We were out early enough in the forest this morning to be held up by children being delivered to schools.
Against the soundtrack of a distant cuckoo’s call ponies breakfasted on the moorland alongside Holmsley Passage, further along which
lay a foal alongside its dam, until I approached too close for comfort, sending it to seek security from her flanks and source of nourishment.
More ponies, still shaggy in winter coats, were gathering on the green at N. Gorley, where a local resident gathered fresh manure with bucket and spade. Here the avian backing notes were provided by the cawing of vociferous rooks.
Jackie photographed a herd of deer lounging beneath trees at Gorley Common. They can be seen roughly central in the first picture.
En route to Ogden’s North her next subject was a rabbit seemingly paralysed at the roadside. She produced the next two in this gallery
while I photographed the rippling stream, its shallow bed, and its clear reflections.
It was the crowing of roosters that rent the air at Hockey’s Farm Shop
where Jackie photographed some shaggy alpacas.
This afternoon I added a lengthy P.S. to https://derrickjknight.com/2021/09/21/a-knights-tale-36-some-schoolmasters/ consisting of further memories of Wimbledon College teachers e-mailed to me by Keith Prince, who joined the school two years after me.
This evening we dined on tasty haddock fish cakes; piquant cauliflower cheese; creamy mashed potato and crunchy carrots, with which I drank more of the Merlot.
Love the pictures, particularly the shaggy alpaca.
Jackie will be pleased at this, Pat. Thank you very much
Beautiful animal photos and more today, great job, guys! Mm Mashed potatoes… ????????
Thanks very much from us both, John
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I enjoy the mention of your avian backing notes 🙂
Thank you so much, Anne
Nature all around. I’d love to hear the cuckoo. I’m in mockingbird land at the moment. The alpaca is my favourite. It reminds me of someone but I can’t think who.
Thank you very much, Susan 🙂 Jackie will be pleased when I tell her
I particularly like the fence posts striped wtih shadow and light.
Thank you very much, Liz. Jackie will be pleased when I tell her
You’re welcome, Derrick.
She was delighted – she always feels in tune with you and your choices
I’ve very glad to hear it!
Lovely to see the foal .. Excellent photos Derrick. x Have a lovely weekend x
Thank you very much, Sue. X
Love the photos.
Thanks very much, Chrissy
We have lots of Bunnies on our walking track, but I can never get close enough to capture a decent photo, before they quickly scoot away …
You and Jackie have created wonderful photos of ponies, deer and water!
Thank you very much from both of us JoAnna
Beautiful photos, Jackie and Derrick! What a joy to see all of the sweet faces that you saw!
And the other photos, like the fence, water, trees, etc., are so artistic!
That shaggy alpaca was having a good hair day! 🙂
Make it a fabulous weekend! Mine will be busy! It’s Mother’s Day weekend here! 🙂
(((HUGS))) ❤️❤️
Thank you very much from us both, Carolyn. Enjoy your weekend XX
You’re welcome! Thank you!
A lovely countryside with happy, free roaming ponies. Thank you!!
Glad you liked it, GP. Much appreciated
Beautiful photos of countryside and I especially enjoyed the shaggy alpacas and the ponies.
Thank you very much, Eugi
You’re welcome, Derrick.
I read this first thing, then got sidetracked by the time. I went for my Covid booster at half eight this morning and I’ve only just remembered that I hadn’t commented on your post!
You did well with all the equine images and out and about so early too. 🙂
Thank you so much, Sue. I trust all went smoothly with the vaccination
So far so good.
A beautiful day in the forest! The warmer weaterh should have all the ponies looking sleek before too long.
I enjoyed reading the additional emails from Keith Prince you included in the older post.
Thank you very much, Lavinia
I am very impressed by your early start to the day. It was rewarded with some nice light.
Thank you very much, Tootlepedal
You live in a beautiful place. Thank you for the lovely photos. We don’t see ponies here.
Thank you very much, Lakshmi
Such wonderful photos from you and Jackie. I like how you filled us in on the variations in bird sounds. We don’t have cuckoos here (except in clocks and Congress), but flocks of our American robins lead the bird choir beginning about 4:30 AM.
I’m always amazed at seeing herds of deer. That alpaca has personality!
Thank you so much from each of us, Merril
So very beautiful!
Hi Derrick what a lovely lot of photographs. The foal is delightful ????
Thank you very much, Robbie
Everybody out and about enjoying themselves
Thank you very much, Sheree
Great photos!
Thanks very much, Dwight
You are welcome.
The head image is fabulous, as are the other pony photos. Jackie’s photos are terrific.
Thank you so much from each of us, Dolly
You are very welcome, Derrick and Jackie.
A wonderful day out, and fabulous photos from you both! I love the recurring theme of bird calls.
Thank you very much, Ed