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Spring Hunt Test Is Coming Up!

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It’s almost time for Sand & Sage Retriever Club’s annual spring hunt test in Othello, WA. It will be an action packed weekend where dog owners and handlers come together in rural Eastern Washington, along with their
retrievers, to brave the chill of spring. There will more than likely be some wind, some rain, and probably even a few ticks! (Arghh!!) But even so, I am very excited to be returning again to photograph the enthusiastic, gorgeous and intelligent retrievers. Their skill and athleticism is amazing to witness, and the hard work and training their handlers have invested into them is quite evident.

In September of 2018, I came away from the fall hunt test with thousands of beautiful photographs which are available for viewing in a separate online photo gallery

Digital photographs from 2017 & 2018 hunt test are now on sale for a limited time!

See the coupon code in the online gallery for details:

Here below are the highlights of the Sand & Sage fall hunt test 2018.

Sand & Sage Fall Hunt Test 2018

Sand & Sage AKC Hunt Test – Retrievers!

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Retriever Dog Hunt Test – Othello, WA     September 30th – October 1st 2017

Retriever Dogs! – Beautiful, Handsome, Agile, Smart, Enthusiastic, Energetic, CRAZY! Black, Brown, Golden, Yellow & White.

Golden Retriever
Golden Retriever from Sand & Sage Hunt Test September 2017

Enjoy retriever dog photos performing in a hunt test in the videos below.

I’m a little late to the party, but I finally put some of my favorites from last autumn’s Sand & Sage AKC hunt test to video. I photographed this event near Othello, WA over a beautiful autumn weekend. I am really looking forward to the next hunt test coming up in April of 2018.

If you are an owner or handler from this event looking for prints or digital downloads, visit the photo gallery here.

Here are dogs that competed in the Junior division.

 And here are some favorites from the Masters division.

And last, but not least, enjoy the senior division here.

Autumn Garden -Master Gardener’s Demonstration Garden

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October in Tri-Cities ended with golden sunshine and bold color. I took an autumn garden photo walk through the Master Gardener’s demonstration garden on the last day of the month. There were still many beautiful blossoms spreading their joy. Others had faded to autumn, but they revealed tiny seeds and buds promising their return with spring.

Enjoy the photos, and better yet, visit the garden in Kennewick, WA where you will see cheerful flowers, colorful leaves, bright berries, ornamental grasses and even an occasional flying insect. It’s located behind the Mid-Columbia Library. But hurry, because winter is marching closer by the day.

Autumn Garden
Syrphid Fly
Ornamental Grass
Chrysanthemums
Rosey Bokeh
Secret Garden

More autumn garden beauty here…

Learn more about the Master Gardener’s program here.

Thirst No More – The Gift Of Living Water

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Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift.

Revelations 22

I created this video by adding animation to still photos plus several of my favorite bible scriptures from John 4 and Revelations 22 about living water. Enjoy His gift…

Oh Deer

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White-Tailed Deer In A Montana Cherry Orchard

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could go no further than just a few steps outside your front door to see beautiful creatures such as these white-tailed deer? Well maybe not, if you’re a gardener. As a photographer though, I was happy to see these young bucks and does deer roaming nearby on a beautiful autumn day in Montana, just off the shore of Flathead Lake where I was visiting family.

White-tailed deer in Montana cherry orchard
White-tailed deer in Montana cherry orchard

Click on photo above or video below to see more of these beautiful whitetail deer.

Fine Art Featured This Week

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Here’s a gallery of some of my fine art pieces that were featured this week on Fine Art America in the following groups…

Flora

Fine Art Professionals

Images That Excite You

Sunrise And Sunset Seascapes

Visions Of Spring – Glances Of Summer

All The Natural Beauty Of This World

Greeting Cards For All Occasions

To see my entire collection of home decor and wall art offerings, click here.

 

 

Man on a park bench
The bench man
Blackbird singing from a bare branch at sunrise
Blackbird singing from a bare branch at sunrise
Pretty weeds
Pretty weeds
Forest of trees on a Montana mountain.
Forest of trees on a Montana mountain.
Beautiful sunset on Florida gulf coast
Beautiful sunset on Florida gulf coast
Sun rising over lupine and balsamroot
Sun rising over lupine and balsamroot
Horse and rider in a galaxy fantasy scene.
Horse and rider in a galaxy fantasy scene.
High desert monarch butterfly resting on pretty milkweed
High desert monarch butterfly resting on pretty milkweed
Golden sun sinking into Columbia river
Golden sun sinking into Columbia river
Weeping willow branches in sunlight
Woman walking under weeping willow branches in sunlight
Hollyhocks
Pink Hollyhocks
Sun setting across the waters of the Columbia River in Eastern Washington
Sun setting across the waters of the Columbia River in Eastern Washington

The Bench Man

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Time you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted time.

The Bench Man

Man on a park bench
The Bench Man

I saw this nice gentleman, the other day from across the park. I was there walking with my dogs at Howard Amon Park in Richland, Washington. He’s sitting under sycamore trees along the bank of the Columbia river. There is an empty bench very near, almost as if an open invitation to join him.

Just witnessing him there, enjoying his morning in solitude and complete tranquility, led me to the conclusion that I would benefit from spending more time on a park bench.

 

 

Sweet Dream Piglets

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Debi Bishop Photography
Barnyard nap

The theme of the Benton-Franklin fair this year is “Best Week Of Summer”. It looked to me that these cute piglets at Old MacDonald’s barn were having THEIR best week of summer while napping together. That all ended in a hurry though as soon as their mamma strolled by, bursting with milk. For the next few moments, it was pandemonium and survival of the fittest. Note the three barely visible piglets at the bottom of the pile. I’m not sure how they manage to avoid suffocation in that position, but it didn’t seem to phase them one bit.

 

Normal Day

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Feathers in the wind
Feathers in the wind

“Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.

Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart.

Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.

Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.

One day I shall dig my nails into the earth,

or bury my face in the pillow,

or stretch myself taut,

or raise my hands to the sky and want,

more than all the world,

your return.”

― Mary Jean Irion