1 Day and Counting Down

Friday October 9 2009

A few more photos to preview The Equestrian Vagabond's photo show at Judeen's Art Studio and Gallery in Paducah, Kentucky.

Mane Frame II - yearlings in Belgium


Reflections II - weanlings in Washington


Regret I - in the sunset in Ridgecrest, California


Snow Princess - snowy day in Oreana, Idaho


Stormy Water I - that's Stormy (The Most Beautiful Horse On The Planet, of course), in Ridgecrest, California



Up top:
Web II - South Island, New Zealand


That's 14 hours, 50 minutes and 45 seconds left to go - time to hop on the plane!

4 Days and Counting

Tuesday October 6 2009

Where did the time go!?

It's only 4 days until The Equestrian Vagabond's show at Judeen's Art Studio and Gallery in Paducah, Kentucky, on October 10th, after which I head to Lexington to cover the Kentucky Cup & North American Team Endurance Challenge - i.e. the 2010 WEG pre-ride - for Endurance.net.

Here are a few more of my pictures to sample:

CHIARO - a play with excessive light - Oreana, Idaho


SOAP SUDS I - a morning bath at Keeneland Racetrack, Kentucky


JOSHUA TREE II - in the Mojave Desert - California


JUST A KISS - Diego loves to kiss - Oreana, Idaho


TWINS - entwined weanlings in Enumclaw, Washington


LOFTY - another play with excessive light - Oreana, Idaho


up top - RED BARN I - Wells, Nevada


Must get packing!

13 Days and Counting

Sunday September 27 2009

With 13 days left until my Special Appearance at Judeen's Art Studio and Gallery in Paducah, Kentucky, on October 10th, here is today's sampling of The Equestrian Vagabond photos.



Sunset on Downpatrick racecourse in Northern Ireland. These horses were training on the track after the day's races.


Nothing better than a good roll in soft sand - Oreana, Idaho


Sun - Oreana, Idaho


Snow - Oreana, Idaho


Sun and snow - Bridgeport, California


Do Not Try This At Home - Oreana, Idaho


Stormy in the sunset - Bridgeport, California


That's 292 hours, 60 minutes, 17 seconds left...

No time to pack yet, because it's time to get ready for our 5-day Owyhee Canyonlands endurance ride!

18 Days and Counting...

Tuesday September 22 2009

A few more photos to whet your appetite for the appearance of The Equestrian Vagabond, at Judeen's Art Studio and Gallery, in Paducah, Kentucky, on October 10th - on my way to the Kentucky Cup World Equestrian Games Endurance Pre-Ride in Lexington on October 14th...


CARRY SWIFTLY
An endurance rider and horse on the North Island of New Zealand


CHISELED
A beautiful Andalusian in a show in Portugal


DOOBIE
An awesome ride in the Egyptian desert on my friend Maryanne's horse Doobie


MORNING GALLOP
Connie, galloping Sissy early on a foggy morning at Emerald Downs in Washington


SANDWICH
Little guy, with his big bodyguards. I wonder if he was a movie star or something? They never left his side. He looked pretty smug.


HORSE LAUGH
That's Stormy (The Most Beautiful Horse On The Planet), who else, laughing at all of this.

That's 414 hours, 04 minutes, and 11 seconds left.

24 Days and Counting Down...

Wednesday, September 16 2009

That's 563 hours, 11 minutes and 33 seconds, until The Equestrian Vagabond's Special Appearance, on Saturday October 10th, in Paducah, Kentucky, at Judeen's Art Studio and Gallery, where my photography and artwork will be featured.


My agent has been busy sending out press releases to local, and not-so-local media in Kentucky, like this one at IListPaducah.com:

"Saturday, October 10
Merri Melde: The Equestrian Vagabond
Judeen’s Art Studio and Gallery
720 Harrison St
Paducah, KY
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The multiple award-winning equine photographer and writer Merri Melde, The Equestrian Vagabond, will be making a special appearance at Judeen's Art Studio on this Second Saturday in LowerTown. Stop by and visit with the world-travelling Equestrian Vagabond, be entertained by her stories and enjoy her photographs.


Merri has travelled the world in pursuit of horse adventures — hanging out, photographing and riding with Princes and Shaikhas, a Countess, a King or two and Mere Mortals. (She reports the Mere Mortals are the most fun.)

Merri has been behind the lens shooting horses since 1986, from Kentucky to California, Texas to Washington and from Northern Ireland to Germany, Bangkok and Cairo. Her photos and stories have appeared in magazines around the world, magazine covers, books and phone book covers. Currently she is on assignment in Kentucky, covering the Endurance pre-ride for the 2010 World Equestrian Games."

Isn't it a hoot?

My appearance and photography show happens to coincide, as it says, with the Kentucky Cup - the endurance pre-ride for the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington on October 14th at the Kentucky Horse Park, which I will be covering for Endurance.net. If you're in the area on the 10th, stop by Paducah and Judeen's Art Studio and Gallery, and I'll tell you some tall horse tales... like the time I got to ride a Lord of the Rings horse...


If you are awaiting news on my SPECIAL APPEARANCE, blog entries featuring some of my photos will appear periodically during the next month.

Meanwhile - back to wrap-up coverage of last weekend's AERC National Championships for endurance, and onward to cover the Virginia City 100 this weekend in Virginia City, Nevada. (A ride I completed in 2002!)

(Oh - and make that 561 hours, 40 minutes, and 59 seconds, and counting...)