New year's Day Ride Part Two: Afternoon Horse Ride by Sonia

This is a very special blog today. 

Josh and Dawn and Sonia came for Dinner and got to go horseback riding first!

Sonia wanted to ride the horse so she came along with me on Doonie who is extra careful and honored to ride the youngster. Dad rode Dozer, Josh rode Pecos and after mom got down to work on dinner Dawn joined us on Chopo. I got my camera out to maybe snag a shot or two- but Sonia wanted to hold it so I gave it to her. I showed her which button to press and she did the rest.

photo by Sonia Thorp

photo by Sonia Thorp

photo by Sonia Thorp

Sonia is 2 1/2 years old.

I really like her taste and style. 

These three horse shadows almost feel like a rocking horse how they angle up and down

photo by Sonia Thorp

She liked Doonie's mane- got a few of her steed's locks.

photo by Sonia Thorp

And her parents...

photo by Sonia Thorp

I like this one too! 

photo by Sonia Thorp

Then her finger edged into the shots.

Here she is in the same photo as her mama.

photo by Sonia Thorp

And Doonie's mane...

photo by Sonia Thorp

And Guppy...

photo by Sonia Thorp

More long legs...

photo by Sonia Thorp

And Doonie...

photo by Sonia Thorp

More mama...

photo by Sonia Thorp

I think this one has Dawn in it too, but behind Sonia's finger...

photo by Sonia Thorp

And grandpa...

photo by Sonia Thorp

She looked at the images after taking them and sometimes tried for the same shot agin if she didn't get her subject... 

photo by Sonia Thorp

photo by Sonia Thorp

Doonie's mane...

photo by Sonia Thorp

And a close up of Doonie's mane...

photo by Sonia Thorp

The wild horse Dozer grazing beside us under dad...

photo by Sonia Thorp

And another close up of Doonie- (like right on Doonie's neck). 

I included all Sonia's shots as they were.

photo by Sonia Thorp

Sonia had enough riding and wanted to walk in the mud so we got down and handed the reins to dad.

photo by Sonia Thorp

This is one of my favorites!

photo by Sonia Thorp

And this is the last. 

It was fun to watch her search and capture images.

We walked back up the road to the house looking at the tracks.

Sonia followed a goat trail for awhile, then followed some horse tracks.

Then she found some Guppy puppy tracks and wanted to take a picture but was having a little trouble, so asked me to take it instead.

And Sonia tracks...

She learned the difference between goat, horse and dog and is working on Guppy vs Maremma tracks.

It was a fun ride and a fun walk with Sonia.