After family Xmas in Slovakia that we enjoyed despite the weird and mountains unlike weather (mud, + temperatures and really cold and humid wind – whilst in Finland the winter wonderland has not only continued but got better all the time) we were to travel back home. My husband’s family lives 5 hours by train + 1 hour by car from the nearest airport which hosts flights from Helsinki. You can imagine the fun of traveling such distance with 2 kids under 5. This time we got lucky, our friends were going by car, so we didn’t have to endure the train, just 4 hours in car. And we got to play with cats in their house and I even had a moment to photograph the lady of the house with her new horse.

What a pleasure to see how a human and a horse seek mutual connection. After knowing each other for just a week or so, they were still very conscious around each other and yet Zuzka managed to earn his trust even for me (and the weird black big thing – my camera). They were after training and already in this spot when I arrived. More than ankle deep mud and fingers-crippling wind made me fear I was going to trip and destroy my Nikon toys, but luckily that didn’t happen I hope you will enjoy your photos, Zuzka. Thank you for everything!