Thank you all for commenting and clicking the like button, glad you like it and I am hope the old boy will like it also when he gets it.
Arnaud,
Cowboys like flowers, just look at all the flower carved saddles they are riding.
The background I used is just an old piece of a log I found while out on the hill, probably a leftover from the burn and been well wettered and textured over the last 30 years or so. I always drag interesting odds and ends home they come in handy as backgrounds or props.
Williams lake stampede? I broke the barrier the last time I was there. It made for a long drive to the Ponoka short round. Sherry Cervi just stopped in for a steak dinner and headed off to Ponoka. She did a long few days. Ponoka and Airdrie Alberta , Prescott Arizona, Greeley Colorado and now back to Ponoka. She looked a little tired.