on the hunt for a horse

ava (my 2 1/2 year old........ah so now you know why i dont blog very often - plus our 4 year old .....but that is another blog) so anyhow i finally realized that if this horse sculpture is going to be any good then i better get a real horse to sculpt. i let my fingers do the walking and found this equestrian center about 5 minutes from grandma's house (ie my studio) so off ava and i went to see what it was all about - plus i couldnt get anyone on the phone + ava loves horses.
so as we wound through tractville houses i have to say this place was like a little jewel stepping back in time. i/we loved it. when we got there it was empty, just a guy cleaning out stalls and he said we could look around, must of been about 50 horses or more boarded there......it was clean and just felt like another era almost, like we really were out in the country, made me miss my horse and wish we could have one...........ava and "big john" particularly seemed to hit it off. later i came back just by myself and the owner's daughter? was there, soooo nice, offered to pull a horse out of the stalls for me to sculpt. i opted instead to just set up shop by several horses as you can see.........i loved this place, want to go back and actually go on a ride (they do tours for 30 bucks an hour). oh i guess i should talk about my new series..........that shall be my next blog!