Along the Rivanna Trail

The Barn

I have been riding at the Pony Academy since I was in fourth grade.  Every week after school I would go out and take lessons, and to me it has always been the barn.  I have spent countless hours there, with friends and in the company of the horses, and it is one of my favorite places to be.  

I went out during a lesson to photograph the barn, the land around it and the kids who were learning to ride.  I tried to capture the feel of the barn and the personalities of the horses who live there as well as the process of riding, and caring for horses.

Outside the barn with muzzles

tacking up

the girl's field

a fly on Oakley

Greystone

the hayfield

in the ring

the flowerbox

feed bucket

shadows

through the window

heels down!

lesson

having a drink

bridles in the tack room

Tye

halters and lead ropes

Family

my sister

my grandmother

Goodwill

Friends on a picnic

views of my garden

raindrops on peonies

after the rainstorm