Bright and Cold!

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JP has a nice warm coat on, good thing.



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She really has become a lot more friendly. Not long ago she was wild as a deer.

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JackieJo has a great disposition, she's hard to photograph because I can't make her stay far enough away.

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Here she comes now, better take the shot!

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My Tractor, I love my tractor, Now if I could find that girl.

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Sure seems strange looking at these 48ft. split axel trailers. Land based barges.

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EASTER.
talk about warm and wholly.

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Anyone want to go fishing?
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The Great Pumpkin!

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Hope I don't loose my regular job, this may have to be my backup plan.
Could I back that up?---yes.

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The main thing about this morning is the sun is bright; the sky is clear; and it's COLD!
I was just so exited that my Blackberry phone has a new battery in it.
Really miss having the time to take photos, as you see getting the horses in a position can take a lot of time.
The still shots are easier, just not as unique, you can always rely on them to pose properly.
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AS always-------Love from the LMA------------Mikey.

Here comes the Light

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So every morning as I wake up here on the LMA, I ask myself ; what will I be required to do today?
What new requirements to keep the dream alive?


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My dream is not for myself.
My dream is for the family first.
Always has been.


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So I look to the sunrise; then to the sunset; then to my heart and soul; Lord what could I do better?
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Keep walking My Son you have a long way to go.

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Thank You.

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AS Always-----Love from the LMA-----Mikey.

LMA Professor

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I spend a lot of time alone. This leads to reading about the world I have mostly left behind.

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Nothing like keeping up with problems that face us all. No sense in sticking my head in the sand any longer. I did that most of my life.

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It just occurred to me that I am grooming my beard as I surf the world I bye and large have left behind. Hmm curios.

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Hey! I never in my life grew a beard!
Did I forget to shave?
I'll tell you the story about when I was in Alaska , I was 19, I started to grow a beard, the whiskers on my chin were coming in white, I decided never to grow a beard. Now, white whiskers don't seem so bad, I earned them so I don't care.


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As always-----------------Love from the LMA------------Mikey.

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January Moon Morning

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One of the times I wish for better equipment.


This was a nice surprise when I went out to feed.
Looks quite large in person.
Not often I chance on a morning where I sleep in till sunup and get to see the Full Moon.

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As always------Love from the LMA-----Mikey.

Morning Coffee

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Starting off the new year right.

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A new year is started every day, the best reason to get up early. I love to watch the sun rise with something to eat and a hot pot of coffee to work on. Every morning I check the temperature on the way out to feed. 22F this morning, very invigorating.

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Cold and clear, so glad it's dry, I can slip my moccasins on when it's dry, they're fleece lined, warm.
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Feeding is all done so I will just kick back for a while until it's warmer.






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As always------------Love from the LMA--------Mikey.

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Sam & Diablo

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I am sitting here reminiscing all the photos that have come my way this year. Not just photos of coarse, life in general, events or problems that I am aware of, to relatives currently on some fabulous adventure.
My preference decided on the photo that moved me most in this year.

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I chose this photo of Samantha Wood & and her Grand Mothers' horse Diablo taken at the Homedale Idaho Fair and Rodeo this year.
Samantha (Sam) as I've always known her did some competitions there this year.
The reason I have this photo is that I requested it after Stacy Woods posted all the photos on Facebook, from the weekend.
The Homedale Rodeo is definitely up there in my book anyway so seeing multiple generations continuing a great tradition sure warms my heart.
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The angle of the photo gives a unique view of symmetry, lines I have never seen before, a look that portrays a correct balance. The spontaneous look; the beautiful smile of a young woman who was sitting in deep concentration just before someone who loves her calls her name; then takes this photo.
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To me this photo was taken; looked at; yet never seen; even by the people who love this young lady the most.

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I give this my personal come to the LMA photo of the year.


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As always -----Love from the LMA-------Mikey.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

A mile in mine

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A few years ago I had a Jazzy car.
1988 Chevrolet IROC Convertible.
Leaving the store one day I noticed someone had sliced my top, and keyed my paint.
Never again as long as I live in the city will I own a nice car.
Rather than buy a new top I repaired it with a Speedy Stitcher Sewing Awl.
Drove it for another year, then sold it.


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A couple years after that, waiting to mount a new set of tires on my Dodge dually, walking around waiting found a shoe store selling MinneTonka mocassins. OH YEAH.
Next to Marias hand made sockies, best thing I could do for my feet.

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Hey Mikey; you can fix your car; but not your Moccasins?
Searching high and low, success the Speedy Stitcher Sewing Awl.
My Feet couldn't be happier.


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As always----Love from the LMA-----Mikey.