Don't they look wonderful. The huge, brown, bull with his wives and offspring. It is so good to see them living a happy and relatively natural life together, for now.
Of course for the purposes of Friday's Fences, it is the fence which I am presenting...
These are not artistic photographs - they are my usual snapshots, taken while out walking my dear old dog Toby.
This is taken from the other side of the field as we walked through the farmyard.
This was taken from many fields away, using as much zoom as possible - there are quite a number of fences between us, as well as a river.
The cute little building is a dovecote, it dates from the sixteenth century and features in quite a number of my posts.
One such post is here.
I am grateful to Jan and Jer for hosting Friday's Fences and for giving me the excuse to take yet more photographs of interesting fences. If you click on their link you will find lots of great fence photographs.
Hello Elaine:
ReplyDeleteThe 'family' of cattle is simply wonderful and one does not often see them together like that in the open fields. As for the dovecote, a real treasure.
The barbed wire fences less so!
Hello Jane and Lance, The dovecote is a regular feature of my walks, indeed it is less than 10 minutes walk away, yet I never tire of seeing it. One added delight is the knowledge that an owl has taken up residence in it. The bull and his family always seem very content with their lot.
Deletebeautiful...so green!!
ReplyDeleteHello Tanya, The meadows and pasture land are still beautifully green - but we are also surrounded by the gold of harvested fields and the wonderful corduroy brown of ploughed fields, it is a beautiful time of the year.
DeleteThat bull is HUGE!! I take it you remained on 'your' side of the fence.
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Hello Jane, The bull appears to be content and placid - but I never venture through their fields! I think he is incredibly handsome...and you are right, he really is huge.
DeleteBeautiful countryside...love that little "dovecote" so charming!
ReplyDeleteHello Jan n Jer, The dovecote is a delightful little building in a really pretty little hamlet.
DeleteYes, the dovecote is beautiful. I presume it's Toby in your header photo; he has a similar look to our Bok (but Bok has orange eyes).
ReplyDeleteHello Cro, Toby is a labrador/whippet mix, he was a rescue dog and has proved to be the most wonderful companion. Luckily his appetite is that of a whippet, not the bottomless pit of a lab. I love him dearly.
DeleteThey could be brothers!
DeleteThose orange pieces on the fence really stand out in the mist. :)
ReplyDeleteI was intrigued with the dovecote and had to google it to see what it was used for. I used looked at your earlier post - very interesting stucture.
Nice post!
Hello Carletta, I'm delighted you enjoyed seeing the little dovecote. So much has happened in the world since it was built, it is quite amazing.
DeleteWhat an idyllic pastoral scene! The pasture grass is so green and there's the lovely shade tree to make it bovine heaven.
ReplyDeleteHello Ms Sparrow, I suppose that in a few more weeks the bull and his family group will be moved back indoors, but I love the fact that they are enjoying the sun on their backs for at least part of their lives.
DeleteIt does look like a Happy Family! And, the countryside is so inviting...did you take a picnic lunch with you? XOXO
ReplyDeleteHello Susan, The little dovecote only lies a ten minute walk away from home, so I am fortunate enough to pass by it most days. I never tire of looking at it and speculating just who else may have cast their eyes over it through out all those hundreds of years!
DeleteWonderful pics! So green! Thanks for giving me a visual vacation.
ReplyDeleteHello Susan, We have had a very wet year, so I suppose we reap the benefits by having so much green around. The season is definitely changing though, autumn is hovering, waiting to be announced, I can't believe how quickly the year is progressing.
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