Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
"T" is for...Sunday Stills Challenge 112909
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Thoroughbreds and exercise riders at Santa Anita~Sunday Stills Challenge 112209
Hubby and I used to frequently drive two hours to Santa Anita race track to see the races a few years ago. We both took our camera with us. We often woke up at 4:00 and got to the track in the early morning, in time for the morning workouts at Clocker's Corner. I love to watch the exercise riders. But, I especially loved seeing the thoroughbreds. They are so magnificent! I am fortunate to have two throughbreds myself that I've rescued. One, Quad, is an off-the-track throughbred who actually ran in 7 races, but never won, so he was retired to a horse rescue here in California. My other thoroughbred, Gigondas, was rescued from a slaughter-bound feedlot in WA state. She never raced and I believe she was used as a broodmare. My great-uncle used to train throughbreds and we often visited our local race tracks so see his string of horses run. That was in the days when trainers actually walked the throughbreds down to the ocean at Del Mar and let them play in the water! That is no longer done. Anyway, here are some pics of the beautiful thoroughbreds exercising in the morning at Santa Anita Race Track. Sunday Stills Challenge for November 22, 2009.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Pinyon Road~Scenic Sunday~110809
I took this road in Pinyon yesterday morning. Hubby was working and I grabbed my cameras and off I went. It was kind of a dreary morning, with a light cloud cover, and I didn't get up there until about 9:30 a.m. We are hoping to return this morning earlier so that we can get some good morning light. Sometimes I forget just how much beautiful scenery we have right here in our local mountains! Scenic Sunday for November 8, 2009.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Alabama Hills~This Way Thursday~110509
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Pond~Kennedy Meadows~Watery Wednesday 110409
On our last full day in the Sierras, hubby wanted to take the road to Kennedy Meadows, which is a turnoff off Highway 395, south of Lone Pine. We had never been on that road before. It is quite an incline! Once at Kennedy Meadows, however, it leveled out and we saw many nice trails. In fact, we saw some riders on horseback taking advantage of one of them. We came upon this peaceful camping area and found the horse trailers nearby. Watery Wednesday for November 4, 2009.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Mountains! Mt. Whitney and the Sierras~That's My World 110309
I am always in awe of both Mt. Whitney and the nearby Sierras. Look at those peaks! Look how jagged they are! We LOVE traveling to the Sierras and will return next June. Until then, I constantly look through the photos we took during our trips in June and August. That's My World (I WISH!) for Tuesday, November 3, 2009.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Afternoon shadows, Bishop, CA~Shadow Shot Sunday 111009
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