Life is a little hectic and challenging, at the moment... --
but I've been making the time, each day, to get outside with
my camera -- to try and keep my spirits up, and put everything
into perspective. I'm guessing the exercise is pretty beneficial, too!

Today, I decided I'd try and get some 'cute' lamb shots: so went up into
the Welcombe Hills (although that makes it sound a bit like the Himalayas).
One of the first sheep I came across was obviously in some distress, though --
as, having already produced one healthy offspring, her next was stillborn.
She tried to coax it into life by nuzzling and licking it: but to no avail.
This also meant, of course, that she was ignoring the first lamb:
who was still covered in blood and mucus; but had managed
to get to its feet, and investigate its dead sibling.

Luckily, the farmer was only a few hundred
yards away, and dealt with it all calmly.
An hour later, the ewe was busily
fussing over her only baby;
and all was well.

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I make no apologies for the above photograph, though:
it represents the daily truth and challenges... of farming, specifically;
and the countryside, in general. Having worked on a farm, this should have been
nothing new to me... -- I realize, now, though, that it's had a major impact:
and that there really, therefore, could only be one picture of the day.

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