Liz Howell

Western Reining-Trail Saddle

Published December 13, 2010

This is my second saddle and I believe it is alot better than my first saddle. I finally have the basket weave stamp down pat, now to just practice and practice. I love a good basket weave on a saddle. The fenders are free swinging and adjustable. The saddle was made on a Rio Rondo saddle tree. It was dyed a saddle tan and features silver conchos. Continue reading →

Thanksgiving Holiday

Published November 27, 2010

Thanksgiving this year was really great! My Mom, Brother, Sister-in-Law and Nephew all came down to visit. We actually had dinner on Sunday as they were going to be in Orlando on Thanksgiving day. Sunday morning I took my Brothers family to Silver Glenn and boy was the water cold. I did not stay in it nearly as long as I normally do. My Brother and Zack (Nephew) snorkeled around and had a great time while Laurie and I stayed on the bank taking pictures and watching them have fun. Continue reading →

Western Saddle

Published September 22, 2010

I finally got my first western saddle made. I have had the supplies to make one for a couple of years but just never got around to making it. It turned out ok for a first try, I learned alot from my mistakes and I will practice some more before I make the next one. I really want to learn how to do leather carving but for now I would be happy doing a good basket weave pattern. Continue reading →

Software Updates

Published June 28, 2010

I don't know about you but I dread software updates. Microsoft updates are the scariest because while they say these updates are to improve stability, reliability and security I know the real truth. Something is going to break! Its funny how my computer will be running just fine until the little icon at the bottom of my screen starts flashing indicating a new update is available. I ignore it as long as I can but within a week or two my computer starts misbehaving so of course I HAVE to run the update. This last update broke my printer (boom drivers were gone) as well as two of my neighbors printers that I had to help fix. Then I realized it had also broke the scanning software of my network printer so I had to reinstall the software. Continue reading →

Underwater Pics 6-14-2010

Published June 17, 2010

Sea Shell found at Silver Glen Springs. Picture taken under water.

Bonnie got an AGFA DC600UW underwater camera so we headed to Silver Glen to try it out. The camera was easy to operate and so long as you remembered to press the underwater button and the land button during your photo shoot it operated nicely. After some playing around with it we were unable to get the flash to work all the time but decided to head on out to Silver Glen so that we could see how well the pics showed up underwater. They are pretty good for a 6mp camera but the flash was still only working sometimes so she decided to take it back. Continue reading →

UnderWater Pics

Published June 17, 2010

These pictures were taken with a one time use Walgreens underwater camera. They came out ok but the view finder was hard to see through so mostly I just held it out and clicked when we were under water. Continue reading →

Silver Glen

Published June 12, 2010

The last place on our list to visit while Mom and Zach were here was Silver Glen. Like Alexander and Juniper it was very beautiful. This springs was the shallowest of all the places we had visited but the snorkeling was awesome! At one point in the area the bottom gave way to a huge cavern with a quick running current and HUGE fish. Continue reading →

Alexander Springs