Saddler Stitching Leather Saddle on Trail

Honeyed evening light spills across a dark leather saddle resting on a horse-shaped wooden stand along a muddy game trail near Ogbomosho. Fingers manipulate thick thread through the supple hide while rain-clear droplets rest on the saddle's curved flanks and surrounding ferns. The trail stretches into a soft blur of green and brown behind the focused hands. The ground glistens under the last light before nightfall. A drop of water rolls slowly down the saddle's edge, catching the fading gold of the sky.