The Secret Lives of Horses

by Helene Kobelnyk | Nov 27, 2013 | Featured, Personal, Telling A Story, The Art of Photography |

    If you have ever lived with and truly loved a horse, you know it’s not just a phase you go through.  They are entrenched in your heart and your connection with them is part of the fabric of your soul,  and if you take enough time to watch and...

Lost in My Closet

by Helene Kobelnyk | Mar 12, 2013 | Featured, Personal, Telling A Story, The Art of Photography |

  I had a meeting with a client yesterday and was presented with the usual dilemma of what to wear.  Fortunately, the business end of it was solid and secure, but switching from my usual private “barn clothes”, that are OH so comfortable, is always a...

Angels and Memories

by Helene Kobelnyk | Aug 12, 2012 | Inspiration, Personal, Telling A Story |

  In the late afternoon summer days of August when the sunflowers pop their heads out of the draws and ditches, and the fields gleam yellow with wild buttercups, I can feel my Nicky and see with my heart the joy he felt when he would run leaping through the...

Blessings

by Helene Kobelnyk | Aug 12, 2012 | Featured, Inspiration, Telling A Story, The Art of Photography |

  I put a lot of time and effort into trying to grow beautiful Old Garden roses.  Last year’s drought was a real challenge and fortunately most of the bushes rallied back this year with a little extra nourishing. But a little less spectacular are these...

Jewel of the Desert

by Helene Kobelnyk | May 11, 2012 | Featured, New Mexico, Telling A Story |

Each fall and winter when the cottonwood trees turn brilliant gold and the marshes and grasses take on orange and russet hues, visitors and hoards of photographers armed with massive lenses descend on Bosque del Apache to witness and document the riotous arrival of...

In Touch with the Bosque

by Helene Kobelnyk | Jan 22, 2012 | New Mexico, On Location, Telling A Story |

I fell in love with Bosque del Apache in the middle of a bleak and windy winter.  Despite living in New Mexico for thirty years, I had never taken the time to visit there until this year.  The joy and the happiness of the birds who winter there is magical, and the...