While many blogs are talking about recent cold temperatures and even snow for Florida, here in lovely Creston, it really feels like spring. The geese have returned, and there are large flocks feeding in the hayfields that surround us.
I did see a bald eagle in with them, but he was so far away this is all I could get of him.
Songbirds are returning, and we saw our first robin two days ago, although I've been hearing them for a couple of weeks. The ground is thawing, so mud has returned too.
I spent some time in the pasture the other day trying to get a good photo of Rio's heart marking for Sunday Stills, but he was feeling good and not wanting to stand still for me. Then he did the darndest thing: he was about 50 yards away, and up went the tail and ears, and he came straight for me at a high trot,
I was busy trying to get sequence shots of this, but the camera was a little too slow so the next shot looks like this:
And he stopped perfectly about 4 feet in front of me with this look on his face as if to say, "is that what you wanted?" He cracks me up- he sure inherited Beamer's penchant for hamming it up for the camera!
Then he and Chickory took off, and unfortunately I was shooting on the shaded side of them, but in these photos they are airborne, and Rio looks like a carousel horse because of the fencpost.
Chickory in this photo reminds me of the Winchester Rifle logo horse.
6 comments:
Damn good!
Great shots you managed to get one of the heart. That Eagle looks a little out of place with all those geese...maybe he was riding on a tail wind:)
Janice- just after I took this shot, he chased a Raven away, and it looked like there were two more Eagles at the far end of the field.
well, at first i thought it was a rabbit! then a crow or raven. when i found out it was an eagle, i thought wow! i need new glasses! :D
It's amazing how much Chickory looks like the Rifle logo horse. Great picture!
Love the pic of Rio trotting towards you!!
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