August, 2020
Today was a day for a drive in the country along the back roads of the island of Fidalgo. I ended up spending time at a specific location, which I’ll tell you about in the next blog post. But first I want to share this one small stop I made during the drive.
As always, click on photos to enlarge them. Best to use a larger monitor to view the photos if you have one, not your cell phone or small I-pad. But use what you have and enjoy!
I was just dawdling along in the truck driving down some back roads, dreaming and scheming, wondering what I was going to fix for lunch and then for dinner, when off to my right I spied this …
A horse barn!
I pulled the truck off across the road from the farm (that was the only place where there was room to pull off) … then I grabbed my camera and trotted back across the road, through the ditch, and right up to the electric fence that bordered the field. Let’s see if they have some horses. I think I see one or two.
Oh yes, maybe four or five horses!
Oh yes, scratch that itch!
I watched the horses for a bit (no pun intended, tho I did notice that none of the horses had a bridle and bit on, nor even a halter). In all, there were seven horses at this barn although some of them were inside the barn where it was too dark to get photos from that distance. I then walked back across the road towards the truck.
But … the truck was parked a little ways past the farm above, and on my way walking past the NEXT pasture along the road, these two folks were there to take a look a me. I thought that was fair, since I was looking at them, so I stopped for a little chat.
Ahhh, another good scratch in just the right spot.
He sure kept an eye on me. And yet my big black camera was looking right at him too. Animals must think we humans are so bizarre when we hold a big black box in front of our faces. When I take photos of animals, I try to remember that, especially when I’m close to the animals, like I was here. I tend to let them watch my face and my eyes for a bit before I stick that black box in front of my face. After I took the last photo above, I put the camera away and just stood there with those two horses for awhile. He put his head over the neck of the white horse and huffed and snuffed at me several times. I huffed and snuffed back. I think we are friends now. 🙂