Interrupting Breakfast

The pets have eaten most of the grass in their field and now are enjoying a winter diet of silage and sheep nuts. There's a mad dash up the hill to the troughs every morning, and once the sheep have finished their nuts, they wander down to their bale. Dad was even good enough to put down some gravel so they wouldn't be tramping through too much mud. 

Susan and I came to visit one morning after the nuts had been finished, just as the sun was coming up.

The lambs are scared of dogs but not really. They're very curious too. Susan is the least intimidating because she just watches them. Holly was feeling the bravest on this morning.

Beth enjoys dogs, I think.

Primrose and Daisy.

There's Pearl.

Astrid.

Holly.

Holly with Enid hiding behind her.

Primrose again because she's pretty.

Eunice.

Daisy.

Violet.

Nancy and friends at the bale.

Astrid.

Wandering Across the Field

On this evening I brought a longer lens in when I was visiting the pet sheep. It works only for a short time before they see me and come over! Astrid was the first to spy me.

Eunice and Beth came over too.

Titch and Esther, meanwhile, stood on top of the hill majestically.

Penny was grazing.

Lovely Esther.

Audrey.

Pearl was at the far side of the field and had gotten left behind by everyone.

Primrose.

Beth.

Ivy.

And finally, Hazel.

Several Selfie Attempts

I don't often take selfies, but now and again I take the notion. I set up the camera with my tripod and shutter release cable, a shutter button on the end of a metre of cable. I dragged all of this equipment into the field with the pet sheep and immediately came across a stumbling block that I always seem to forget about: sheep love to nibble things. The moment I sat that tripod down on the grass, it was surrounded by curious lambs who were nibbling and biting at everything. I wasn't safe either, my ponytail apparently looking very edible on that day. The cable to my shutter button was also very tasty apparently, and I kept having to pull it out of hungry mouths.

In the end I had to abandon the tripod and just carry the camera and shutter around with me. It gave me some extra flexibility with the selfies, not having to have one finger on the camera's shutter button all the time.

The next challenge was getting one of the lambs to pose with me. I sat down on their favourite rock and was eventually joined by Astrid, but she was her usual helpful self and just made a few funny faces.

So I technically had a selfie with a sheep, but I had been aiming for something a little less unhinged. I changed positions and knelt on the grass. Enid and Beth came over to say hello. While I was taking this selfie, Enid was eating my fleece and Beth was nibbling on the camera.

Then Enid went for the face sniff/kiss.

And Beth used my momentary distraction to bite the shutter cable clean in two! So that was the end of my selfie adventure for the day.