One of My Painting Creations

I love to pull out my paintbrushes.  I could paint all day every day, if I didn't have other things that had to be done.  LOL!!

We live in an area that is known for it's horses, Standardbred, Thoroughbred, and all kinds of show horses.  I've always loved horses, but, as a child, we didn't have any place to keep them.  When I was a baby, my Dad raced standardbreds.  He left the business and went in another direction.  After a number of years, he went back to the horses.  I remember, as a 15 year old, having to leave my friends for the summer and coming to this area to race the horses.  Of course, as a 15 yr old, I thought it was the end of the world to leave my friends for the summer.  LOL!!  Turns out I loved it here.  I made so many new friends, and we lived at the lake for the summer.  Needless to say, I couldn't wait to come back the next summer. 

Anyway...I digress!  We moved here after I graduated from college, and I met my husband, who is also a horse trainer/driver.  Now I have more horses that I ever dreamed I could have!

This is my latest creation.

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Our newest addition

How cute is this little guy?? He is such a sweety. :) He was born Wednesday evening. Looks to be a little preemie as he is small. As planned, we were there when he was born and stayed right there as we weren't sure how his mom would be as a mom. She had a foal last year that was badly deformed and only took a couple of breaths. She put her hoof on it's heart, so we weren't sure if that was just animal instinct, or if she meant to be mean. Anyway, we decided we needed to stay right with her until we knew how she would react. After about an hour, it was obvious that this little guy would not be safe with her, so we had to separate them. So, now he's my bottle baby....although I think he thinks I'm his mom :) He's flying around the stall already and it was hard to snap any pictures as I'd run to one side of the stall and before the camera would focus, he'd be right in front of me again. LOL!! After trying to snap the pictures, he decided it was time to eat again...think of the movie where the baby says Lunch. LOL! Can't remember the name of it :)

Now, I' sure you're wondering why I have this picture of my finger here. The strangest thing happened! While feeding the little guy, some of his mother's milk got on my hands. In less than a minute my middle finger started to swell. It became purple and full of edema so that I couldn't even bend it. There were no cuts on the finger to let the milk get under the skin. I came in and washed it, iced it and even put some Benedryl spray on it. I'm assuming it's an allergic reaction to the mother's milk, so now I'm using a plastic glove on that hand just in case. It's still swollen this morning and even more purple than it was yesterday. Hopefully, it goes away quickly!

A couple of custom orders

Funny...in all the time I've been painting, I've not had a request for a chestnut horse. Then, last week I get requests for both a mailbox and a slate with a chestnut colored horse. I love how they turned out!