Animal Wednesday with Robin

What a wonderful week Robin and I spent together getting to know one another in person. She was a delightful guest! I just took her to the airport where she'll be getting back to her life in San Francisco. Just like when Marianne left, I miss her already.

Here I am photographing her photographing a seagull!

She was fascinated by everything here, even the ordinary.

This photo was taken at Colt State Park in Bristol.

We strolled through the gardens and arboretum at Blithewold and I discovered a pond which I had never seen before. It was fun sharing something new with her.

These koi were coy! They just wanted to stay beneath the surface although the sun was calling them.

We had a wonderful lunch here in Newport.

Most of the shops have water and treats for doggies that pass by!

Lions and griffons on my favorite planter at Blithewold.

And this sweet little Viceroy we saw on the Cliff Walk.

And here's the gang at Coggeshall Farm. One burro, one horse, and an entire family of heirloom cattle. They are massive and gorgeous!

Lilac Robin is scouting for more wildlife.

Looking for shells...

The adventurer!

Marco!!! Polo!!!!! Marco??? Lolo????

And so she continues to sleuth along the water's edge.

I'm told she loves it here.

I'm sure she'll be back ;)

xo

lo♥

Animal Wednesday: Sweet Young Thing

Remember these sweet little out-buildings that I saw at Coggeshall Farm?

I took my friend there so she could get photos of them and when we got there our view was blocked. Hold on, I'm coming to that! But meanwhile we were told what they used to be. This top one was the cheese house. This was an old working farm, remember?

And this one is right next to it, this is the well. The young man let us open the door to show us. It just looked like a house full of water! The reason the cheese house was close to it is because there was no electricity in those days, hence it was hard to keep the dairy products safe from bacteria, so they washed the walls, shelves and floors constantly. It was just handy and neccesary to have the well close by.

But these guys were blocking our photo shots!

This is Constance and one of her keepers. I forget what kind of cow she is, but I do remember he said she's 10 months old.

She was completely ignoring us to munch on these fresh greens.

Between the mud from recent rain and her cow pies, well, it was hard to step around there!

"Constance" is going back to the pasture to be with her sister "Goodness" and the horses and burro. You wouldn't believe the decibal of the MOOOOOOOO that came out of her! She wanted to stay right where she was.

I have to admit, that place is so peaceful and restorative.

We can all use a dose of that!

~Happy Animal Wednesday~