Nidderdale: the first day totally without rain in I can’t remember how long. Our walk was punctuated with encounters with animals, from Highland cattle who seemed to have strayed south, to llamas whose forebears were definitely immigrants, via horses and – of course, since it’s now officially spring -newborn lambs.
Monday Portrait.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Viewing your post, three words jump to my mind:
Love
LOVE
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Ah, indeed!
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Lovely gaggle of portraits Margaret 😀
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I hope so.
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awwww lovely faces in the spring sunshine. Think the latter is going to be a rare sight this spring
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Indeed. back to the rain today.
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oh no 😦 we had it early morning but so far having a break from it today. A bitterly cold wind though out there, and the next band of rain due tomorrow. When will it stop?!
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😦
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Llamas do seem to have become very popular. There’s something endearingly ridiculous about them.
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Oh dear, I seem to be the kill-joy finding them rather snooty and a bit too aware of their own – alleged -importance.
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So joyful. Especially as I sit here, looking at the rain…
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Thank goodness we walked yesterday. Chucking it down today. As usual.
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All of them are beautiful! we have lamas living down the road from us. They are adorable!
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They always seem a bit stand-off-ish to me. Perhaps we’ve never properly got acquainted.
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But they have such cute faces!
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True!
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All of these are charming
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Quite a springtime-ish post, I hope.
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Absolutely Margaret
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All are lovely but the lambs steal the show!
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Of course! Not too many lambs in Ealing, I’m guessing …
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Haha, no 😄
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What a fancy hairdo on that cow! Puts the horse and the sheep to shame. Of course a llama’s too stuck up to admit it.
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Exactly, my sentiments exactly. I gather the bovine hairdo is about keeping flies at bay.
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Beautiful, evocative portraits, Margaret
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Ah thanks. They were welcome walking companions.
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Thanks for the joyful Spring images, Margaret!
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It was indeed a joyful walk. Full of spring promise.
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Looks like it was an absolute delight to experience the outdoors when it’s not pouring down!
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This was with a couple of friends I haven’t walked with for ages. We couldn’t believe our luck. No mud to speak of either. Back to normal today. Rain.
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What a varied display of animals! I loved it, especially the little lamb.
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Nobody can resist the charm of a lamb. But they grow up too quickly (a bit like human babies…)
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We share the world with amazing creatures. A happy photo collection that celebrates the coming of spring.
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We thought spring had arrived yesterday. But it’s back to business as usual and rain today.
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Same here on my side of the world!!!!
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😦
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No sheep around here this year. I miss the lambs 🐑🐑🐑
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Is this a first? And if so, why?
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No idea. Not many cattle either.
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That horse portrait is just perfect!
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The horse thinks so.
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What beautiful encounters on a rain free spring day.
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They brightened up and already delightful walk.
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Quite a variety of animals! I love the llamas, they look a bit out of place in the UK. Even the highland cattle look a bit exotic – I assume the species is of Scottish origin?
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The Highland cattle are indeed from Scotland, but an increasingly common sight. As for llamas and alpacas … they seem to be in every other field these days. Who knows why?
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I quite like llamas in the UK, but it reminds me of the book Otherlands which discusses how influential we humans are on life on earth. The human species + all the animals we keep as pets / food sources / entertainment, now make up a high percentage of life on earth. Which is a bit sad.
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Otherlands is such an interesting book, isn’t it? Yes, I found that a dispiriting fact too.
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Very interesting book. Would have liked some illustrations ;-). It has led me to watch quite a few Youtube videos covering the different eras. I remember, you are not fond of Youtube, but there is great educational material to be found.
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You’re right. I should investigate.
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So lovely Margaret.
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It was. Now we’re back to Gloom As Usual.
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🤔
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Lovely. A bit of a stretch, but somehow the ewe had me in mind of 1960s models in short bohemian fleece coats showing off their bony knees!
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I know what you mean!
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Great animal shots. They each have strong personalities that you’ve captured.
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Alpacas certainly have insistent personalities 😉
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