Around the Farm

Walked around the farm a bit today. The land is amazing– yellow/gold grasses and tussocks, rolling hills and snow-capped mountains, and loads of sheep. They are a bit skittish (which I think is a good thing) so it is difficult to photograph them, but I snuck up on some late in the day.

I walked for four hours, or so, over hill and dale. When I decided to come back, I thought dropping down into a valley and following a stream home would be a good idea. It wasn't bad, but the ground was too wet to walk along the creek. As I made my way back up a hill, my foot and calf sunk into some soft earth. It was high ground for the rest of the walk home.

I relaxed in the grass as the sun sunk low and listened to the sounds. Wind rustling the tussocks, the occasional distant bleat, some bird calls, and the silence of the country.