Field Studies

A beautiful sunny afternoon and it is time for the rugs to come off for a few hours.

This time I took my camera with me, its  has been some time since I took some 'proper' photographs of the crew.

Although this turned out more difficult than expected because 'Mr F' decided that he was enormously interested in anything I was doing and followed me all around the field like a shadow. Still, some of the photographs are quite ok.

 "Hello there ... "

... what are you doing?"

" ... so go on, just what are you up to then?"

At the top edge of the field is a set of old trees and I love sitting on their big root base. I found some bugs to photograph (I greatly enjoy macro photography) and was focused on one of the little creatures when 'Mr F' decided to lie down next to me, in fact right next to me at arms length, and have a good roll in a spot of earth and old beach nuts. I was too close to actually get a decent photograph but there are a few anyway.

 

 

He may be an advancing old gentleman but he is still very bendy, as he skillfully displays here. For once he does the job himself, its usually me that has to do the scratching ...

'Luke' still with rug on, I have to wait for a moment until 'Mr F' has had all he wants (fusses, scratches etc) because otherwise he will have a go at 'Luke' as soon as I go near 'Luke'.  Which is no good if I want to take 'Luke's rug off, obviously.

'Luke' is a great horse and I like him around. He also keeps 'Mr F' in young spirits while they hang out together. He is very different to 'Mr F' ... pretty much the opposite really. But very comunicative in his own often goofy way.

 Some kind of strange pointy-dance routine ...

'Luke' is a horse with many faces and he is mostly in a different universe. He is trying really hard to do this 'being a horse for humans thing'.