Last week I took a glorious trip to Wyoming. There, my friend and her husband own a horse ranch in a beautiful, flat valley rimmed by low mountains. Their house is filled with lovely things that reflect their interest in Nature and the American West. Looking around, I was struck by the many different textures that add interest to their belongings. Here are some close-up glimpses taken inside their home:
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Elk horn and butcher-block wood
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Table runner, chair seat, and woven rug
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Butcher-block table, sheepskin, and woven rug
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Leather, whole-branch furniture, and woven rug
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Beaten metal, brick, and heart-shaped stone
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Leather and brass studs
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Beaten metal, brick, and stones (background)
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Some sort of totally cool, cactus-y looking plant
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Woven rug, stitched leather, and worn binoculars
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Verdigris metal, milk glass, and stone
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Black beans, pottery, and granite
Outside, there were some wonderful textures, too. My friend has 14 horses and teaches horsemanship, which means there are barns, hay bales, tack rooms, pastures, fences, practice arenas and--of course--horses.
More textures, taken from outside:
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Dried hay, painted metal
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Pea gravel, stitched leather, and denim
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Yellow coneflower seed head, petals, and leaves
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Stacked, split wood
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Grasses, pines, and sky
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Rope halters, leather tips, and painted wood
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Worked leather, metal fittings, braided rope
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Tooled-leather, two-color Western saddle
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Plastic with mylar, untreated wood, pea gravel
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Extruded-foam float toys, plastic beach balls, pea gravel
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Mane and neck hair on a bay horse
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PVC pipe, pea gravel, fabric flowers
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Worn leather, denim, simulated-wood decking
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Petunias and daisies
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Thistle head, leaves, pea gravel
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Eyelashes, facial hair, and mane on a bay horse
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Dead tree and sky
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Split-open log with beetle tracks
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Apple core, old log, beetle tracks
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Neck hair and mane on a strawberry roan horse
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Autumn leaf
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Berry or seed head
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Dry grass, hoof, metal nails, horse hair
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Aspen leaves
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Skin, yellow and white gold, strawberry, concrete pavers
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Petunias and bumblebee
Tomorrow, I'll post more photos of her fabulous horses--the heartbeat of the ranch. Until then, here's a Wyoming sunset for you:
LOVE this post! The sky is amazing...hope you had a great getaway!
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