Diane Jarvis-Schuller

A potpourri today. With this first image I love the story it tells.

The next one simply shows how pigs are meant to be raised, not crowded in concrete pens where they can’t move or breathe fresh air, or do what pigs are meant to do.

This family walks the walk. They are a great example that it is fully possible to raise cattle in a sustainable way. This was an excellent assignment.

I sure miss waking to the sound of a rooster crowing …

A few images from some of my freelance editorial assignments. Enjoy.

PS: I often forget to remind readers but each week the newspaper that I write for also posts my environmental columns online after the paper goes out in print. Here is last week’s Everyday Earth Wise.

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Diane is a freelance photographer serving the Grande Prairie and Peace regions of Alberta and BC from her rural residence near Hythe, Alberta. She is available for commercial, environmental, editorial, and portrait assignments. Contact her (above) or visit her website to view her portfolio.

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I promised to answer that question and, since I’m taking a break from my heavy workload, now is a great time. When I took time to ponder my response, I came up with multiple responses but I’m going to share the response that first came to my mind. I believe in intuition especially mother’s intuition. There have been many times in my own life when I’ve had some intuition and, more often it seems, intuition tends to be a form of prescience of bad news or an unfortunate incident. I can think of times when I’ve had a bad feeling pertaining to someone and that turned out to be the case. I can think of having a thought about one of my cousins who I hadn’t been in touch with for years. She and I kind of hung out as kids but then went our separate ways as adults. She came to mind out of the blue one day, I had a bit of an image of her in my mind, and a terrible feeling deep in my gut. A week later I learned she had been killed and that happened on the day I thought of her. I remember my  mom telling me of incidences where she had some kind of intuition that I was in danger — she was right each time (once was a bad car accident I was involved in, another was a time of great sadness for me, and another time was a horseback riding accident). So, I do believe in intuition — whether what is being intuited is good or bad.

I can’t write a post without leaving some form of image so here’s a beautiful and healthy rooster. My mom really liked chickens, ducks, and geese and I do too. I love the soft cooing sound they make when they’re content. Enjoy!

What are you doing for your Christmas cards this year? Why not hire a local photographer to have some customized cards made to send to friends and family? It’s definitely not too soon to be making your booking.