I opened a savings account when I was four so I could save my money to buy one.
I’ve always thought I should have been born when people used horses for transportation (on second thought, I really do like air conditioning and indoor plumbing).
I ran around on my hands and knees like a horse until I was way too old to be doing so.
And growing up (in Texas), I never understood why it seemed everyone and their brother had a horse, or had a cousin who had a horse, or had a neighbor who raised horses…except me! And they never seemed impressed by the fact that they got to ride horses. The conversation usually went like this:
Them: “Yeah, we had four horses growing up. Had to ride them everyday.”
Me: “What? You had four horses? That’s awesome!”
Them: “Uh, yeah, I guess so.”
And the sad thing is, I still love horses (and I still ask for one every birthday and Christmas). Unfortunately, horses cost a lot more to keep than cameras. So, my wish to own a horse has yet to be granted…I’m still holding out though (Jay, pretty please?).
Since I don’t have a horse right now nor plan on getting one soon, I try to get my fix in other ways. Naturally, I couldn’t escape the siren-like call of this poster on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History that I spotted several months ago.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559700340_a9vEt-L.jpg)
Unfortunately, they did not allow me to take any pictures of the horse exhibit. But, that’s OK, because I took plenty others of the interesting rock and dinosaur displays.
You can see the actual paleontologists hard at work from inside the museum.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559687282_FVzxb-L.jpg)
Mmmm...pretty green.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559688684_HSFnh-L.jpg)
Snow cone anyone?
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559689306_Pgqwt-L.jpg)
This rock was having a bad hair day:
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559689944_aUvx3-L.jpg)
Some of them even glow in the dark.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559691414_ED4Lw-L.jpg)
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559692509_8JmKQ-L.jpg)
Martha, this one's for you.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559693531_t9iX9-L.jpg)
The variety of colors was amazing.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559694270_ohMFD-L.jpg)
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559694606_YTcne-L.jpg)
Yeah, it almost hurt my neck to take this photo as much as it does yours to look at it.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559696306_67o8D-L.jpg)
I wanted to capture just how ridiculously long this dinosaur's tail was.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559697085_6WXof-L.jpg)
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559697900_6Ecct-L.jpg)
Jurassic Park.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559698632_DEDaS-L.jpg)
I have no idea what this was, but I thought it looked interesting.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559699882_EYkSE-L.jpg)
Awkward hold-the-camera-and-take-a-picture-photo.
![](http://www.birchtreephotography.com/photos/559699358_tDrMu-L-1.jpg)
Thanks Anita for going with me!
Cool photos! I'll keep my eyes peeled for glow-in-the-dark rocks now.
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