I’m still taking part in the May Challenge over on Instagram, which is pretty good going for me. I haven’t posted every prompt on here, although you can see the pictures on this page under the heading Latest Images. Or you can pop over to my Insta page. Today’s theme is Springtime, so I thought … Continue reading Springtime
The weather has turned warm and sunny, just in time for lambing at the farm in our village. We're following pretty much the same couple of local routes, so it's really lovely to be able to watch the antics of the growing lambs, and listen to their rather plaintive bleats.
The fields all around us are suddenly populated by tiny lambs, and the air is full of their plaintive, high-pitched bleating. It's a lovely sight, as few baby animals are so full of wobbly charm as a lamb, and it means that spring really has arrived. The ewes can appear to be fairly casual mothers at … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Security
Lambs that learn to walk in snow When their bleating clouds the air Meet a vast unwelcome, know Nothing but a sunless glare. Newly stumbling to and fro All they find, outside the fold, Is a wretched width of cold. As they wait beside the ewe, Her fleeces wetly caked, there lies Hidden round them, … Continue reading monday verse: first sight
