I've thought of about 20 good responses to this. ;-) I'll just settle for: Cool story..................Daaaaaad!
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:53 PM > To: pentax list > Subject: A funny thing happened.... > > > Well, what with a reasonably warm day here in the UK, and it being Easter > monday and a holiday, me and the Mrs decided to go for a walk down by the > river. Naturally I spent more time deciding what gear to take with me on > the walk, than the actual walk itself. Anyway, I take a few lenses and a > macro rig as I'm grossing myself out with spider faces at the moment. Off > we go. > > After a few fields, we pass some sheep. These are owned by a friend, and > farmed by another friend. A lot of newborn lambs about, so we give the > flock a wide berth. I hear this tiny voice off to the side near the river > and I head off to investigate. Sure enough, a little lamb, only a dozen > hours old, is laying by itself in the undergrowth, calling. > > We wander over to see if it is okay. As we approach, it gets to its feet, > and aside from a bit of umbilical cord dangling, it's fine. We start to > retreat, back on our walk. We assume the lamb will saunter off to join > its mates, but nope - it has other ideas. > > It suddenly thinks I am it's father! The bugger went everywhere I did. > Couldn't give him/her the shake at all. And it was fast - kept up with me > at a quick walk. Didn't want to start running with a bag of > paperweights... > > I was getting a bit concerned as plainly we could not just wander off > away from the flock with this guy in tow. Alma found it hilarious, as the > lamb ignored her completely and only had eyes for me. Well now we have > laws against this here in Britain, and so lest events get out of control, > I took some firm action. > > I led the little thing over to the rest of its kind, who were all > earnestly watching events unfolding. As we got close enough, it noticed > the others and went 'baaaaaa'. I took the opportunity to exit stage left. > Little lamby caught me in the act, and ran after me! This went on for a > good ten minutes and I was getting seriously worried that i would have to > take my new found friend back and have him for dinner. > > Anyway, eventually he got sidetracked and I managed to sneak off. He > noticed, but too late and I was up to a mild jog, lenses slapping about > here and there. He called after me, much to the merriment of some passing > hikers. > > As I reached a safe distance, i joined my Mrs and we turned to see the > lamb join up with a ewe, and start suckling, which brought smiles of > relief to us both. > > I didn't take any shots because I was all tooled up for macro, including > flash. Alma managed to get a shot on her 4 MP point and shoot - here's a > severe crop of part of the action.... > > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare2.html> > > > There's a place for all God's creatures. Right next to the potatoes :-) > > > Hope everyone has had a pleasurable holiday, if applicable. > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > >
