Wee Matt Goes to Dundrum

I had taken Wee Matt for a walk in a forest - twice - so I thought it was time to see how he coped with a busy town. He was also testing a prototype halter that I'd made, so he was a busy boy. We managed to get parked on the main street, so there was no building up to being next to so much traffic. In typical Wee Matt fashion, he didn't seem to mind. He was only interested in treats.

We met a lot of people, one of them a lady who told us about a club of children meeting in another street. We headed in that direction in the hope of bumping into some of them.

It was a good oppertunity for snacking.

Unfortunately, we didn't bump into any of the children, although we did hear their music playing in the church hall. Wee Matt was just a lamb passing in the night. We circled back to the busy main street.

A very wintry beach.

Wee Matt did so well with all the traffic - I'm very proud of him.

Meeting at the Fence

When I walk the dogs in this particular field, Wee Matt always comes over to the fence to say hello, and nine times out of ten Billy does as well. I've taken a few photos and videos on my phone, but I thought this time I'd bring along my proper camera and see what I could get. At first, only Helly was looking at me.

Then I called for Wee Matt and he came running. Such a good boy!

He did his usual routine of trying to get through the fence to reach me.

I wasn't happy with the background, though, so I moved up the hill a bit. This required Wee Matt to navigate his way around a whin bush, which took him quite a while, bless him. In the meantime, I took a photo of the view.

Eventually he worked it out!

Billy heard the commotion and came over to investigate.

It was then a case of waiting patiently and hoping that my boys would strike a pose for me.

And there we go! I love this photo.

Treats were had for being such good boys.

Saturday With the Sheep

I managed to take advantage of a free afternoon and some decent sunshine to spend some time with the pet flock. Everyone was very relaxed when I arrived.

Of course, once my presence was realised, the lambs came running.

Hilde had a mysterious stain.

Esther wasn't very impressed at having her relaxation interrupted.

I wanted to take advantage of the fallen leaves at the bottom of the hill in my photos. Helly and Lois came with me.

Helly is so hard to get a nice portrait of - I still haven't managed it!

Billy was by my side, of course.

Helly kept on grazing.

Billy under the trees.

Kerry.

More Billy.

Lois coming over.

The sun disappeared for a while behind some clouds. The photos continued. Billy again.

And Lois too.

And where was Wee Matt all this time? Doing his best to trip me up. I sat down and he more or less stood on top of me.

Actually, I was very popular on the ground.

At last, Wee Matt moved far enough away from me so I could take a photo of him.

And of course, he immediately turned around and came back.

After that brief spell of sunshine, the clouds covered things over again.

Helly grazing the day away.

Vera and Heidi.

Astrid followed us to the gate (us being me, Wee Matt and Billy).