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I saw it on FB too. Major jingles!

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But, if this is a "disease" (hoarding of animals), will fines or jail time really "cure" them? I suspect that as soon as they get out, the pattern of behavior will continue, possibly even in another location/state. Thank heavens there are places like LOH to help clean up the mes...

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Josette, thank you for donating. As I said, I don't mean to make this a charity drive, since that's not what this board is about. I definitely can't look at photos or read articles anymore about conditions hoarded animals live in. It's a disease. And it's one that is swept under the rug. Probation a...

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Just an update from Sue: "This just being announced the founder of Lil Orphan Hammies is now in possession of the Bakersfield pigs. All 52 pigs from this situation will be transported to the sanctuary on Monday. The three most pregnant babies are in my possession as well as one special boy that...

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Does anyone on here know Jon Stewart? Ricky Gervais? Anyone who's a save the animals freak with resources? Please PM me if you do. This is not a charity drive, just looking for resources. L'il Orphan Hammies is in a pickle. 40 "mini" pigs were abandoned by a hoarder and Sue Parkinson of LO...

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Kelo has some good insight. And I totally get the "alpha" animal because I have an Alpha mare. She came into her power at about 4 years old and hasn't really be questioned in any herd since (now 27). She just walks in and everyone says "yes, ma'am" even though she's 14.3. Very su...

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I buy cards, often giving them as gifts to horsey friends. It's so important that the horse stuff be right when giving to horsey people! Anyway, I like 16 card sets with 4 of each photo. If that kind of input matters to you at all. Yes, things like this do matter to me because I'm just fumbling alo...

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I like the color one better because the b&w screams "wyld stallionz" to me. Also, the color one looks more dressage-y (IMHO). I still buy notecards and other things with horses. But only things that feature greys. This is actually his "wyld stallionz" shot. :lol: :lol: : htt...

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Thank you for all the input. I am thinking of offering a card package with various photos. I'm also thinking of offering a couple calendars later this year. One would be just barns and the other would be horses. Having a terrible time deciding on WHICH photos I would include though.

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Ditto and Jingles

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In the spirit of posting more often, I'm going to shamelessly post a couple photos. This is a horse I photographed a couple weeks ago. Which do you prefer? Color or black and white? And you have to say why. If you would like to see larger versions, you can click the image and it will take you to the...

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HEY THANKS FOR THE THREAD! We are always happy to see pictures, which we can count on from you. Have you considered keeping the existing structure as either an outbuilding, barn or garage, and therefore not redoing the foundation? Then you build anew in some other location with a new foundation? If...

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Suzon, I was wondering whether you all like the location of the current house. Is there any "site prep" you will save if you do choose to re-build? Just asking for my own education! I have a bad habit of looking at properties with "interesting" dwellings on them :-) Any new dwel...

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Well, the first quote, which included helical (screw type) piers came back as half our budget (which is 6 figures). So no, we're not doing that. Waiting on other bids to come in on more traditional piers or foundation options.

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The male gorilla was showing signs of agitation thrashing the kid around...that's what gorillas do to intimidate threats. They bang on stuff and thrash things around. If they had tranquilized him in the water he could have drown, or fallen on the child and drown him. It was a bad situation. Shit hap...

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Ryeissa wrote:Congrats! I kind of like the house, actually!
What a beautiful property!

It's so ugly it grows on you.

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Yes, I have a couple different floor plans that will put it at about 1000 square feet, which is all we really need. What you see now will be open concept kitchen, living room and bathroom. Then we'll add 2 bedrooms and a laundry/mudroom. We'll be salvaging the cool solid wood kitchen cabinets, the t...

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Lol, Barely has charm going for it. Good the property is so lovely. Have you actually run numbers as to cost comparison of fixing vs starting from scratch. I think you might be $$$ adhead with this one to bulldoze :shock: . Yes, I've run a lot of numbers on it. It's close, but it looks like it's st...

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Love the pictures and the property. You know the rule, the house doesn't exist at all if there are no photos ;) {} for finding something that sounds like you'll both be very happy with even if you are rebuilding the whole house :D And here you go. This photo makes it look good. https://photos.smugm...

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no.stirrups wrote:As I'm in the process of buying a fixer-upper, I must say this thread has made me feel much more confident about what I'm headed into: my house has a solid foundation AND roof!

I'm soooo Jealous!

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Wow! So, you bought a fixer upper on a great piece of land. And, being in the home inspection business, you knew what issues were ' minor ' in the grand scheme of things. We actually bought a house that seems to have been built by a committee of trolls. :lol: Definitely a non-professional on-going ...

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I was a long time member of the UDBB. Never one of the hugely popular posters and sometimes few under the radar because I was "too busy" to post. But I do miss the busy heyday of the forum. So in the spirit of making this a healthy forum again. I make a pledge to post something at least on...

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I hope you are having an uneventful pregnancy and that you enjoyed your fries.

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Am I doing the "Best I can?" No. FU if you think I should work harder and be more successful. At this point, the "best I can do" is give less of a shit about whether I'm "successful" and care more about not feeling guilty for just sitting down to do "nothing."...

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This was literally shot in the backyard of the house we're renting for the month while we find something permanent in Ohio - https://picturethisphotographync.smugmug.com/Andrias-Engagement-Session/ Oh em gee, the light, the lake, I'm so in love with my little beach. I never want to leave. So jealou...

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Suzon, I love this photo. As RTR said, love the mood. I love how the road and the trees so nicely frame the horse and rider... I know that most of the time, photography is a setup but sometimes there is a big of the "magic" of being in the right place at the right time to give a bit of an...

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I FINALLY got away from my desk long enough to point a lens at a horse other than mine! This is Exploding Pony's new pony. This is the only one I've processed so far. I have a bunch of others tagged. You can click on the image to see it larger. https://photos.smugmug.com/Everything/Gallery/i-d5DZXNk...

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viscountessleftfield wrote:http://gph.is/1sg3vog

Here's a little GIF from yesterday. The winds were insane and this dress isn't light.

That's great though. Love it.

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I still ride in a PSL. Which reminds me, it needs to be restuffed.

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I've discovered a lot of horses move better in a western saddle, no matter what the weight. I think it's due to better weight distribution and (depending on the saddle) less pressure over the shoulders/saddle bars. Another trick I learned from dealing with western tack is to use a dressage saddle th...

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Not a photographer in any sense, so this question/situation might seem a bit pedestrian. A few weekends ago we hosted (for the second year in a row) a professional wildlife photographer here at our ranch. We put her up for the weekend in our guest quarters, since she was giving a photo workshop as ...

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OMG! Hurrah!!!!!!

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Oh I'm soooo jealous! We're trying to design something for our new little piece of land, but it won't end up being anywhere near as fancy.
Congratulations!

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Thanks Suzon! Do you like Topaz's denoise software better than Nik's (which is now free)? I never use the Nik one. I like the Topaz one ok, but really I do most of my noise reduction Camera Raw at 16 bit. I sometimes have a couple different layers of noise reduction. Then I use Blend If or masks to...

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I'm also one to offer kudos to the wedding photographers. I did a few early on and WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN. Tall glass of nope there. That's why I'll likely starve to death as a photographer.

What I can't shoot is wildlife. I suck at it. Totally suck. Birds are the absolute worst.

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If anyone doesn't get their emails and is interested, Topaz Labs is having a 40% off sale. I use a number of Topaz filters (though there's also a number of them I find useless). The code is SPRINGSUMMER2016

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Oooh. I didn't know you could do this. There's something I want to stream from BBC3. I'm going to go see if this works.

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Just got up and saw this. Ok, horses on the left are Chloe and her daughter Tempi. Chloe is 27 this year and Tempi is 15. Jeepers is on the right, he is 18 at the end of this month. He's also Tempi's sire. I met Chloe when she was three. I was a barn manager and riding instructor in Rhode Island and...

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WMW, RTR, you're starting to make me feel inadquate.

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Oooooh. JIngling for the best love story evah!

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Your portrait of her hangs at the bottom of my stairs, so I see her every morning, and seeing her always brings a smile. The past few days it's been a sad smile. I have her propped on my desk in a 16x20. I'm glad she's not suffering. And she was OK right up until she wasn't, so it was a good year.

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He died.

http://www.tmz.com/

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I am comforted that she was loved and happy in her final days and she's fine now. No more pain.

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For those of you that remember when I rescued Hilary the pig last year, I just wanted to let you know she was humanely destroyed this afternoon. She suffered a mysterious neurological illness and did not respond to treatment. Her body has been taken for testing; hopefully that will give us all some ...

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My favorite is the racehorse butt. What a unique perspective.

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In honor of the Boaty McBoatface debate, I think he should be named Oopsy McOopsface.

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Whoo Hoo!

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Bay Photo. https://www.bayphoto.com/

They can print in any form you might need for the gallery. Excellent quality.

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We just bought a Whirlpool front load and love it. However, after buying (before delivery) I found a comparison article that ultimately put Kenmore on top. I think Kenmore is made by Whirlpool, so I'm not too upset. But you might want to look into Kenmore.

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