If I am not assisting my partner I work in my studio. It has a great view over the front fields. Every now and then I enjoy looking out the window to see what they crew is up to.
Being stationary for much of my work makes one feel the cold much more and I went up to get myself a warming cup of tea. Refusing to have the log burner on (only heating apart from some stupidly expensive electric radiators) as an extra layer will do for now.
Being stationary for much of my work makes one feel the cold much more and I went up to get myself a warming cup of tea. Refusing to have the log burner on (only heating apart from some stupidly expensive electric radiators) as an extra layer will do for now.
When I returned and looked out the window I noticed that something was going on out there. I grabbed my camera with my zoom lense ... just in time!
'Madame' came suddenly charging around the corner. It is rare for her to move around in this manner and I was sure there was a reason for this. So I waited ...
'Madame' (approximately 16yrs) shown in the above picture - I can only guess that she was harassed by 'Luke' who wants to play a lot of the time but the girls are not really into playing, it seems to be a boy thing. You can just see 'Luke's red rug there behind the tree branches.
He tries to persuade 'Madame' a few more times in the hope she may be joining in for some fun time but she just wasn't having any of it.
Eventually 'Luke' gets the message and leaves her alone. He then, in a somewhat lethargic way, saunters up to what I call 'Luke's thinking tree. He
likes that tree; for shelter, for scratching and ... for thinking. 'Luke' spends a lot of time next to that tree.
What follows now I was very glad to have been able to observe: a very amusing and impressive event of play. I had not seen anything like it before. I tried to capture it with my camera as good as possible but it's a tricky one to operate a zoom lense without tripod hence some photos will be a little blurred.
The characters: in red outfit: 'Luke' - in blue outfit: 'Mr F'.
'Pffft ... I'm bored! She doesn't want to play. Hmmm ... what else could I do ....'
'Luke' spends a while under his thinking tree, wandering what to do next. The grass isn't great now and nothing else is happening ... somehow time has to pass ...
'Maybe Senior wants to play. Now where is he ... "Hey !..."
"I'm bored! Wanna play?" "No, I am not interested. Go do something else."
Not being put off by 'Mr F's lack of enthusiasm, 'Luke's makes a loop around 'Mr F' and begins to roll in front of him. There is more to information passed on by rolling than just to rid of an itch I learnt, but that's for another topic. Here it seems to be another way of inviting for play time.
"You are booooring! .................... I bet you can't roll like this, look!" "Sigh ..."
I like to add that my concern with 'Mr F' was that of a rather stiff hind quarter / back. Especially one leg. So I was even more surprised to see the unfolding of the following:
"Mmmmm ... that felt good!" 'Mr F' slowly moves up to 'Luke' "So, you really want to play?" "Yes!"
"Alright, lets have it!!" 'Mr F' begins to gently nudge 'Luke' "Oha ... what's going on now?" You can just see 'Luke's little surprise buck. "YOU asked for it - come on then!"
'"Great ... let us play!" 'Luke' makes a small loop and approaches 'Mr F' full of excitement:
Warm up round:
At this stage I watched aghast as at first as I thought that it now was serious. But quickly I realised that their ears and general facial expression do not show aggression.
Well ... one forgets all about the stiff hind leg ...
"Is that all you've got young man?" 'Mr F' and his stiff upper lip while 'Luke' makes off to the top of the field where it is a little more flat and less muddy.
"No. But I prefer the ground further up ... right here. Ready?" "Of course!"
Round two:
"Come on, more more .... " - "No. This is quite enough for now."
And so they both wander off ...
... for some after play near the thinking tree.
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