell Barn Indian Head, Horses, Other | Tags: Bell Barn, Equine, Horse pulls, Horses | Leave a comment

Determined

The senior girls at the high school rodeo were putting in some blistering times.

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September 10, 2019 | Categories: Other | Leave a comment

Flatlanders Car show 2019

I had a fun time at the Flatlanders Car show 2019 edition. It was a great day. A good crowd was out viewing the superb cars on display. Here are a few of the beauties I saw.

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August 6, 2019 | Categories: Car Show, Flatland Cruisers Inc., Other | Tags: Car Show, Vintage cars | Leave a comment

Moose Jaw 2019 version

The tradition continues. Once again, I traveled with a friend to see what the Moose Jaw side walk days 2019 had to offer. We weren’t disappointed. We walked further as there was more to see this year. I even weakened and bought a beautiful t-shirt, which I have worn often. Sometimes things bought on impulse end up living in a drawer! All that walking made up both hungry so off to Boston Pizza we went and enjoyed a wonderful lunch. I am already looking forward to the 2020 Side Walk Day in Moose Jaw. Please enjoy a few of the sights we saw.

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August 1, 2019 | Categories: Moose Jaw SK, Other | Leave a comment

Fox Family

I am very fortunate to live where I live. So many photo opportunities. There is a family of closes living very close to the farmstead. I imagine they are related to the ones that have live close for a number of years. I think I read once that the female will return to where she was born to raise her young. For what ever reason, I am so glad they are close. Watching the Kitts play is like having a basket of puppies. These photos were taken with a Browning Trail Camera. It has been set up by the den long before the Kitts arrived. They just think it is part of the scenery. There are five Kitts in total. They don’t seem to play outside together all the time. This may be a survival mode. I read (yes I do a lot of reading) that out of six only two or three will live to September. Yes Mother Nature can be cruel. I hope you enjoy watching them as much as I do.

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May 9, 2019 | Categories: Red Fox, Saskatchewan wild life, Wild life | Tags: Browning Trail Camera, nature, Red fox | Leave a comment

High School Rodeo

Yesterday I attended my first high school rodeo. Such eager and dedicated young people. And gorgeous horses. I could have brought a trailer load home. It was horribly cold out, Mother Nature was blowing out of the Northwest straight into the bleachers. The photos you are about to see are the juniors. I was too frozen to stay for the seniors. By the time the juniors were finished I couldn’t tell the difference between camera shake and body shake. Hope you enjoy the action.

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May 5, 2019 | Categories: Barrel Racing, High school rodeo, Horses, Rodeo | Tags: Barrel Racing, Rodeo, Steer riding | Leave a comment

Update on last post

Thought it was to good to be true. Apparently to follow the link in the last post you need a google account to view it. I left the post on for those of you who already have accounts. I apologize to those of you who don’t.

Please contact me at Prairiewindphotography3@gmail.com if you are having trouble with any of my posts or you just wish to say hi.

April 30, 2019 | Categories: Other | Leave a comment

Monday’s work

I was working on another project and found these photos in Google Photos and thought I’d see if I could share them here. When the photo appears you view the rest by clicking on the arrows on the right and left. These shots are from 2015. Enjoy.

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April 30, 2019 | Categories: Cats, Dogs, Flowers, Horses, Other | Leave a comment

Survival of the Fittest

I am truly grateful to be living where I live. There are so many photography opportunities. At the present there is a family of foxes living close by again. I am able to have a trail camera close to them and am getting some amazing photos. The kits have just begun to come out of the den. Below are a few for now. Look forward to more! Click on the thumbnail photo and then arrow thru the collection.

April 29, 2019 | Categories: Red Fox, Saskatchewan wild life, Wild life | Tags: Red fox | Leave a comment

Moose on a Mission

The Boy and I usually go for walks in the morning, if it is nice out. This particular morning I really didn’t feel like going, knew I was just being lazy, so garbed the camera and off we went. We were just meandering in the pasture. Surroundings were pretty quiet. I stopped to take some shots of a thorn bush, the boy was off exploring. Something caught my eye and I looked over into the field and saw something moving. Looked again and it was a moose. Called the Boy over and leased him and moved a bit closer and started taking photos. Took awhile for the Boy to see the moose and then I was holding him while taking shots. The moose stopped, saw us and didn’t seem to be upset. Continued on his way up the hill towards the yard site which is the other side of the poplars in the photos. He stopped on the hill and must have seen the horses as he stood for awhile. As soon as they saw him he turned and ran back towards us. He saw us and the Boy saw him and he turned away from us. Turned out to be a good day for a while with the Boy and a camera. Enjoy.