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Holy Crap.

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Sorry guys. I've been away from here for way too long. Losing my bird, then losing my Appy 3 months later really threw me for a loop and I couldn't bring myself to post any more stock photos of my horses or other animals. That being said, I've uploaded a few manipulations in the past months, but nothing significant.

That just changed.

I decided to upload a ton of old stuff, mostly from my RPG Kormada, which has just moved to JCink before we celebrate TEN YEARS on the web in August. (If you like to RP horses, check it out at kormadarpg.jcink.net).

I will attempt to upload some more stock in the near future as well. I kid you not, photographing horse shows for the last 3 summers has left me with approximately 300,000+ images (let's just say we've filled a couple of 3TB harddrives with them) so I'm sure I have a couple I could upload here...xD
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Just a note to all my stock followers:  Over the next week or so, I will be mass uploading a number of new stock images which were not purchased over the course of my show season.  Some photos will be free, while others may be offered as premium content for a few dollars depending on the photo and whether I put any together in a package.  The majority of the photos will be of Appaloosa horses, but there will be other breeds as well.  Please let me know if there is anything in particular you are looking for.  I have taken roughly 30,000 horse photos this season, so I'm sure I can find you something you need =]

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Seriously?

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Lost our 10 year old budgie last night.  I'm getting quite sick of this.  Wtf.
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As many of you know, I lost my cockatiel Cade on Easter, and still have yet to get over her.  I miss her every day.  On June 17th, my 27 year old Appaloosa gelding Rusty came home after having surgery to remove a sarcoid.  All was well, but we had been assured by two vets prior to the operation that he would have to be put down due to his age.  Of course, anyone who has seen his pictures here on deviantart knows that he was in absolutely AMAZING condition, and so when they actually saw him in person, they decided to do the surgery.

On the evening of July 5th, my Rusty broke through a 6x6 corner post of a wooden fence and was struck and killed by a pickup truck over a half mile away.

Rusty was a police horse, a lesson horse, a gamer, and my first horse.  I had him for 13 years.  He was absolutely bombproof.  We are at a loss as to what could possibly have frightened him badly enough to cause him to hit the fence, break through, and travel so far.  He was never afraid of fireworks.  None of the other horses followed him.  This all happened while my dad was home alone, and he knows nothing about horses.  My mom and I were three hours away at a horse show which I was photographing and in which she was competing with Joey.

The entire event is just so unbelievable and bizarre that I still have not come to terms with it.  To make things worse, I found out that several of my friends saw my horse lying dead on the road before I even knew what had happened.  To have been sure I was going to lose him, to having him back safe and sound and comfortable, to losing him again, and so soon after my beloved Cade, has just emotionally drained me.  I am not a negative person, but recent events seem to have made me such.  I am just trying to keep my head up at this point.  What a horrible summer.

Rest in peace to another one of my incredible animals.

Rusty Stock 43 by Blacke-Horse-Design  Descry by CinderhawkCreative  The Tasmanian Prince by Blacke-Horse-Design  Rusty Stock 33 by Blacke-Horse-Design
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Yesterday, this past Easter Sunday, my precious and beloved 9 year old cockatiel Cade passed away unexpectedly from an apparent blood clot.  She literally was my EVERYTHING, and my heart is broken knowing I will never see her sweet brown eyes again.  I got her when she was 2 months old, and she was in my hands for her final moments 9 years later.  I am trying my best to absorb and accept the fact that she is gone, but she was my everything.  This is a very difficult time for me, for I have never been this attached to an animal that has passed.  This bird was the equivalent of my child, and I don't think I will ever completely get over her death.

She was with me from the time I was in middle school, and I am upset she will not be with me as I take my first steps beyond college.  I had envisioned her living for another decade at least, as she was always well cared for and I loved her dearly.  The shock is unimaginable.  I miss my baby more than anyone will ever know.  She was the sweetest bird I have known, although I have not known many, and would regularly snuggle under my chin and go to sleep while I watched TV from my bed or read a book.  Often I would fall asleep on my side with her asleep on the edge of the bed or on my shoulder, and she would still be there in the morning.  There is an image of her snoozing on my chest while I was passed out in a big round chair, tired from writing an essay.

My lovely Cade was there for me when I moved to a new school, when my cat and dog were euthanized, when my brother came home after having run away 7 years before, when I got my first promotion and wasn't sure I could handle it, when I moved into my first apartment and then moved again 8 months later, when I made the decision to start my own business, and she was there with me for the final moments of my roommate's bird's passing following a lengthy battle with an inoperable liver tumor.  The thought that my baby is gone forever is so much to take in.  I miss her.  I will always miss her.  This is by far the hardest experience I've ever been forced to endure.  I love you Cade Babe.  Please rest peacefully.  At the very least, you picked a good day to go home.

Cade by CinderhawkCreative The Tube by Blacke-Horse-Design Littlefoot by Blacke-Horse-Design Curious by Blacke-Horse-Design

Cade:  11/20/04 - 3/31/2013
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