Meet Maria

I've just shot a few spring photos when I see a woman on a horse. We start to talk and she tells me that she's seen a few European Viper's on the path, and that they didn't move for the horse. I tell her I have photographed a few snakes here before. I then ask her if I can take her photo for the 100 Strangers project. She agrees. Meet Maria. From Haninge. Out riding her horse Winnie at the nature reserve in Jordbro. I explain that I'm often in the area taking photos and points towards a hill with a unusual stone. You mean the offering stone she says. Turns out that Maria is a student at the Stockholm Institute of Education (a future specialist teacher), and that she has spent many hours at the National Library in Stockholm where she found a book mentioning that same offering stone. Maria is also a very talented and dedicated rider. She has competed in Eventing. A few years ago she won the Swedish Championship with her then club Årsta Södertörn Sportryttare. I give her one of my Moo mini cards with a photo of a church, and she says oh, my two kids were baptised there. After that we say goodbye. This is my 23th photo for the 100 Strangers project. You can see the rest of my strangers in my Set.