I recently discovered Cowboy Mounted Shooting (born right here in Montana!) which combines the best of barrel-racing and target shooting. One of the top world competitiors is female (you go girl!), and she and her horse a joy to watch perform. (By the way, the horses are outfitted with special earplugs to avoid hearing damage as the black-powder Colt .45s are fired from their backs).

I've been experimenting with texturing my canvas panels using various acrylic media, and thoroughly enjoy the variety of surfaces and visual roughness this gives me