Between appointments, errands, and wet weather I forgot about taking photos. And of course when the weather cleared for a gloriously sunny day, I didn't have a camera with me.However, I did bring my little Kodak EasyShare C360 to the barn to document my saddle for insurance purposes.
Fortunately, this week's challenge was potluck -- Ed left us to our own devices. Just when I was thinking I wouldn't have anything to post, I remembered my saddle photos.
I selected this picture because I like the horse hair and indications of use captured in this shot. (Yeah, yeah...I know. I need to clean and condition my saddle more often.)
Jochen Schleese is not the maker of my dressage saddle; however, he did re-flock it to fit Phantom after I purchased it from my trainer. I had a Schleese jump saddle but sold it when it became apparent that I wouldn't have the finances for lessons and I acknowledged that I no longer had the resilient body required for jumping (horses do on occasion take a dislike to a fence and add flying lessons to the rider's schedule).
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7 comments:
nice one
Great shot. :)
Nice.
Great shot! I must admit those flying lessons are why I don't try jumping. As a kid I longed to jump. Once I actually got to have a horse I was already aware how fragile my body could be so jumping was out of the picture for me.
Good thing you explained this one! Nice macro, too.
good idea to take pics of our tack!
hmm, that comment about the cleaning and conditioning must have been directed at me lol one of the first things I did when i moved our tack was get it hung up in the laundry room so it wont get dirty lol
Very interesting photo - made me think!
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