Growing up as a Lusitano in Portugal

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This is a beautiful grey filly at Coudelaria Vila Vicosa with roached mane and tail. The youngsters get turned out to pasture and so that they don’t tangle themselves in the thick brush it is custom in Portugal to give a hair cut to the little ones… It took me a little while to get used to. Because they are in a herd environment they help each other out with flies and scratching… and by the time they get started with training their mane and tail have grown back smile emoticon! I love that they get to grow up in herds with other youngsters to play with!

About Claudia Mardel

I love beauty in it's wondrous forms and aspects. Capturing moments that speak to the heart and soul, capturing a face, a movement, light, the magic of a relationship, and esp. the horses with their own magic, grace and beauty. I have done many different things in my life from being an elementary school teacher, a massage therapist, a barefoot trimmer, a world traveler, a diver, sailor, lover of horses and all animals to a photographer and potter. I am a Free Spirit with a big heart and don't quite fit in a box. My intention is for you to catch that free spirit through the images I present to you and the earth creations in form of pottery I have filled with love, intentions and prayers.

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