Gallery & Studio Grand Opening

Well, the time has come finally in my life to make some exciting changes! This weekend as part of the annual Rocky Studio Tour, I will be launching Spirit Rider Gallery & Studio! One room is dedicated to gallery space for my glass work and paintings. One room is my studio working space.And one room for a teaching studio and glass supply store area! Tall ceilings, big windows, and space to create!!! I have been working on the class list of the glass classes I will be offering in October and Nov. and will post them tomorrow. I am so looking forward to finally just being able to create and share knowledge and inspire others to follow their creative head bliss!!
The studio tour is Sept 17,18 & 19 from 10 am-6pm. For a map please go to www.rockystudiotour.com There are 16 studios participating this year and it is also Alberta Arts Days! So come take a drive and enjoy the fall colours and see something new!

Beautiful West Country!

This is a some of the spectacular scenery we saw on a rare day away from the farm. We were on a little road trip out with our visiting WWoofer from Belgium who has been working so hard here. We also got caught head on in a cattle drive and I managed to get some pics through the sunroof as they moved past us. Sometimes the Canadian pride swells as we get to show off what a beautiful country we live in!

New Curly Filly!

Sugar has had her foal! I little late in the season, but she is beautiful and Sugar is a wonderful mother!

Summer Bliss!

This is the Nordegg River, which Calum & I came across on a afternoon roadtrip out with the dogs on our way to the Brazeau Dam. This is one of my favorite things to do with the dogs during the summer. They love their trip and swim time. Calum used his life guarding skills yesterday, and made his first save, (although not human)as Beamer did get caught at one point in a some dead wood hanging in the water. Hopefully next trip out we will be able to take our new family addition from our Kiss & Tim litter.

Summer lamb!

Our first lamb from our new St. Croix flock of sheep was born late this afternoon and then endured a marble size hail storm!! He looks like he will be the first of many late summer early fall lambs to start arriving!

Blissful Sleep

Sleep should never be taken for granted! Because when you don't get enough, it can effect your whole outlook on things. One of my litters of pups has had 3 rowdy nights in a row and it is wearing on us. Tonight I will be taking them for a long vigourous hike before bed to help tire them out to try and make it through the night.I was reminded today by a stranger that this too shall pass and they will grow out of this stage, but at 3 in the morning, with pillows over our heads, patience is challenging. Come morning (at a decent hour)their adorable faces melt away the thoughts of frustration from a disturbed sleep and we move on with the day...while they experience blissful sleep positions like this one!!

Nature up close!

A beautiful summer day brought out this very easy going butterfly who allowed me to spend a good deal of time watching and taking photos up close. What beautiful markings it had.