'Sort it out please!'

It's a bit quiet lately, the wintery showers and equally wintery temparatures haven't been very inviting for riding. Although I don't mind riding in the rain or snow but I prefer to at least set off in dry conditions ... I guess I am a bit of a fair weather rider ...

Today was another day with plenty of cold showers but the sunshine in between was pleasantly warm.

I enjoy photography I was glad to finally see some sunshine.

With the intent to take some pictures of moss and lichen on the stonewalls, I went into the pasture with the boys, 'Luke' and 'Mr F'.

'Kitten' has gone back to her other home at 'Lillian's.

When entering the field I saw the boys hover in a corner, staring at the neighbouring barn as though there was a big monster hiding in there. The neighbour was working inside one of his barns and there was a fair amount of noises emerging from it, including loud male voices.

'Luke'': 'Not sure where the noise comes from. Sort it out please!'

It appears that I seem to mean some form of safety because both boys came trotting up to me, hearts pounding. We stood there for a while and let time go by.  'Mr F' is as usual less bothered by noise and made a point that we mustn't forget that it was now 'grooming' time.

'Luke' watched for a while and then decided it was after all safe to join in with us. While 'grooming time' is always a welcome back massage, today I wanted to go take some photographs so I left the boys to continue on their own.

I made my way accross the field when I suddenly heared heavy hooves behind me. The boys wouldn't leave me alone. 'You got to do something about this 'thing' that we can't see! Sort it out please.'

The do get spooked quite a lot by our neighbour. It is not at all his job and he is a pleasant guy. Depending on what he is doing I sometimes ask him if he could 'show himself' so that the boys know who is making the noise which in most cases is enough for them to settle down.

Taking photographs of the lichen and moss on the stonewall was quite tricky with either 'Luke's head casting shadows over what I wanted to photograph or with 'Mr F' nudging me all the time for some attention. I made one step, he made a step ... I tried to sneak off but there was no point.

'Mr F' - Quite OK with the noise by now. 

Lichen and moss - photographed on another day ...