A doe and a cute little fawn!

My husband hollered at me to come look at this cute baby deer but I had to grab the camera even though he didn't think I'd have time! :)  I've never seen a live baby deer this small. It is just so cute in these images that were taken quite a distance away.  I wonder if the doe knew it was being photographed! My favorite image is the last one of the doe jumping over the fence with the fawn on the lookout!

A Canada goose and a deer

A Canada goose and a deer stopped by for a visit within a few minutes of each other.  The goose let me get within about 50 feet before it would walk away from me.  After returning back into the house, laying down the camera, and stepping outside for a moment, I noticed a deer leaving after getting a drink down at the pond.  I was able to quickly grab the camera and get a few shots as he darted across the pasture.  Though I was far away from these two visitors, the images below look a lot closer since I used a 400mm lens.  I love the bokeh (out of focus background) that I get from using that lens!

Laughing horse had a baby!

I kid you not... I don't recall ever seeing a real live baby horse!  Don't know if its a boy or girl but you can imagine how excited I was to see him arrive along with our neighbor's horses!  All the baby horse ever did while I was trying to get its picture is suck and nap.  Imagine that!  Just like a baby!!!  Well, I am soooo glad I trudged through the mud and elements to capture these images of my "famous" laughing horse and its baby!  Enjoy!

 

 

Our Ranch family

Pooker Poo is adjusting quite well with her Ranch family.  She is so cute with her fuzzy face that she will lose when she gets older!  The fuzziness that is, not her face! :)  She is about a month and a half  old in these images that I have included for you to enjoy!

Cattle egret (white heron) comes to visit

I saw this white bird as it was watching our horse and it appeared interested in watching until I came out and took a few images before it flew away.  Our veterinarian was giving our animals their shots that morning and I asked him about this bird.  He said it was a cattle egret and that they are originally from Africa, migrated to South America and then North America.  He said they are plentiful in Wichita, Kansas.  I did a google search and discovered that they like to sit on cattle and eat the insects off of them.  Below are a few images that I captured of the cattle egret's short visit to our ranch.  Enjoy!

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Pooker Poo is her name!

We named our baby donkey Pooker Poo, which is the nickname of our youngest daughter, Trisha.  Pooker Poo looks like she will favor her mother as her spots are visible on her body, unlike Emmy Lou who was all white after birth.  I've included images when Pooker Poo was 2 and 3 days old ending with an image of our handsome horse, Ace!

My Best Photo for 2015!

Every time I look at this image, I get tickled at the expression I was fortunate to capture.  I would love to tell you that this was a planned shot; however, I was going for a totally different image of several horses lined up against the fence.  After realizing that I wasn't going to get what I wanted, I dumped all of the horse treats over the fence for the horses and sat on my overturned empty bucket watching the horses gobble up the treats.  Since the weather was recently stormy, the sky was a beautiful backdrop for the scene. As I sat on the bucket and shot upward at the horses eating the treats, I captured this hilarious image of the horse as if he was actually laughing! My plans are to order this photo as a metal print at Social Print Studio.  That would be an awesome way to display my best photo for 2015!!!