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PWP week of Oct 1 – Oct 7 23

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian followers. Mother Nature is smiling on us this long weekend with nice weather and we thank her. There are still colorful leaves on some trees as you will see some this weeks posts. Plus beautiful horses. Dunny was away from the herd for four weeks and as you will see he wasn’t welcomed back into the herd. In a few days it will be like he never left. The stone building used to be a school many many years ago. I guess roofs weren’t made to last. The walls sure wear. A beaver has taken up residence in our dugout. Haven’t seen it yet but will be on the watch for it. I was bored sitting in the truck so we have a shot of a fly. Josie and Chase are in this weeks post. They are both turning into pretty good models. Hope up enjoy this weeks offering. For those of you who follow my posts, I try and have the content posted by 9:00 (CST) Sunday AM. Click on the image and then right click to move thru the gallery.

Posted by prairiewind99 | October 8, 2023 | Categories: Belgian Malinois, Dogs, Farm animals, Horses, Pet Photography, Seasons | Tags: American Paint Horse, APHA, Beaver Damn, Belgian Malinois, Fall colors, Flies, Horses, Stone Building | Leave a comment

PWP week of Sept 24 – Sept 30 23

I’ve posted a variety of shots this week. I thought it would be a bare bones post but I got lucky. I had time to fill so went to one of my favorite places – Regina Floral Conservatory. It didn’t disappoint. Beautiful fall decorations and the flowers were awesome. There is a new horses sport, or new to me. I went to watch a polocrosse clinic. Here is a link that explains it if anyone is interested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polocrosse To many things to think about at once for me. I love finding murals in unexpected places and that I did with the ones of the Girl Guides. I was one once upon a time. The fine art I saw in a public place and was quite taken with it. The Eiffel Tower I found close to home. It was featured a Kit Kat bar. I took a few almost night one of the moon and Josie. For some of the shots this week I used a Lens Baby soft focus lens. I love the effect it gives. There are shots a fox that is hanging around, a lady bug, new growth and some miscellaneous ones. Enjoy. For those of you who follow my posts, I try and have the content posted by 9:00 (CST) Sunday AM. Click on the image and then right click to move thru the gallery.

Posted by prairiewind99 | October 1, 2023 | Categories: Art, Belgian Malinois, Dogs, Flower Conservatory, Flowers, Horses, Lensbaby Composer, Moon, Murals, Other, Pet Photography, Red Fox, Saskatchewan wild life, Seasons, Wild life | Tags: Belgian Malinois, Eiffel Tower, Flowers, Girl Guides, Horses, Lens Baby lens, nature, Polocrosse, Red fox, Regina Floral Conservatory, Saskatchewan Wildlife | Leave a comment

PWP week of Sept 17 – Sept 23 23

Wow, one more week in September! This month has gone by in a blink of an eye. Lots of colorful leaves this week. We’ve been having strong winds and the leaves are falling fast so I took advantage of the remaining one as I don’t know how long they will be hanging around! Had company one day this week and we toured a couple small towns. I don’t know what the Lady in White represented but she looked nice. There are always treasures to be found. We’ve had a fox going thru the yard setting the dogs off. Could be one that was raised here in the spring. Usually they don’t come back. My assistant – the trail camera caught a couple shots of it. Not Geographic quality but nice to have. It was a quite week, which I know I will have more of, so I persuaded a couple models from the toy-box to work with me. We have some birds and of course dogs – both Chase and Josie. Enjoy! For those of you who follow my posts, I try and have the content posted by 9:00 (CST) Sunday AM. Click on the image and then right click to move thru the gallery.

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Posted by prairiewind99 | September 24, 2023 | Categories: Belgian Malinois, Birds, Dogs, Pet Photography, Plush toys, Props, Red Fox, Saskatchewan wild life, Seasons, Wild life | Tags: Autmn, Belgian Malinois, Leaves, mourning dove, Red fox, Saskatchewan Wildlife, Small towns | Leave a comment

PWP week of Sept 10 – Sept 16 23

This was a slow week for the camera and I. Sometimes life keeps interfering with my fun time. My little earth mover provided some entertainment. Think she was digging to china the way she went at the job. I knew where the birdhouses lived and thought I’d share the creative designs. Some are very artistic. They do brighten the area up! Mother Nature provided color. Don’t see many shades of red but lots of varied yellow. The leaves are fallen fast as we’ve had a few strong winds. Our hummingbirds are on their way south but a robin is still with us. A few garden adornments are still in gardens and not put away for the season. Had to share the happy little dog! Someone must have been partying on the road I drive and left behind a dead soldier. Hope you enjoy this weeks offering. For those of you who follow my posts, I try and have the content posted by 9:00 (CST) Sunday AM. Click on the image and then right click to move thru the gallery.

Posted by prairiewind99 | September 17, 2023 | Categories: Art, Bird houses, Birds, Creative, Flowers, Pet Photography, Seasons, Trees | Tags: Belgian Malinois, Bird house art, Creativity, Fall leaves, Flowers, Garden decorations, Road decoration | 1 Comment

PWP week of Sept 5 – Sept 9 23

Fall is moving along in my part of the country. Leaves are changing their colors and a lot have fallen to the ground already. Harvest is in full motion also. My hummingbirds have started their journey south. Safe travels little ones, see you next year. I experimented some with presets this week. Was pleased with the effect. On a road trip saw the beautiful black ravine. He looks totally black but as you will see he has many beautiful colors. He was in no hurry to be somewhere else. The young hawk sat and watched as I turned where he indicated. The cattle along the way were enjoying the grass a bit of rain had refreshed. The greenery and flower of a pumpkin plant was nice to see in a urban setting. The dog walkers travelled by me as I sat along a street. The little one was the only one that seemed to have noticed me. The lab was motoring along on three legs. Not having four was no bother to him at all. He was a happy fellow. The abstract shots are from incense burning. I will see if I can perfect my technique. The plane was shot thru the vehicle window as we left the city. No, I wasn’t driving. The two autumn shots are of the Qu’Appelle valley. That’s it for this week. Hope you enjoy what I found this week. For those of you who follow my posts, I try and have the content posted by 9:00 (CST) Sunday AM. Click on the image and then right click to move thru the gallery.

Posted by prairiewind99 | September 10, 2023 | Categories: Birds, Dogs, Farm animals, Seasons, Trees | Tags: Airplane, Autumn, Calves, Cows, Fall colors, Hawk, Pelican, Pumpkin plant, Ravens | Leave a comment

PWP week of Aug 27 – Sept 2 23

September has arrived. And it’s a warm. Combining is in full swing. A couple days of rest was has we had some rain. I’ve posted shots of the young hawk that has been sitting on the fence post. Then it move to the road and wouldn’t move when a car passed. It hadn’t been seen for sometime and I feared the worst but I finally saw him sitting in the field. I waited and then it flew away and I knew it would be fine. One of the pet stores I shop at has their Halloween costumes for pets out on display already. Some are cute. I don’t think my two would appreciate being dressed up. I stopped by the Water Fowl Park in the city one morning. City Canada geese are sure loud, aggressive and bossy. There were a few ducks but mostly geese. The pelicans were smart enough not to hang around the park. Chase has discovered looking out the upstairs bedroom window gives him a bird’s eye view. Got a few action shots of him. Of course! On one of the smoky days, there’s been quite a few, I caught a crop duster plane out desiccating fields. He comes in pretty low. Not sure what the trucker thought. As you will see, our house is prepared for the cold season. Hope you get out and enjoy the long weekend. For those of you who follow my posts, I try and have the content posted by 9:00 (CST) Sunday AM. Click on the image and then right click to move thru the gallery.

Posted by prairiewind99 | September 3, 2023 | Categories: Birds, Canada geese, Farm work, Pet Photography | Tags: Belgian Malinois, Canada geese, Cold medicine, Combine, Crop duster plane, Ducks, Halloween costume, Hawks | Leave a comment

PWP week of Aug 20 – Aug 26 23

Late again, I apologize. It was National/International, I saw it as both, Dog day so I was working on a good shot of the kids. I ended up using one I’d taken with my phone awhile ago. However, you get to see a few of the practice shots. Chase is turning into quite the model. Close to home there is a field of buffalo, I’m sure you have figured that out by now. The bull was close to the fence on one of our drives and he is BIG. I don’t understand why the tourists in Yellowstone want to get near them. The buffalo are scary. So are the tourists. There must be a colony or gathering of Mourning Doves along our route, as there are always a lot of they flying around. I did manage to get some on the fence as you will see. Road trip, road trip. Went for a Sunday drive with friends and ended up a flea market. Lots of goodies. If you ever come upon Fuller Moon Walker bath salts and like baths. Buy some, they are wonderful. That’s it for this week. Enjoy. For those of you who follow my posts, I try and have the content posted by 9:00 (CST) Sunday AM. Click on the image and then right click to move thru the gallery.

Posted by prairiewind99 | August 27, 2023 | Categories: Belgian Malinois, Birds, Crafters, Dogs, Farmer's Market, Grain crops, Pet Photography, Plush toys, Road trips | Tags: Bath Salts, Belgian Malinois, Buffalo, Mournng Doves, Rural Church | Leave a comment

PWP week of Aug 13 – Aug 19 23

Another week in the books or photo album. No great features. Created an “on black” shot of Chase. He lays with his head on a paw and always looks so pensive. The route we take for our morning drive goes past the buffalo pasture so they are always reedy models. By the corner where we turn to come home there has been a young hawk for the past few days It’s not to sure about flying away from it’s perch and having me there drives mom crazy. She is in the air above me screaming. The last trip the youngster did move from one fence post to another. Saw an unrelated hawk on our drive one morning. More hummingbird shots. Some were taken with my phone thru the window. The purple wedding decorations were in a store I visited. Wonder if purple if THE color this year! One morning Chase tracked down a little muskrat. Removed Chase from the scene; caught the muskrat and carried it to the dugout and watched the little guy swim away. That was enough excitement at 6:30 in the morning for one day. More dog shots. Hope you enjoy this weeks contribution. For those of you who follow my posts, I try and have the content posted by 9:00 (CST) Sunday AM. Click on the image and then right click to move thru the gallery.

Posted by prairiewind99 | August 20, 2023 | Categories: Belgian Malinois, Birds, Dogs, Farm work, Pet Photography, Saskatchewan skies, Saskatchewan wild life, Wild life | Tags: Belgian Malinois, Buffalo, Creativity, Grasshoppers, Hawks, Muskrats, Saskatchewan Wildlife, Wedding colors | Leave a comment

Bell Barn Horse Pull 2023

On August 13 2023 the Qu’appelle Valley Horse Pull was part of the Bell Barn’s Horse Fair. Six teams came out to show the audience how it was done. There was no light weight teams; there were 3 teams in the middle weight and 3 teams in the heavy weight. Below are some shots of the show.

Posted by prairiewind99 | August 14, 2023 | Categories: Bell Barn Indian Head, Heavy horses, Horse pulls, Horses | Tags: Belgian Horse, Bell Barn Indian Head, Horse Fair | Leave a comment

PWP Week of Aug 6 – Aug 12 23

This week was this Photographers dream week. Remember I talked about feast and famine? Well this was definitely a feast week. I attended a day of gymkhana and got shots of the stars of the arena. A few contestants also. The crops are turning fast and I love the variants in color. We have buffalo living close and we visited them a couple of times. Chase wasn’t impressed. We found a few bushes of buffalso berries. They make great jelly for pork! The hawk you will see is a very upset mother as her child just sat on a fence post as I approached. She was not impressed. One morning on our mini tour we saw a mule deer doe and her youngster. On the creek near home there is a congregation of pelicans and a couple of herons. Hope you enjoy this weeks offering as much as we enjoyed finding the shots. For those of you who follow my posts, I try and have the content posted by 9:00 (CST) Sunday AM. Click on the image and then right click to move thru the gallery.