Horses, and cats, and Texas, oh my!

This was another 1st birthday shoot. Unfortunately, Tatiana wasn't acting herself this day. Which I swear always happens. It's like the law of gravity -- only it's the law of my-child-is-going-to-end-up-with-a(insert cut, bruise, rash, sickness, etc...)-this-day because this is the day we've planned and prepared for. It always happens. I know because it always happens with my own kiddos. Poor thing! She kept putting her fingers in her mouth like her teeth were bothering her and by the end of the shoot she was getting hot with a fever. She was quite the trooper though and we were able to get some smiles before we realized she was getting sick.

We were going for a "Rustic Texas" theme and we couldn't have come across (or trespassed across) a better location. We went to some local stables where my 2 girls used to take riding lessons. The owner's daughter told us we could come by any time and visit the horses and this location popped into my head after the clients told me what style they were going for. I thought we'll stop by and if I see the owner I'll ask her if she minds. Well, I never saw her and there were several horse owners there just bathing, feeding, or letting their horses out. No one really said anything except a few nice comments about how cute little Tatiana was. So, we did our thing. And the thing that I find amusing is that I figure that after we left there was a conversation that went a little like this:

"Did you know those people?" "No, did you?" "No, but I figured you did. The little girl was adorable." "Well, where did they come from?" "I don't know, maybe they know Ms. X."
Shrug, shrug

I mean afterall, when the owner's daughter said we were welcome to stop by any time and visit the horses she didn't actually say that I couldn't bring my camera and other people with me when I visited the horses. Right?? So, I figure I've just justified our position with using these stables as our shoot location. Ha!







I love what the sign to the left of the chair says: To become old and wise you must first be young and stupid.