Goodbye my pony

Only a few posts in, and I already have to apologize for slacking. I'd hoped to have a saddle to post pics of by now. Instead I've been caught in a whirlwind of hurriedly getting my beloved Icelandic, Ymur, to his wonderful new home. I couldn't be happier for him, but I've another hole inside of me that will never be filled. An empty horse trailer sits in my driveway, waiting to be cleaned out and sold. He was a dream horse, and will be greatly missed.

Pastel works-in-progress

This guy has been sitting for years, as I added too many uniform teenie-tiny dapples on him that I was not happy with, and just hadn't had the heart to cover most of them up just yet. He'll probably end up being a darker grey with belly dapples.


I just wuv this little resin, and no quick choice of color would do. It took me forever to finally decide on a nice dappled chestnut, and even longer (many, many layers) to get him to this point. He still has a long way to go from this rather orange stage, but I don't want to rush him along. Body first, then I'll concentrate on his head, legs, and mane/tail. Chestnut is such a challenging color to pastel, to stay away from the orange stage and not slip to far into bay! Here's a bit of my inspiration:

Dabbling in photography

Ever since I invested in a quality camera to photograph my work, I've enjoyed dabbling around with it on outings. On a recent trip to the Durham, NC area, we visited the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. I couldn't help but pull out the macro lens, as the roses looked so pretty with water droplets on them after a much needed shower.

Like a lemming...

I've been drawn into the popularity of blogs in the hobby as of late, and decided to join the crowd. Words have never come that easy to me, but it seems I always have a plethora of pictures to post. Perhaps keeping track of my works-in-progress on a blog will spur my creative juices. One can only hope after a year of nothing! Welcome to my blog.

-Darleen