I like taking care of things. For years we had sheep here on the farm, and before that a flock of Angora goats. Springtime was lambing time, and the world stopped while you tended to the animals. It's the one thing I still miss about not having any livestock anymore.
Getting up in the middle of the night to go outside and check for lambing ewes. Sometimes there would be one lambing and you'd pick a quiet spot in the corral to sit and wait. In the dark there wasn't much to do but gaze at the stars and listen to the world around you. The squeaky peep peeping of the Boreal owls, the faint and gentle bleats of ewes and lambs, the distant call of a pack of coyotes.....
Every now and then the animal terrorist groups will take fire at ranchers or farmers. There isn't anyone in the world that cares about animals quite the same as these people do. It's their livelihood and raising strong healthy animals is their main concern. You really couldn't devote your life to raising livestock if you didn't have a genuine love for the animals.
Friday, June 5, 2009
The Cowboy & The Calf
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I like the vignette and the monochrome hue - they suit the subject well.
...beautiful narrative and a beautiful photo. I love how you capture these bits of life...
That's so true. We used to have horses and each spring I'd be setting the alarm to check the mares that were due to foal ... I'd watch them so closely. It was much much easier with horses than with sheep though so you had a much more challenging time.
I love the tenderness in this image.
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