My Big Project

A NEW BARN!

This is Gizelle's new abode. I am so thrilled with it. I keep doing happy dances. It has enough room to store my hay and feed and tack too for one horse. I was very concerned about what I could afford and set myself a budget and have stuck to it fairly well and have a better barn that I ever dreamed of. I feel so blessed. :)

Gizelle is thrilled too. She has a bigger stall and paddock and its super clean . I used sand for the first time and so far it is working out really well. It was a bugger to use your power tools in though. I must thank my hubby Tim for all his help getting the project going to start as well as pitching in and working along side me. I also want to thank Niko, my contractor for all his work and suggestions. I love my red tin roof with its 3 foot overhang on all sides and the polycarbonate lets in so much light that I never need lights on during the day. It is still not completely finished but it is nice and dry and cozy inside.

This is the view from my house to the barn. Its a 10 second walk from my back door and I can gaze at Gizelle from my art studio and talk to her out the window too.

Here are a couple of shots that I played around with editing.

I love the ceiling and it is really high just like I wanted so bright and airy.

I used Mosaik for this one.

Happy December :)

No hoof, No horse!

Such was almost the fate for my sweet girl Gizelle. She was diagnosed with founder Sept 2009. It takes a full year for a horse to grow a new hoof so it is not something you find the results for quickly. Gizelle is 24 years old and I was wondering if she would be able to recover or if I was sentencing her to a lot of pain for nothing. Tough decision. Well I couldn't give up on her too quickly so I steeled myself for the long road to recovery or so I hoped. There was a point a few months in where she was in so much pain I called the Vet to come put her down. It was all too much for her and for me it was torture to see her suffer like that. The Vet came and found an abscess and relieved the pressure and she was able to continue on. That was the hardest and lowest point and I am so happy to say she has made a complete recovery! It is so hard when our animal friends get sick! I pulled her out of her mother for goodness sake. She is a part of the family.

Gizelles feet in bad shape Feb 2010, you can see the line especially on her far dark foot where it is actually coming apart. And her closer white foot is misshaped with her toe cut back. I had to lock her in her stall for months because she could only walk on very soft ground and she even had a hard time with that. The photo below shows her foot closer where the new part is growing in from the top and the line and the mess below.

I am so happy to say she has healthy beautiful feet now. Gizelle is actually so healthy that she is getting bored so I have started riding her again! Here is what her healthy beautiful foot looks like as of Sept 9th and they look even better now. :)))) I would like to thank my Vet and Farrier for all your help. Thanks Danica and Trevor!

Wow, time is flying by and I haven't posted and art for ages!

"The Gypsy Ghost"

I have been doing art but not photographing it. Here is a journal spread that turned out kind of funky. And I have been trying to sketch and draw more and more. Roz Stendal always posting great stuff about journaling and sketching and she has inspired me to get out my Pental Brush pen and use it for sketching. And she is so right it is fun! I'll post some of these later.

"September Moon"

My hubby Tim Zurowski took this great shot of the moon on Sept 21st. I love all the details of the craters and stuff.

We had wonderful weather most of September and into October but it has been raining now for 24 hours and here in the Pacific Northwest it feels like its not going to stop anytime soon. :(

My first Youtube movie

Starring Gizelle!

I made my first movie on my iMac with iMovie. It is myself and my horse Gizelle doing dressage in the backyard. I am not sure exactly the year but somewhere around 1996. Lizard was kind enough to transfer my old VHS tape to dvd and then I could import it into iMoive. I have only have my iMac a few weeks and it is taking some getting used to, to be able to move about and find everything after being a PC person for my whole life. I plan to transfer some other fun videos that I have of my dogs and horses. It will be great to see the old stuff we filmed.

Just click on Gizelle's name to watch the video.

Cheers