Beautiful photo's - another lovely album!

said greasedweasel 2007.05.30 at 16:34:52 PDT

Very good lens work! Stan

said srapada 2007.05.10 at 19:23:40 PDT

Hi Eric! What a treat to see these wonderful giants! They are not common in Canada: we see the Clysdales, Percherons & Belgians more often..I would have loved to have been there at the show, too, but this is ALMOST as good as! Thank you for sharing these marvelous photos! All the best---Nancy

said greyhairs1 2007.04.24 at 16:47:54 PDT

ooooh, fabulous photos of these magnificent animals - Thanks much for leaving a comment in my POTD yesterday. Appreciate it always. Loree

said greenhorngrl 2007.04.17 at 05:26:13 PDT

Hi Eric, I am sure that you have got more than enough photo's tucked away for a mear one a day, lol. I remember well the working Horses on the fenland farms of my youth, albe it they were always Suffolk Punches or Percherons, little matter my mother on the farm in Northumberland, when she was young worked with Shires and Clydesdales. A super album very nostalgic, seems these days with the weather we are always out and about somewhere, I hope you are well and take care, Ken

said hircock100 2007.04.13 at 05:57:23 PDT

Hi Eric, Good to see you're still out there snapping away. Fantastic reportage style album. I bet you had a great day out at the show, I've certainly enjoyed the show through your eyes.I wanted to stop by and thank you for taking the time to leave such kind words in my Enchanted Forest album when it was featured last week.Take care Eric. Best wishes, Craig

said stormrider_uk 2007.04.13 at 04:43:41 PDT

PS- I forgot to tell you how much I enjoyed your photos of the steam powered carousel!

said jodi_coyote 2007.04.09 at 05:07:18 PDT

Hello Eric... Stopped by to look at this album while I was here at your site writing a message. I thought this ws a wonderful album! When I was a young girl in Texas,, even with loads of quarter horses and several arabians around, I was always most fond of the shires! So, naturally I smiled when I was reading of your childhood days and of you riding the shire! I know you loved it! How I'd love to attend this show one day! Thanks for sharing this wonderful album. There a few horse lover friends of mine that I will e-mail the link for site so they can enjoy it too. I am glad to see that Marita has already found the album, and more glad that you shot it and posted it! LOL :) Best regards. Jodi

said jodi_coyote 2007.04.09 at 05:05:59 PDT

Hello Eric, this album is very beautiful and wonderful in the many details. The show how much work it is to get a horse ready for the show. I see there is a great tradition involved; it shows. Everyone tense to get the last detail perfect. I've never seen so perfectly washed and dressed up horses. I love the part around the pretty white and shiny legs. --- Thank you very much for your many comments over the last month. Oh yes, you travel around the world and I stay visiting some trees wildflowers and my getting ready for Passover. --- Our Almond trees grow quite high, but not that high. They are very handy to still get pictures of the bloom without breaking the neck using a ladder. :-) --- The Coral tree is very famous in Brazil and also in parts of India. They are insignificant when not in bloom. --- Yes, the Pine is also called Turkish Pine. There are soooooo many pines! This one belongs to the eastern part of the Mediterranean. I have l earned from this album that there are different Processionary, some for every tree. Some of them are larvae like those I saw, and some of them are caterpillars like the one of the Australian Acacia. I even found somewhere what the difference is. Here it comes: They differ from the larvae of Lepidoptera (true caterpillars) in only having six legs, and not sixteen (the six true legs plus an extra ten prolegs) which most Caterpillars have. Fascinating! In my guestbook I learned about many people knowing them closely. They are a serious pest to every tree. --- The Judas tree does not like frost and is not very high. Very difficult do believe that Judas hanged himself in that tree. --- Eric, I wish you the most wonderful holidays - Galit

said 854847 2007.04.07 at 09:58:05 PDT

This is a fabulous album - lovely draft horses - my favorite to watch - gentle giants to be sure. Hey, what's a Steam Galloper? Jayne & Ozzie are here now visiting - will be planning my trip to England for when Jayne is off on summer break - Anyway, thanks for dropping by and keeping an eye on my photos. Loree

said greenhorngrl 2007.04.02 at 05:22:18 PDT

Dear Eric, What a fascinating album! Absolutely beautiful horses, they look like gentle giants. It looks like you had a great day at the Shire horse show and I was very happy to tag along. I had a great time looking at your fabulous photos and feeling like I was right there! Take Care...Hugs Leslie

said rainingviolets 2007.03.26 at 18:08:59 PDT

Gorgeous animals. Wish I had been there to see them all.

said anonneymouse1 2007.03.25 at 21:27:20 PDT

Beautiful and interesting album, Eric! Thank you for showing us this part of the English heritage!And....thank you so much for your visits and comments to our albums, which we appreciate very much indeed! You are in our mind and talk whenever we go to Yokohama! Friendliest regards from Gabriela & Yoshiyuki

said tanaka62 2007.03.24 at 19:54:14 PDT

Dear Eric, I never finished looking at this excellent album yesterday so I'm back to have another look What a wonderful day out for you its looked great fun and those bshires really are gentle giants. Thanks so much for your recent visits to my albums I'm looking forward to my favourite time of the year and being able to get out and enjoy it. Take care now and hope you have a grood weekend. Jill

said jillbatchelor2 2007.03.24 at 11:18:50 PDT

O.k. Eric, as you British people always do you had me very confused, I always have a dictonary handy when attempting to decifer, LOL. The 3 Gs, and falling off with long way down? I kept looking and saw your ships, and thought: british sense of humour? Well now that I found this awesome album I am kinda thinking you may have been refering to this??? Regardless, you know I enjoyed it tremendously. I would have loved to attend this myself, maybe next time give me some advance warning and we'll meet up (and finish with a Wherry fine beer :D). Cheers. Marita

said worldtripper3 2007.03.24 at 09:15:24 PDT

Beautiful horses - they look as if all were dressed for Sunday... As we had no idea what "shire horses" were, we asked Mr Google, and got plenty of interesting facts! So special thanks to have contributed to our equestrian knowledge! - Best wishes: Kaethi and Henri

said oertlif_3 2007.03.23 at 08:34:57 PDT

I was discribing the horses to my grand daughter (6 years old & into riding) now I can show her these magnificent horses. A lovely album Eric.

said memargaret 2007.03.22 at 05:02:51 PDT

Wonderful album, looks like a lot to go to this Hose Show. Take care. Joyce

said joyce914 2007.03.21 at 12:13:35 PDT