Photo Friday...with a Twist

I haven't had the time to get any new pictures for this week, so I again went back to some old files in search of pictures I could throw together for a post :) 
I found some photos of Bannie that I took about two years ago. I had done some editing to make them look like drawings and I kind of like the effect!! I love the first picture, his eye really pops out at me.

Mom gets the credit for the next three pictures :) One of my absolute favorite pictures of Bannie and I is the following photo. That day it was snowing so hard You litteraly could not see more than 10-15 feet in front of you. I was bound and determined to ride, so I did! Poor Ban! It was fun though. I was cold and we were both caked in snow by the time we finished, but it was worth it!
The last two photos were taken a year after I got Bannie. This August will mark four years since Ban entered the family and sometimes I really wonder what I did without him. Even though I don't ride him much anymore, he is still my favorite. He greets me with a kiss and a nuzzle and sometimes affectionately pulls on my collar. He understands me better than any horse I've ever had and I honestly cannot put our relationship into words.
He can be so frustrating one minute....and the next he melts my heart!
He'll be turning 20 in just a few weeks. He still loves the ladies :)