Rearranging things & Scrapping with Holli

We both were on a total roll scrapping and sometimes

it's fun with a friend and she has a terrific room

with lots of stuff.

Anyway, this photo was replaced by a deer photo

that is now hanging in our bathroom.

 Holli stamped a few of these sunflowers for me and

I found that they are perfect for this page.

I brought my buttons galore and dumped them in the

middle of the sunflower and used

some watercolors to give it a bit more umph.

These wild horses are from Assateague and

are so beautiful in real life I would recommend putting Assateague
on your bucket list - but keep an eye on prevailing winds.
You do not want west winds blowing - they bring in the biting flies and
the horses tend to not be as available as
they are when the winds are perfect.
 I also decided that

I wanted to do another 8x10 on 12x12 as it
allows for more dodads that don't overwhelm the photo.

Roosevelt National Park

What another beautiful park that is chockful

of wildlife.

We hit the trifecta of all wildlife:

bison

wild horses

prairie dogs

elk

Quaint little town that rolls its sidewalks up 

way too early.

 Prairie dogs - 100's of them all over

these fields.

 Elk coming out of the ravine to check things out.

 Bison - were everywhere.

 Baby bison too were all part of the traffic jam

happening in the park about sunset.

 These deer crossed the road, and we stopped of course

to gawk. The deer kept looking back across

the road and we couldn't see what they were looking at

but all of sudden they crossed back over to the right side.

Still didn't see anything.

 Bison rolling in the dirt.

 He was a big guy too.

 Feels better now.

 Wild horses.

Were they running through the ravine with their

manes flying.

No.

 This buffalo strolled on down this hill.

and of course, I didn't post the ENTIRE walk.

I was actually outside of the RV when he started

his stroll and when he got the bottom

he looked right at me so I hot-footed back in the RV

and he casually strolled right in front of me like

he had no plans and walked into the sunset.

So cool.

This photo looks better here than on my FB page.

Wild horses and deer in Assateague

And they couldn't keep me from tracking them down.

Of course our camp was on the ocean side

and thanks to SW winds - the biting flies came.

So the horses went over to the bay side.

Smart horses.

And deer.

 Actually it was all Tom's idea.

It is really funny.

Beautiful sunset on the bay side.

It was HOT down there.

Which is why we made a mad dash to the mountains.

Scenes from Chincoteague and Assateague

This was the view from our campsite at Tom's Cove.

The lighthouse which is silent during day - does flash from dark to dawn.

Absolutely stunning!

If you look below the treeline to the right those

itty bitty dots are wild horses.

They come out every morning to graze - and that's about

as close as one can get.

And that's about the length on my Canon 80-300mm lens.

 They did come a wee bit closer.

But not much.

These two were amusing.

 Just sayin...

Scenes inside the wildlife refuge when we where

hunting for close ups of the horses.

 This was the trail to the lighthouse.

Beautiful walk.

 The lighthouse is beautifully kept with

rugged terrain around it - and dense - so you couldn't

see the horses on the other side of the trees.

I really tried.

 And I tried a Thomas Fitzgerald preset called "Winter Chill".

I quite love the look.

Makes it look old timey.

Mexican Hat Colorado

Happened to be on our way east

to the Four Corners.

This mountain was stunning.

I wish I could've gotten it better.

 In tribute to "the mexican hat" people built little

ones on their way up the hill.

 Lots of them - so much fun.

 And to-da!

Mexican hat and therefore the name of the town.

 Wild horses crossing the road.

They made its safely and so pretty.
And four corners - where four states actually intersect
in one spot.
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

 And there's my main man standing on all four states at once.

Four Corners is on the Navaho Reservation
and of course there were some interesting stalls
with beautiful Indian trinkets.