Or What To Do On A Lazy Sunday Walk
Sometimes I love to go out for a long walk, just me, Chica, my dog and my camera. And my thoughts.
Last Sunday was a grey day, low hanging clouds and the sun trying to win a losing battle with them. Rain hung in the air and the temperatures after a balmy spring Saturday were rather low and depressing.
The herd of cows, their calves and the bull were out in the field next to the parking lot, the bull lovingly licking a calf from head to toe.
There was such a peaceful and serene atmosphere so I decided to take more pictures of all the animals I was meeting on my walk.
Here we go – enjoy:
And what has the title to do with it all? Go figure!
And what was your Sunday pleasure?
Comments 36
lovely photos! I should try and remember to take my camera with me when I go for a walk 🙂
@tandysinclair Good morning, Tandy! Thanks and yes, take your camera with you next time. It changes the perspective when you focus on certain things and a whole new story evolves from ordinary things you normally do not pay any attention to. Plus, Chica is getting old and she will take ages to sniffle around and read all the messages other creatures have left for her. This way both of us have something to do!
Maybe it was this farm! 🙂
I love cows – alive and you know… (LOL!) And I love farms!
@Hajra Maybe, I really do not know, was it the bull licking that calf, was it the piglets making a mess of the meadow, the poor hens being shut in and wanting to go out picking worms, the special atmosphere with the clouds and the sun, all of a sudden that song came into my mind and how “human” the animals’ behaviour was. I love farms especially when they sell their produce!
I want to go walking with you:) Reine du printemps
@KDillabough I want to go walking with you, too – shall we meet in the middle? 😉
@Late_Bloomers That will be a very wet walk:)
@KDillabough Haha, when I wrote about meeting half way I imagined your reaction – very happy thoughts and a big grin on a wonderful Wednesday morning!
Btw I loved your post on Facebook on apologizing, as good as meditation, I have been playing truant lately!
I love it and one of the pictures you were nice enough to put on my timeline. I do love piggies! Cows are awesome, too.
As for my Sunday pleasure, I started working in earnest on my NaNO writing project. Sunday, the fourth day of the month, was really my beginning. I only had 600 words from the first three days, partly because I didn’t decide to start until Day 2 and partly because of not much time on Day 3. So, I began writing the sequel to book one of a secret project I’ve been playing with for some time. It is so much fun starting a new story, but not having completed book one, has made for some unique issues. I’ve wanted to reference things from book one, but I’ve not written them, so I have no idea what happened.
When the day was done I’d banged out 2700 words and after Monday was at 4700. Writing is always a pleasure. 🙂
@ExtremelyAvg Hi, Brian, I could not resist putting this cute piglet there, you should have seen it turning everything upside down with its snout, they have certainly turned this field into a mud pond by now!
You are an awesome writer, I look forward to reading your current piece, when will it be out?
@Late_Bloomers @ExtremelyAvg If you are referring to the secret book I’m writing for NaNO, I have no idea. I hope to have the second in the Henry Wood Detective Agency series, out by end of the month.
@ExtremelyAvg I have seen that you are in good company and enjoyed Gini’s post on her experiences with writing for NaNo. I will keep my eyes open for the second book in the Henry Wood Detective Agency series but I trust you will give a shout out!
Hi Barbara,
Love the shots and that is some bull in the 2nd photo. If I didn’t know any better I’d think you were in the Washington State countryside, as it looks very similar (the only problem being a lack of evergreens).
Plus the pigs and cows are a handsome lot, compared to ours.
This does inspire me to get out and take more photos!!
… Watch out for the goose! 😉
@Craig McBreen Good morning to you, Craig!
Thanks, yes that bull: some friends (male) will stand at the enclosure for ages and admire him, some (female) are rather impatiently urging them to get going. And he must be worth a fortune as he continuously sires twins, did you see his cojones, amazing, in Spain they would surely have eaten them by now (you might want to reconsider …).
The pigs (of the woolly sort) are a new addition on the farm and they are cute, but my goodness the way they ruin a green acre in hours – amazing. The other day I bought a piece coppa made of woolly pork – delicious, tastily spiced and moist.
The goose: lots of noise and his female companion is so fat she ist mostly lying around.
Good to see you and have a great Wednesday after this long election night!
@Late_Bloomers I wasn’t looking at his cojones, is that clear … ? 😉
All the pork talk is making me hungry. I want to go to Spain just to eat that ham they serve up!
@Craig McBreen LOL, not really … 😉
Close to midday here, I am very HUNGRY, mhhh, some pata negra would be nice, in Italy they have a very fine cured ham as well, they call it culatello (referring to body parts again!).
Have a great day and lots to eat!
Four legs good. Two legs bad. Lovely pictures, though those chickens are a bit too squashed in for my liking.
@Lucylastica2 Hi, Lucy! Absolutely! Poor chickens, here they have an organic farm but keep their livestock in cramped quarters, it is a shame. There are actually two farms featured in these pictures.
It looks like you had a very pleasant and enjoyable walk, quite serene.
@Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes Hi Josh! It was, but what I really liked on this Sunday was how the post evolved from a series of pictures that tell many stories (or so I think). Thanks for visiting!
Such beautiful photos! I especially enjoyed them since I live in Phoenix, Arizona, which is still hovering at 90 degrees on November and could not feel more far away from Fall if it tried. Thank you for the cozy trip!
@MissRiki Hi, Riki, and again, welcome at PBAU and my place: join us at the table, grab something to eat and enjoy the drinks.
Honestly, I ‘d prefer to live in a warmer climate, I am simply not made for cold temperatures and I do not like snow, I gave up skiing years ago, very atypical for a Swiss!
But I still like the different lights and colours in the seasons.
Thanks you for visiting and I will head over to your place, now!
Oh how delightful to find this in my feed on a cold and damp evening, cheered me up!
Those squash are the most beautiful colours – there’s nothing I like more on a autumn Sunday evening than a tray of beautifully roasted squash, potatoes, carrots and parsnips… yum yum. That’s Sunday’s supper planned then 🙂
Thanks for the inspiration!
@kittiewalker Hi Kittie! I am sitting in my kitchen wearing two shawls, speaking of cold (remember all the noise from the house next door? They took out the central heating next to everything else, now we are heating that house as well).
And the good thing about the orange squash (it is a Hokkaido): no need to peel them! Mhhhm, lovely supper, I might pop over!
You make me happy if I can inspire you.
Ha Barbara, looks like you covered all the food groups here! Nicely done. You know, if I was to go on a walk from my house you would see cars, buildings, trucks, cranes, roads and traffic lights. None of which are edible. 😉
@rdopping LOL, Ralph, according to I EAT THEREFORE I AM? What an intriguing thought, no?
The place where I usually go for dog walks is a ten minute drive from where I live. Would be nice if I had these cows as next door neighbours, instead I have lions, elephants and flamingoes as I live opposite the zoological garden.
@Late_Bloomers Lions, elephants and flamingos are not so bad. Different than most. Also, not really edible in the traditional sense. Why am i always thinking of food?
@rdopping You might be hungry? It is the time of the year when our body starts to crave food of a more substantial sort, my hypothesis …
Ooh! My favorite is of the cow relaxing on its side. It’s almost dog-like in that pose and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cow so relaxed. And then there are those two cows that look like they’re in the middle of a conversation — either that or a comfortable cow silence. =) Love the shots!
@Samantha Bangayan Good morning, Sam! Exactly what I thought – the relaxing cow on the threshold to Nirvana and the two intimate friends sharing life’s secrets, seconds before I took the shot they were nose to nose looking into each other eyes – that was so touching. Nearly made me want to become a vegetarian – nearly!
Thanks and I will catch up with you today, we all share the same predicament, do we not? 😉
Sweet! 😀 I wish I had gone with you on that walk, Barbara! (By the way I typed @ and Barbara – and guess what came up when I got to “Bar”? BarackObama 😀 Cute eh?
What is the red fruit under the pumpkins? Love the color – it looks painted! And do the cows have a clip in their ear? 🙂
All the photos are fabulous, Barbara! Sigh.
@Vidya Sury Hi, Vidya! Wow, I am in good company, I always had an inkling I was born for greater things!
The red fruit under the pumpkins? More pumpkins, my dear, they are called Hokkaido and you can prepare them with the peel on! All cows are clipped in Switzerland when they are a few days old, I do not like it. They also saw the horns off, this is even a more hideous procedure against which a huge protest is under way. Talk about respect for animals.
You make me a big compliment, dear friend, and I am very honoured. And there is absolutely no reason to sigh, yours are gorgeous! BTW these were all taken wit the CD Pro app and unedited, in a lower resolution though.
Have a fabulous Friday!
Lovely walk. What can I say? You are definitively not in London!
@JSJ2020 This is not the Swiss Cottage? I could do a London walk in a next post, I still have not done it … well, only 6 months have gone by since.
Oh what pretty cows!
@Cooksister Swiss cows, my dear!