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A Great Way To Start The Week

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Yesterday, I received this in the mail.

It was for the annual writing contest held by WITF . I’ve entered it before and when my mom told me there was an envelope from them in the mail I expected it to be the ‘thank you for entering’ letter.
So I didn’t open it until late last night. And I was surprised to see that I’m one of the 13 finalists for it. I get to go to the reception and be present for when the first and second place winners are announced. Yay!
Lizzie also had a great start into her week. Over the weekend she went to the Berks Saddle-ites show.

Photo by Lizzie Mace, Zebra customized by Eva Bradley.

I couldn’t attend because of a real horse show (got that 6th), so Lizzie sent me pictures instead.
She showed With Pleasure in western OF.
She did well in other western,

Photo by Lizzie Mace, props by her, tack by Niki Hertzog and doll by Anne Field

 western games,

Photo by Lizzie Mace, props by her, tack by Niki Hertzog and doll by Anne Field

and western trail.

Since I couldn’t go to the show, Lizzie asked if she could borrow some of my western tack.
Doesn’t her Peter Stone look nice in it?

Photo by Lizzie Mace, tack minus the tie down by Kristian Beverly
Photo by Lizzie Mace, tack minus the tie down by Kristian Beverly
Final ribbon amount!

Photo by Lizzie Mace, tack minus the tie down by Kristian Beverly

In english, Lizzie showed her new Roxy.

Photo by Lizzie with props by her, saddle by Pat Coulter, pad by Rachel Fail, 
And she showed her saddlebred, Murphy.
Photo by Lizzie with props by her, tack by Pat Coulter

 He did very well.

Photo by Lizzie with props by her, tack by Pat Coulter
He ended up earning Grand Champion in OF performance. 
Photo by Lizzie with props by her, tack by Pat Coulter

Lizzie showed her custom Zippo in performance.

Photo and props by Lizzie, tack by Kristian Beverly
Photo by Lizzie, tack by Kristian Beverly
It looked like a fun show. Thanks for sending me pics Lizzie!

The Almost Weekly Update

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One of my annual goals is to blog more but I never tell myself what more means. So my more is to do weekly updates.
On Saturday I dropped off my items for the gallery that starts on Friday. It feels more real now that the tack and models are in the display.

 They’ll be more spread out once the previous show is gone and the larger display is out.

While I was dropping off pieces a few of the other artists also dropped off their work. Isn’t it cool?! There’s such a variety of pieces that are going to be shown. The camera didn’t pick up the cool details and textures in the two pieces on the left. I can’t wait to meet everyone that’s in it. 
I’m almost done with the pebble sized cross stitched saddle pad. 
And I picked my victim for NaMoPaiMo or National Model Painting Month. It’s a Mini Hazel that I bought at Breyerfest 2016. 

Cruising 2016

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For the past week I’ve been on a floating hotel.

It’s the same ship, Carnival Pride, as last year but this year my mom, sister and I cruised with family members. 
The islands we visited were Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Freeport. On Grand Turk we took a bus tour around the island that featured the history of the island. 
I noticed the feral donkey and horse population. Most of my pictures of the island are of the equine variety, so there’ll be a separate post for them!
It was a nice week.