(why is the expression on Erica's face so different from Moriah's???) 
full of God and full of love.
That's why we came.
(This boy is helping his grandma raise her arms in praise to the Lord)
Which do you like better, the 100% silhouette, or the below shot with a little bit more of CowgirlE showing through?
Two thousand midwestern miles slid past my minivan in July. 
Riding horses competitively looks easy when you watch someone who has practiced a lot. But, like every other sport, equine athletics require a lot of training detail which the casual observer may fail to appreciate.
Here Pam, the 4H leader, is coaching Erica through balancing exercises. Erica is building muscle for holding her body straight, while she learns to move it in rhythm with Oliver's loping motion. All without benefit of stirrups or handholds.
My new camera has an 18x optical zoom. That means, at a bridal shower, I can focus on the artistic aspects of glassware across the room when shower games and bows on wire whisks lose their intrigue.
The vet clinic where Audrey works treats small animals only. There she handles cats, dogs, hedgehogs, snakes, bald eagles, gerbils, parrots, and turtles, but no livestock. This week, sandwiched between days at her job, she found a chance to shadow our farm vet, who doctors on big animals as well as pampered poodles. So Audrey got to view livestock from a veterinary perspective, extracting wolf teeth from a stallion, cleaning a cow's abscessed hoof, inspecting a hundred pigs for health and happiness.
