Gabby The Tabby

I didn't realize it's been 11 days since my last post. Wow - well I haven't done much but work and deal with the snow. So I thought I would share images of my kitty.

Gabby the Tabby was born roughly around August 7, 2000. She was dumped with her littermates at the vet office where my mom worked.

I adopted her from the vet and have had her ever since.

Here are some pictures from her early life - I don't have her kitten pictures scanned in.

Here are some of her and my dog Bria - who passed away in 2007. 

In 2012, I learned that Gabby was blind. Her pupils are overly dilated giving her a look of extreme surprise. You can't see the pretty color anymore. 

She will turn 15 this year - and I am grateful daily for this little fur ball. 

Dreamcatchers

I don't recall at what age I learned to make them. I always loved them and over time have made so many in varying shapes.

I thought I would share some of them with you.

Let It Snow - I guess

Living in Colorado, I am used to the snow, but there are days it SNOWS. Today is one of those. At 6:30 AM I had 4 inches of snow (I live at 8000 feet in elevation - town is 7522). Town had about 2 inches. Tonight when I got home there was much more on the ground - I am guessing close to 6-8 inches - but its drifting so no accurate measure. It is still snowing at 9:50 PM and the wind is blowing now.

But for those that like snow pictures - I thought I would share a few with you.

Have a happy February - looks like mine is going to be snowy!!

BCS Winter Photo Challenge Entry

I have been down this last week with a horrible crud - but am better now.

I saw Jennifer Buxton of Braymere Custom Saddlery is putting on this fun contest. http://braymere.blogspot.com/2015/01/contest-entries.html

1.Vintage - Glossy Bay QH from my Mom

2. Nekid - the Nemesis on my paint table at the moment

3. Scale Issues - one of these things is not like the others

4. I see Spots - Go Bright Bonanza -
my First Custom by Karen Heinitz-Bennett 1985

5. Unbridled Passion

6. Rare breed - Cheetah Appaloosa Unicorn :) 

7. Portrait

8. Conga

9. Great Outdoors

Sometimes its not as great as it seems

10. Best In Show - My first Live Show Winner

1985 - he was Reserve to Carol Williams' Horse

 My most exciting win - Pony Power

I wondered if I had the pictures for all of these and was so surprised I did!! This was very fun! Thank you Jennifer for the ideas! 

First Short Hike of 2015

I started last year using an app on my phone called MapMyWalk - it maps your hikes, walks, runs, mowing the yard, etc. It started for me with just walks and worked up to hikes - I live in Colorado so there are lots of places to hike.

In 2014, I reached my goal of 10 miles a week and then up'd the goal to 15 miles per week. I believe I made that goal twice. Over Christmas break I was bad and did not walk - but like 1-2 miles for 2 weeks. Then the 5th of January I really started busting chops again and made 9 miles in the week.

This week I am already at 6.5 miles in 2 days (Sun and Mon) in a total of 2 hours, 3 work outs and 1035 calories burned. I am at the 6.5 miles mostly because of my 4.65 mile hike on Sunday January 11. 

I hiked (full pack and snowboots) from my cabin to the YMCA of the Rockies along the horse trails and back through a portion of Rocky Mountain National Park. 

I thought I would share some of the pictures with you! I don't know if I will make 15 miles this week with the cold and potential weather conditions but I am going to try! I hope all of you make your fitness goals this year!

It's been a busy week

I have been very busy with work this week at my main job but I did manage to get some models worked on even though there was iffy weather and a lot of long hours. 

First off is a Collecta TWH to black (blue) roan done in acrylics and colored pencils hand painted. 

Then a Collecta Morgan to black chestnut (liver chestnut) done in acrylics hand painted.

Finally a Breyer Little Bit/Paddock Pal Morgan to bay in acrylics hand painted.

I love working in pastels and earth pigments better, but I force myself to work on my acrylics too because I know that I can get better with each one. And brush painting is very different from doing airbrush acrylics. 

Now I am off to finish some props that have been setting and then back to 3 Schleich models and several Breyer Stablemates. 

First Custom of 2015

My first completed model of 2015 is a Breyer Huck Bey 1:9 scale Traditional model - he is a belated Christmas Gift (went on his way today to Canada).

He started out a little rough and with the weather going from 30+ to -30 I had a hard time getting him done.

How he started

Primer

Black Layers

Completed

Completed

Completed

I am very pleased with him and I hope he is well received by his new owner. Now on to all the other horses in the box - so many to do!