Collection of compositions & photos of an aspiring equine journalist

"The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams."
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Sunday, February 28, 2010

SNOW-AWAY!

Dear Mother Nature,
I don't even remember the last day it DID NOT snow. I only have five more days before my very last spring break from college, which will also include my very first spring break vacation! I would like to just tell you that yes, everything looks serene and calming with a blanketing of white fluff, but after a while it is destroyed. Classes are not cancelled. Footprints in the snow begin the damage. But you see, after three weeks of living in this frozen tundra, snow-covered-everything is not so pretty. Piles of "snirt" are everywhere. This is a new buzzword for year 2010 describing the snow-and-black-dirt-mixture. Oh yeah, and the freezing cold wind-blowing-snow-sideways-thing needs to stop. Otherwise, I hope you can get out your spring flowers and warm sunshine for us in the near future.

Much appreciated,
Maggie

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Favorites of 2009

Okay, so here are a few photos that I have deemed as my favorites from 2009. It was a fantastic year, between my internship at the Virginia Horse Center over the summer that was more than a mere life experience, as well as transitioning from a Junior to a Senior at Virginia Tech this year. Yes, it really has been a doozy! You will notice that I certianly am an avid equestrian and try to find beauty in the outdoors everyday. ENJOY!

June 2009 - Virginia Travel Guide photoshoot


Spring 2009 Dogwood at Chestnut Bay Stables


Random portrait shot of my horse buddy, Rachel and Miss Julia


August 2009, Miss Julia & Summer at Sunrise Stables in Lexington, VA, content in munching on some fresh clover.


December 2009, White House Christmas Tree and the Washington Monument
[I thought this was a wicked cool shot!]


Flakey 2



Monday, February 8, 2010

Flakey

Sometimes blondes are flakey, dry skin gets flakes, but the last two-weeks-of-life in Blacksburg... has been flakey. No, really. Loads of snowFLAKES have been falling and thus lingering about my little townhouse. Not only sledding but just not-so-sober walks home turns into a slippy-slidey drunken falling causing a trail of bruises down my thigh. But it is all in good fun, both the sledding and going out. So here are a few moments of snow-filled fun captured.