Photo Of The Week – 4/19/11
April 19, 2011
Family band in the Pryor Mountains of Montana.
Dedicated to the memory of a cherished family friend – Richard “Tom” Bonner. Forever in our hearts.
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April 19, 2011 at 1:10 PM
I do see the “pot of gold” at the end of the rainbow, beautiful wild and peaceful in their setting. Thanks
April 19, 2011 at 1:10 PM
WoooW Pam!!!! Speachless…So Beautiful:)Thank You for sharing:)
April 19, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Beautiful image Pam. I love your photo blog
April 19, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Complete serenity awesome and there is a rainbow for them, proving we can find it for them…….. Thank You Pam……………
April 19, 2011 at 1:17 PM
I’m in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and I just love receiving your posts! I’ve had some experience with wild horses as a child on a nearby island but ‘your’ horses make me daydream constantly. I especially love the paints but they are all gorgeous and I hope they can remain happy and free. I’m afraid 1000′s our our wild horses are about to be culled in central Qld. Ours will be shot from helicopters and left to rot where they drop. It’s a cruel world…
April 19, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Lucky you! Beautiful!
April 19, 2011 at 1:44 PM
Ah, Pam, a wonderful tribute to Tom. Had no idea you had a connection to him, his family. I constantly marvel at your photography, your love for the critters…wild and (mostly) free. Thank you so much for this.
George Seaton
April 19, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Pot-of-Gold indeed! Absolutely stunning Pam, how do you get such incredible shots?
April 19, 2011 at 2:02 PM
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. This seemed like the perfect photo to honor a friend.
George – Tom came into our lives back in 1967 and went through our ups and downs with us almost like another member of the family. He shared our graduations, marriages, holiday traditions, etc. was a wonderful friend and traveling companion for my Mom. We always worried less when Mom went overseas if Tom was with her. He will be missed very much. Guess it can be a pretty small world sometimes, huh? Will we see you tonight?
April 19, 2011 at 2:08 PM
Magnificent! Only wish I could see something like that first hand. But your photo(s) are “the next best thing to being there.”
April 19, 2011 at 2:09 PM
Thank you , this is just the calm serene image I needed to start my day. What a lovely tribute to your friend.
April 19, 2011 at 2:19 PM
Pam, although I’ve know Tom for twenty-seven years, it has been only in the last month or so that I’ve come to understand how many lives he touched, how many friends he had, how many precious memories so many cherish of this seemingly hard-nosed Irish SOB (he would smile with that characterization) that I, too, came to love as something of a brother, surely a mentor. I will try to make the rosary tonight…if my horse doesn’t dump me again. I posted some thoughts on my blog; a remembrance that is surely insignificant knowing now what I do of how far reaching Tom’s love, kindness, concern extended.
http://georgeindenver.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/richard-tom-bonner-may-god-hold-you-in-the-hollow-of-his-hand/
God bless our Tom
George Seaton
April 19, 2011 at 2:20 PM
Beautiful. Thank you.
April 19, 2011 at 4:23 PM
This is a beautiful and toucing tribute to your friend, Pam. Thank you for sharing it <3
This gorgeous image you captured also symbolizes hope, freedom and peace for all the wild ones. May God bless you <3 Sorry for your loss …
April 19, 2011 at 4:47 PM
Absolutely spectacular. This invokes so many feelings in me I don’t know where to start. Marvelous.
April 19, 2011 at 7:49 PM
Beautiful!!! The horse sanctuary that I volunteer at has a family band from the Pryor Mtns
April 19, 2011 at 8:29 PM
“So,so special thankyou Pam”
April 19, 2011 at 9:24 PM
Wow, look at those colors… Spectacular!
Petra Christensen
Parelli 2Star Junior Instructor
Parelli Central
April 19, 2011 at 9:29 PM
Beautiful – & there is a “pot of gold” right at
the bottom!
Tess,
How sad that its not just her in USA that the wild ones arent appreciated – it must really hurt to think of them being slaughtered like that – culling indeed!
Maggie
April 19, 2011 at 11:34 PM
*Wow* Pam! Totally INCREDIBLE photo;
Likely No artist could Imagine a ‘more
Perfect’ scene to Paint; a more
Meaningful sight to See !!!
**I believe THIS IS the “picture” of
the Inside–of all our Hearts !!!(of
all striving/advocating/writing/witnessing
/hoping/Dreaming for *the horses’
Right to Freedom *) it
‘Says’All those things…& more…
*please Submit it for the Equine photography
Awards this year, in that vein described?
–that, too would be a great Tribute
to your friend!?
Plus, I believe I’ve found My new
~Happy-Place~ 4 meditation !!
**could You tell us which band this is?
Is the Tall reddish horse–possibly
Red Raven? W/his blue roan wives?
(Just a ‘wild horse’ guess?)
April 19, 2011 at 11:57 PM
On a LESS serene & dreamy note: How
Many of You felt like..running 4 the
RR, to lose your dinner-?–after
Reading the comment from dear Tess,
in Queensland, Australia ???!
“..I hope they can remain happy & free.
I’m afraid 1000′s of our wild horses
are about to be culled in central Qld.
Ours will be *shot from helicopters
& left to rot* where they drop.
It’s a cruel world…”
***Pam—would it be OK to TWEET
Her statement ?? (Via Cloud or Your
Blog..) Honestly, I am UnSure of
HOW to do that!–to be sure
Tweet will Link-back 2 this site ??
Likely some of You &/or Pam—could
Make that work correctly ???
—please help ? —
April 20, 2011 at 12:42 AM
Looks like Tom is a rainbow angel now! Beautiful!
April 20, 2011 at 3:47 AM
Pam,
I am so sorry for the loss of a true friend. He must have had a beautiful soul to have touched so many, so profoundly. To unite his memory with that photograph is a fitting tribute and elevates them both….truly transcendent.
April 23, 2011 at 12:12 AM
Thanks for sharing your Blog post about Tom, George. It was a very nice tribute. Nothing insignificant about it. Tom will be missed by many.
Connie – I’m not sure what band this is, but I could try to go through my files and figure it out. And yes, it is very sad about the Brumbies indeed.
Thank you everyone for sharing your comments and thoughts.
This photo will always be very special to me now.
April 27, 2011 at 4:04 PM
Remarkable photo, thanks for sharing these with us Pam.