With the new year fast approaching I decided to post the last couple shots of the 2010 year.  The subject is my first love......Valendeckas Storm.  A registered half Arabian gelding that I have owned and loved since he was three months old.  This April he will be seven.  He has shown me patience, love, courage, trust, determination, friendship and further expounded my passion for equine photography.  It's actually pretty hard to get good shots of him cause he's always "in my pocket" as you can see.  There is such an unmistakable intelligence in him along with an overwhelming sense of curiosity and playfulness.  He has definitely left his hoof prints on my heart.