My ad was on Jay Leno's show.

Years ago, I worked as an advertising rep for a newspaper. My customers loved to hassle me over this fact, "No one pays attention to that paper you work for!" I was continuously coming up with smart alec answers to their accusations. In fact, I think they told me that, just to see what reply I would come up with next. :) It was a game, a mind challenging game...

There was one time when I won the game hands down, and for as long as I worked at the paper, I could use this ad for selling more ads!

One customer in particular refused to run an ad in the paper, on the grounds, that no one paid attention to the paper, they all listened to the radio... So I talked them into running a real silly ad in next Wednesday's newspaper. Just to see if anyone would comment on the ad.

I came back to the office, and told the secretary how much it had taken to get this little ad and we sent it to production so it could get typeset and headed for the press.

The paper came out on Wednesday, when I came to work on Thursday, the secretary told me, "Donna! Your ad appeared on Jay Leno last night!"

I couldn't believe it. :) But I later saw the video someone had taped for me, and sure enough, there it was-on the Jay Leno show.

Gave me the perfect response for the comeback, no one pays attention to your newspaper! Naturally, I was ecstatic over this little victory, with the crazy little ad that made it to the Jay Leno show, from Polson, Mt one day, to national television the next...
Donna Ridgway

Rising Eagle, photo of eagle.

For Valentine's Day, we went out on a photo shoot. It's our favorite thing to do, and you never know what you might find! As it happens, we saw this eagle on a knoll, sitting on a post. As I walked toward him, he shot me dirty looks, and when I was invading his personal space to closely, he stretched his wings for flight. Here he is, tippy talons on the post, one second before he flew away. These birds are incredibly huge when they stretch out like this. It was an awesome sight.
Donna Ridgway

Sketch book project.

I finished the sketch book project and got the book in the mail today! I'm feeling glad about that. I was afraid I wasn't going to get the job done.

This little foal, trying to reach the grass is one of the quick sketches I did. Ended up having about 5 minutes a sketch to finish the book. I always push a deadline to the max, makes life more exciting that way!
Donna

Ordinary Horse?

Looking at this photo, you might think this is an ordinary horse...but if you thought that, you'd be thinking wrong. This is John Henry at the Kentucky Horse Park. What a treasured memory it was, the day I saw him there.
Donna Ridgway

Screen saver images.

I took the carousel horses off my screen saver, and gave myself a new treat! Some wildlife photos... These are four of the images I see going by each day when my computer sits idle. There are 28 images now, I might add some more as time goes on, for I have other species of wildlife I haven't added.

You ought to see the fox photo, it's of two young fox, coming out of the fox hole, and do they ever look cute. Maybe I'll post them on my artist reference photos blog. You can see them over there, along with a few more examples of this screen saver. That poor blog needs some more followers, if you enjoy Montana photos of scenery and wildlife, you might like to mark that blog so you don't lose sight of it. :)

Of course it's for sale on a cd. $15 includes shipping. Just email me artistreferencephotos@gmail.com if you'd like one.

A Blog Award! My first....

And here it is! Awarded to me by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. This is an award, given by fellow bloggers. In return, you pass it on to seven, fellow bloggers who you enjoy, and name seven things you love.

Here are seven bloggers I want to pass the award along to:
Cathy Lewis

Brenda Thour

Catherin McMillan

Tree Pruit

Judy Elizabeth Reid

Angelika Joy

Sharon K Shubert

Here are seven things I love:

My kids and grand kids
My husband
Horses playing in a field in early morning light
My camera
My computer and the internet
The wonderful things we find in our photo shoots
Animals

Please take time to see the blogs I've recommended for the award, you'll enjoy them all!
Donna Ridgway

Photo of horses on the Rocky Mountain Front.

The horses were great, the mountains were beautiful...It doesn't get any better than this when you're out taking photos.
Donna Ridgway
email me at montanahorsegallery@earthlink.net