Posted in Beauty, Country Fotos, Country Thoughts, Critters, Holidays, Love, Photography, Seasons, Thanksgiving, tagged country photo, Deer, Doves, Happy Thanksgiving, love, Peace, rural Virginia, Snow Day, Thanksgiving Snow, Virginia country life on November 28, 2014| 18 Comments »
There was an early morning greeting
from a soft, sweet turtle dove
resting on my deckside railing
sending messages of peace and love.
Yes, the day seems cold and dreary
but take a look below.
Is that a deer quietly moving
through the night’s collected snow?
Happy Thanksgiving from me to you
and add a message from the dove.
Take time to look with a dove’s eye view
for a world of peace and love.
Posted in Country Fotos, Critters, Drive-By-Photography, Humor, tagged Alien creatures, country life, cows, Donkeys, Farm animals, humor, photography, rural life, rural Virginia, Virginia country life on November 27, 2014| 35 Comments »
A Multinational Gathering of Aliens
Driving home yesterday I was involuntarily stopped short in order to rub my eyes.
There was a gathering of grazing critters.
This in itself is not unusual when you live in the country.
Cattle is practically an industry here and yes, there was a cow in the mix.
What Creature is This
However, this particular collection of grazers seemed odd.
I got out of the car with Pal, my original trusty camera embedded in my cell phone.
Could these be alien creatures sent down from Planet X to confuse local motorists?
Can anyone identify the spotted ones?
How about that gray thing?
I must say they were curious and friendly enough.
They allowed me to snap pictures as
they returned to their preoccupation with grass.
Then I was on my way home still wondering.
Were they an odd variety of cow? Miniature horses?
Donkeys?
I am still undecided. How about you?
Note: A friend of mine has a friend-vet, who has identified the alien creatures as donkeys! Take a look at some of these stories.
http://www.tehcute.com/full/miniature-donkey.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/17/miniature-donkeys_n_3612639.html
http://www.redfunnel.co.uk/my-isle-of-wight/features/donkey-heaven-since-1987-the-donkey-sanctuary/
Posted in Country Fotos, Critters, Drive-By-Photography, Horses, Photography, tagged country photos, Grazing, horses, photography, rural life, rural Virginia, Virginia country life on November 17, 2014| 8 Comments »
It’s a horse of course, busy dining,
but still able to give me that wandering suspicious eye.
I don’t know her name but she has a twin companion named Pam.
I know this isn’t Pam because she is sporting a muzzle like contraption
to keep her from overeating, which can result in what
horse people call “foundering.” And that is not a good thing.
The twins live
down yonder
from my Virginia country “estate!”
Virginia Views 