Early this morning Jackie hoovered the house and I swept the garden paths.
Barry and Karen visited us later, when we enjoyed coffee, cake, and convivial conversation.
“A wobble” has become Jackie’s term for a forest photo foray. It may have something to do with my gait. We went on one this afternoon.
As we turn off Roger Penny Way onto Cadnam Lane we cross a road bridge
over a stream which is very much drying out as a result of our recent paucity of precipitation.
I needed four photographs to cover the stretch of a huge recently fallen tree which, had it descended in the opposite direction would have damaged a nearby house,
seen beyond the evidence of an earlier toppled giant.
Older branches were now covered in bright green moss.
The bright sunshine of this warmer day cast shadows across last year’s autumn leaves and this year’s yellow celandines which also clung to the bank of the stream.
Further along Cadnam Lane we encountered a field full of recently yeaned ewes and their very young lambs.
A young man occupied himself with his mobile phone as he led his pony to its nearby paddock.
Tufts of wool bunting decorated the bramble hedges. Perhaps they had been shed by the mothers before confinement;
perhaps others on the road or in the neighbouring woodland.
Would anyone like to suggest a speech bubble for this squirrel, bearing in mind the creature has its mouth full?
It was another which dashed across the road.
Like all youngsters at this time this donkey foal sought new goodies to eat. We watched it sample a dandelion.
Maybe it was its Dad daring our Modus to come any closer.
This evening we dined on second helpings of yesterday’s casserole with boiled new potatoes; and a perfection of cabbage, carrots, and cauliflower. Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I finished the Red Blend.
Squirrel: “What are you looking at? My food, not yours!”
Fantastic photo of the second squirrel dashing across the road.
Thanks very much, Dolly. Good comment and I’m pleased you liked the B/W – taken through the windscreen
You are very welcome, Derrick.
I really liked this photo, too.
And dad donkey 😊 I’d have a speech bubble for him, too: ‘Don’t you dare, dude!’
Thank you very much, too, Helen
It is good to see such a good photograph of a squirrel. I thought about a speech bubble, then realised that if it had been brought up to be polite, it wouldn’t speak with its mouth full!
Quite so, Anne. You got it 🙂 Thanks very much
The squirrel glared at me: “Come one step closer and you’ll be sorry.”
Thanks very much for participating in the fun, Rosaliene.
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Oh, Derrick, definitely a wonderfully captured photo of the Squirrel…
A sqirrel avoiding trouble
Protecting his mouthful bubble
Wary and ready to redouble
Nice response, Ivor. Thanks very much
Another wonderful photoset, Derrick. The flowers with lots of bokeh are really beautiful. 😎🇬🇧
Thanks very much, John
Who are you looking at? If my mouth weren’t full, you’d get the benefit of my opinion. So beat it. The Squirrel.
🙂 Many thanks for joining in the fun, Pat
You know that I have a soft spot for tree rats.
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Fat? I’m not fat, I’m just covered in rippling fluff…
Nice one. Geoff 🙂 Thanks a lot
I’d say that was a very successful wobble!
Thanks a lot, Sheree 🙂
You had quite an adventuresome afternoon! I love seeing those little lambs – especially the suckling one! And the squirrel with its mouth full will not have a speech bubble. My mom always taught me it’s not nice to talk with your mouth full! I’m sure glad that tree fell in the free direction and didn’t topple on the house. It was quite an old one, wasn’t it? My favorite photo today is the one of the yellow celandines. Magnificent!!
Thank you so much, Jan
Lots of critters! Nothing for a caption immediately comes to mind.
Thanks v very much, Laurie
Wobble. Very cute. Why are those poor animals painted on? Beautiful pix!
I don’t like to think about their numbers, Luanne. Thanks very much.
I was thinking the same thing about the unsightly painted numbers.
The sad thing about the numbers is that that is all the animals are.
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Well, another day, another new word tucked away. I refer, sir, to yeaned. I had to look up the definition, of course.
What a nive wobble you had, again.
Thank you so much, Yvonne. One of those words I learned when setting cryptic crosswords.
I have yet to look up ‘yeaned’.
One from my crossword setting days 🙂
I had to look up “yeaned” as well!
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I love the term “wobble.” So does she say, “Would you like to go for a wobble?” This is perfection.
Loved the little lambs. So precious. I had to look up “yean.”
Yes I do, it started after his knee replacements, when he was definitely a wee bit ‘wobbly’ when he waked!
Sorry I meant walked!
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She does, indeed, Jodie. Fortunately I don’t now wobble as much as I did when she coined the phrase 🙂
You guys are precious! I love this so much.
X
That’s so awesome that you feel the progress you have made. All those wobbles worked!
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“I wish I could remember where I hid the rest of those nuts!” Great shots, Derrick.
Thanks very much for for playing along, Jill.
So sad to see the young lambs. Unlike others, I cannot but think about the awful fate that awaits them. Poor babies.
You may be surprised that I always feel the same, Irene. Thanks very much.
The Squirrel’s speech bubble – “Mr DeMille I presume!”
The ewes and lambs have unusual black markings, I was trying to work out the breed but the nearest I could come up with is Kerry Hill originally bred in Wales. Gorgeous aren’t they?
HA! “Mr. DeMille I presume” made me snort-laugh!!! 😀 😛
Oh, I’m so pleased to have made you smile!
Thank you, Carolyn 😁
Me, too 🙂
Your speech bubble is so good – making me pleased I had resisted the temptation to include readiness for a close-up. Yes, those markings do seem special. Thanks very much, Sue.
THANK YOU, DERRICK
I enjoyed your forest wobble, Derrick and Jackie! The root systems of toppled giants always intrigue me. They often seem so shallow to have held up and supported such a tree.
The squirrel does need a good speech bubble, but I am not coming up with anything useful. TanGental has a good one. 🙂
Thanks very much, Lavinia. The shallowness of the roots has always made me wonder the same. It is the very wet weather that seems to bring them down as much as the winds.
What a wonderful wobble!!! 😀 Thank you for taking us along via photos! 🙂
Love all those sweet faces! Especially the donkey foal sampling dandelions! AW! 😀
Squirrel 🗩 : “Come on everybody! Follow me! Let’s go nuts!” 😛
Or…Squirrel 🗩 : “I see nutting. I hear nutting. I know nutting.”
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Or…a caption for your photo might be…”That moment AFTER you’ve jammed food in your mouth and you realize you didn’t say grace!” 😮
(((HUGS))) 🙂
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A good set of comments, Carolyn. The nutting one is best X
I like the idea of a wobble. I feel that might describe my walks very well too.
🙂 Thanks a lot, Tootlepedal
An interesting and enjoyable batch of photos with the fairy spots dancing over the yellow celandines, fantastic designs in fallen trees, a nice shot of the squirrel, and curiosity about the boy and his horse. Plus, I learned a new word: Yean! We should all sample dandelions, I’ve read they are good for us.
Thanks very much for this full coverage, JoAnna. I’ve read that about dandelions, too – https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dandelion+recipes&source=hp&ei=Ki19YICKIYykUNGBo6AO&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYH07OvpMbCos654xa-juqW9Z6cEICSCt&oq=dandelion&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYBTILCC4QsQMQgwEQkwIyCAguELEDEIMBMggILhCxAxCDATIFCC4QsQMyCAgAELEDEIMBMggIABCxAxCDATIICAAQsQMQgwEyCAgAELEDEIMBMggIABCxAxCDATIICAAQsQMQgwE6BQgAELEDOgsILhCxAxDHARCjAjoCCC46AggAUJUPWOMjYLZqaABwAHgAgAFUiAGzBZIBATmYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=gws-wiz
Wow! That’s a lot of recipes! thanks!
I was wondering what those dancing spots were called!
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Your photos are enjoyable.
I like the term wobble. Haha
Thanks very much, More 🙂
You’re welcome
I had to look up yean. And the squirrel says, get your own.
Good one, John. Thanks a lot.
I hate that they spray the numbers on the sheep. I’m sure there is a practical reason, but it certainly destroys the aesthetics of your photos!!!
Indeed, Judy. Thanks very much
And here’s me, thinking “yeaned” was a typo!! Learnt a word today, thank you!
Thanks very much, John. WP thought it was a typo, too. I had one of my usual arguments with them.
Squirrel “WHAT… these nuts are poisoned!”
Nice one, Catherine. Thank you very much
Fabulous squirrel picture.
Thanks a lot, Andrew
Wobble made me think of the ubiquitous line dance. 😀
So many wonderful photos–I like both squirrel shots, the daddy donkey, the adorable baby lambs, and I love the celandine photo!
Thanks very much, Merril. That Celandine was almost an afterthought – I wasn’t sure I could focus it correctly
It’s different from your usual photos (which are wonderful). An enchanted feel to this one. 😀
Thank you again. It was what I’d hoped for
lovely and interesting photos for us today, Derrick. thank you. beautiful reflections! 🙂
And thank you, too, Lola
Squirrel : I am stocking up for the lockdown!
Hi Derrick – the speech bubble for that squirrel: “Now that I’ve chewed up Book Club Mom’s second feeder, I’ve crossed the ocean to hide.”
Oh dear. Thanks very much, Barbara
I had to get a different feed (one without hot peppers) and the squirrel knew right away.
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Back up with the hot-pepper feed 🙂
I, too, thought that yean was a typo. I live and learn.
The eternal contradiction about lambs is that if we didn’t eat them there would be none to see. Farmers don’t keep them as pets for sightseeing city dwellers.
The sheep have the look of Badger-faced Welsh to me. No, I’m not making it up.
https://www.badgerfacesheep.co.uk/breed-information
That is what the sheep must be, Quercus. Well done. WP changed yeaning to leaning until I had battled it out with them. Even now that have underlined it in red. Thanks a lot
Spellcheckers are brilliant, but not quite perfect. We had some Welsh Badger-faced lambs on the farm one year – must have been something in the family tree, because we had no parents with face-markings.
My favorite out of this grouping is the header photo. I like how the post and the donkey are at the same angle, and there is that one tiny pop of yellow in all the shades of gray and brown. My speech bubble for the squirrel is a variation on the one I have for the deer who eat our hostas: Yeah, I’m stealin’ yer nuts. Ya wanna make sumpin of it?
Thanks very much, Liz. Great speech bubble
Great Photos Derrik! I really love the one of the donkey eating by the post!
Thanks very much, Dwight
You are welcome!
As usual, love the animal shots, especially the free roaming livestock.
Squirrel: Mmmmmwwwhmmmmwmmwmchkmchk (with appropriate accent for region)
Thank you so much, Joseph