Although it was to brighten a little before we finished our trip into the forest this afternoon, it began very dull and overcast.
At Braggers Lane I disembarked from the Modus to focus on distant landscapes. The last two images include All Saints Church, featured in an earlier post.
Nascent bracken now towered above bluebells on the verge.
Horses grazed in the field opposite. One already wore an eye mask as protection against flies.
Generous assorted sheep and their little black lambs shared their pasturage with emus, ducks, and chickens in a field beside Fish Street. (Note Lwbut’s comment below. The large birds are Rheas)
While I focussed on the field, Jackie photographed the field behind me. at the far end of her vision two cows left their watering hole. One showed no interest, but its companion appeared to display some curiosity. The Assistant Photographer also created an image of the occupants of the field through a gap in trees beside the stream. The thatched cottage stands opposite the gate to the sheep field.
The road bridge provides a link between Fish Street and London Lane, alongside which whiter lambs were penned. This lane, along with many others, was permeated with the heavy, sweet, scent of oil seed rape seen in the distance in the first of the above pictures.
This evening we dined on Mr Pink’s fish and chips, pea fritters, and pickled onions. Jackie drank Peroni and I finished the Merlot Bonarda.
Emus are very native to England.. have many dotted around Yorkshire. Top photographs sir.
Thanks very much, Gary. These are the only ones I have ever seen
fantastic photography derrick
Many thanks, map
That was a charming and eclectic mixture of companions in the field.
Thank you very much, Pauline
You demonstrate it definitely is shared pasturage!
It looks like a lovely day, despite the initial overcast conditions. Until I enlarged it, I thought the photo with the gate had a covering. It was the bush further back, but it’s still charming. 🙂
Thank you very much, Merril. Biggifying is always enlightening 🙂
It is. 🙂
Love the rural scenery as always!
Thanks very much, Arlene
I liked the semi hidden church and the mixed pasture was good fun too.
Thanks very much, Tootlepedal
Beautiful shots, Derrick. I particularly enjoy the third to the last. The black lambs are adorable!
I love the emus woven in!
Thanks very much, Cindy
What lush landscapes! The eye covering to protect the horses’ eyes seem like a good idea.
Thanks very much, Diane. Some have them for ears, too
Such lovely creatures to view from my more suburban-semi-pastoral spot. I would love to have those at a walk’s distance. Enjoyed your outing and especially the first picture. May use it as a screen saver!…
I’d be honoured, Cynthia. Thank you very much
OH!!! AW!!! OOH!!! The wild-kids of all-sorts are out and about and peacefully sharing space! If only human-beans could share that well! 😉 🙂 The little lambs are such a joy to see! 🙂 (Even tho’ I am NOT against eating meat, I’m so glad you didn’t have lamb chops for your evening meal! 😮 😛 😉 HA! 😀 )
HUGS!!! 🙂
That would have been unfortunate, Carolyn 🙂 Thanks very much
🙂 🐑🐑🐑 🙂
Those little black lambs are very sweet and the emus are a bit of a surprise! I also enjoyed Jackie’s photos of the stream and the sheep in the field framed by the trees.
Thanks very much, Clare. I photographed the emus a year or two back. They seem to be thriving
WoW Derrick your pics are so cool
Thanks very much, Gary
So nice to see the animals and birds all sharing with one another and living in harmony. 😃
They could teach us a lesson. Thanks very much, Sylvia
That is pixel curry for the soul. The field of rapeseed triggers childhood memories.
Thanks very much, Uma
Beautiful photos again today Derrick, i love the black lambs, although some of their mothers have more the appearance of a shaggy dog than a sheep (at least the one’s i’m used to!) 😉
I’m going to ‘stick my neck out’ a little though and suggest that your Emu’s (with which i am well acquainted) are actually Rhea americana or Greater Rheas (from S America)!
Baby emus are almost always dark brown and grey or fawn striped and there would normally be four or more in a hatching.
We also had fish and chips (Bird’s Eye), with peas and pickled onion last night, although i baked mine in the oven. it was surprisingly good! 🙂
Thanks very much, Bob. I am sure you are right. I will add a note alerting people to this comment. A nice culinary coincidence
A pleasure! 🙂
Now you can impress friends and relatives with your knowledge of large ratites (large flightless birds) when they say, “Ooohh look at those Emoos.”
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Thank goodness for the clarification. When I read the post the other day I thought “they don’t look like any emus I’ve ever seen. Not even babies look like that. . . . can they be albinos, I wonder?” Glad I kept my mouth shut and waited for wiser words than mine.
But you were quite right! Clearly you are wiser than me as it is wise to keep your mouth shut, something i rarely do. 😉
I thought they might have been albino emu’s too so went and googled them. Found the rheas in the process. 🙂
At least if there was a possibility that they were albinos we weren’t that far out 🙂
Let’s be truthful… from that distance you’d be hard pressed to tell them apart from baby emus (or ostriches for that matter?)!
Usually I only open my mouth to change feet
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I rely on my friends to correct me 🙂
I was surprised by the emus and rheas. I take it they were imported from the ‘explorer days’ of the empire?
No idea 🙂 Thanks very much, GP
I’m with everyone else in thinking that we humans should take a lesson from the animals in your pictures. What a delightful group!
Agreed, Laurie. Many thanks
Idyllic even on a cloudy day… Bluebells and Bracken is a kind of magical combo. Sadly, the bluebells we have here are very badly behaved, and even harder to eradicate. If I left them to do their thing, it would be all I would have in my garden. But I think the one growing in Britain is a gentler variety, and gosh, it is beautiful!
Nothing more to add, everyone has said it all perfectly! 🙂
Thanks very much, Sue
Bluebells, emus, and lambs! And more! I think that’s worth venturing out on an overcast and dull day. Don’t you just love all of the sights of spring?
Certainly do, Cheryl. Thanks very much
Those emu’s would be having a ball; all that tucker. Thay won’t want to come home.
Thanks a lot, Brian. Soon after I took these photographs everybody dash into the farmyard for what was being dished out