I wonder how much time is invested in getting these boots on or the whole uniform and then the horse tack as well It seems to me they work hard to get ready to go out and work even harder. more Photohunters
Great idea for the theme. It is mind boggling to think how much time it took for them to get into full gear. I used to have some knee high lace up boots and they were a pain.
Hi Marcia, I just sent you an e-mail. Thank you for visiting and commenting on my "tied" post. Your take on this theme is marvelous! I never got to take riding lessons as a child, but I plan to give it a try when I get the time, inspite of my age. I let my children take riding lessons last year and I really liked it. I prepared the horse and ran along side to make sure that my then four-year-old daughter did not fall off. (These were small horses for children.) There seems to be a long tradition with riding that lives in all of these items made out of leather and metal, boots, tack... Best wishes Christina Wigren
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I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
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Great idea for the theme. It is mind boggling to think how much time it took for them to get into full gear. I used to have some knee high lace up boots and they were a pain.
I bet it takes a while!
I played too :)
Very good take on the theme.
It does look like a long time to get outfitted for the job. I do like the close up detail. Good job hunting.
Quite a while, I bet, but they need every bit of it, right down to the blanket.
What fancy looking boots. I wonder if they sell those to civilians, I think they'd look great with skinny jeans and a long tank top!
BTW My PhotoHunt entry is up, hope you can drop by!
Hi Marcia,
I just sent you an e-mail. Thank you for visiting and commenting on my "tied" post.
Your take on this theme is marvelous!
I never got to take riding lessons as a child, but I plan to give it a try when I get the time, inspite of my age. I let my children take riding lessons last year and I really liked it. I prepared the horse and ran along side to make sure that my then four-year-old daughter did not fall off. (These were small horses for children.) There seems to be a long tradition with riding that lives in all of these items made out of leather and metal, boots, tack...
Best wishes
Christina Wigren
I can imagine that it ttakes a lot of preparation and care, especially the horses. Happy weekend
I'll probably have to take like 10mins simply putting on those boots! :P
That's really interesting. Thanks.
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