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Holstein cattle and Americian Belgian Draft horses enjoy an afternoon at pasture on a warm August day.

Holsteins are a breed of dairy cattle that originated in the Dutch provinces of North Holland, Friesland, and Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany. They are known as the world's highest-producing dairy animals.

The American Belgian Draft is an American breed of heavy draft horse. It derives from the draft horses of Belgium but, as a result of isolation and different selective breeding, became genetically distinct from them in the early part of the twentieth century.

I started taking photos a long time ago as a child with a hand me down old Kodak camera that took a 125 film cartridge. At first it was simply a means to record events, places and people, but now I find excitement in trekking, usually by bicycle, through cities, small towns, rural communities, abandon industrial sites and old buildings. I absorb the sights, sounds, smells and lighting of new places and try to capture their essence and communicate something of their majesty, mystery, memory, and drama. For me photography is a way to share the excitement and beauty of the world and express my own unique view of it. It's an art and a powerful communicator.