Horseback Riding & Boarding at Wildwood Farm November 2007 ~ Autumn Riding

Welcome To Wildwood Farm

November 1, 2007 Sebastian getting ready to move to his new home.

Gretchen unloads Sebastian in front of the "new barn."

Amaris has just arrived at Wildwood Farm. Sasha shows her around.

Sebastian & Amaris walk around the outdoor riding arena.

We walk them around, to meet the other horses and see their new paddock.

The view from up here is spectacular.

Their new paddock goes a long way down if they choose to come down this far.

They will live in this outdoor run-in together. It's very warm in there as it was made originally for cows. The owner of Wildwood grew up here and her Dad used to raise cows.

This is the "old barn" behind Sasha, it's very private and has a great view of Wachusett Mountain.

Sebastian & Amaris do have neighbors on each side of their paddock too!

Sasha and Sebastian check out inside the run-in where they will sleep.

November 2, 2007 The next day we get our horses familiar with the property.

That tree is at it's peak in foliage.

That's the old "sugar shack" in the background.

This is the view from the driveway.

That's our town's middle school in the backdrop.

The autumn foliage is just gorgeous this week.

This is the view of the farm when you first arrive.

This is one of the cornfields that are up in the back behind the pumpkin patch.

It's an amazing feeling to be up here. You can hear crows cawing in the background.

We are allowed to run all through these fields if we want now that the corn is gone.

Today we just walk around and see what's up here.

You can even see Mt. Monadnock from here.

Amaris & Sebastian riding in their first cornfield!

When Sasha gets out of school, she wants to ride. I just can't get over that tree!

That's one of the pumpkin fields in the back behind Sasha & Sebastian.

This is a really big outdoor arena for them to practice in.

It has lights too so you can ride at night.

It's really beautiful here on the farm.

November 5, 2007 Sasha and Amaris

Me & Sebastian

Sasha joins us!

The sun is lovely.

Sasha loves Amaris and doesn't want to sell her!

Sebastian says "hello" to his other girlfriend "Princess."

We run through the pumpkin field!

It's just beautiful this time of year!

Amaris & Sebastian love going out together.

Sasha's Mom hops on Amaris and we go up to the corn fields.

Sasha takes this nice picture of us!

The sun is starting to go down.

This one is cool as a seamless image.

Sasha hops on Amaris so she can have a ride back to the barn.

This is our view on the way back home.

November 6, 2007 Wildwood also has an indoor arena.

It's nice to be able to practice indoors whenever you want.

Sasha likes riding Amaris in the outdoor arena too!

And the photos come out better when they are not indoors under the arena lights.

Amaris is a great little horse!

And Sasha really wants to keep her!

We double on Sebastian up to the field.

Sebastian doesn't mind a second rider at all.

We try out his winter coat on him.

November 11, 2007 Sasha gets Sebastian from his paddock and brings him into the barn.

She rides Princess today so all three of us can go on a trail ride together.

It's kinda hard to take pictures from the back of Amaris.

But we still try anyways!

This is deep in the woods where lots of leaves have fallen, no real path to walk on.

So they came out alittle blurry.

Or alot blurry.

I'm not so great of a picture taker on the back of Sebastian either.

We decide to get back on the path.

I try to get a picture of all 3 of our horses. Tee hee hee!

But Sebastian walks so slow, these 2 are too far ahead.

We put our camera away so we can run now in the open field!

November 12, 2007 We have our own tacking station.

Both the horses tack up fine here.

I get ready to go out on the trail.

Sasha and I go check out the flock of sheep, but they are not out today.

So we move on...

The pumpkins are still in the field.

Our horses like to ride side by side.

We decide to visit some other horses.

Sebastian likes this one.

Regis visits with them as the sun goes down.

He is paddock mates with Princess.

We trot through the field as the sun sets.

And try to get a few good pictures.

Here is a nice one of Sasha & Amaris.

And me & Sebastian.

Both of us together! Golden rays of sun so pretty.

This is so much fun!

We head down to the arena.

And meet up with Gretchen, the owner of the farm and her horse Allie.

He's an Arabian she's had since he was 2 years old, over twenty years now.

Sasha rides Sebastian in the outdoor as it get's dark.

Silhouettes

Sunset at Wildwood Farm.