100 Happy Days: Week Three
I'm so excited about our mule! :D Ha, sorry, I will stop talking about him soon. ...Until he arrives, anyway. Omg I hope we can persuade him to load!
Having something as smart, loyal and long-lived as a mule is going to be a challenge and a huge responsibility; in fact I feel like it's almost akin to parenthood, only better because we can leave him in a field overnight ... and he won't cost anywhere near as much. I've also been hearing that, once you gain a mule's trust, they will stick with you through thick and thin - and, unlike a horse, are capable of actually loving you (rather than just seeing you as a food provider)! Oh no - what if the mule loves Ben more than me? D: What if, because Ben is the one training him, he loves Ben and doesn't want to be my riding mule?! Noooooooooooo!
...Oki, sorry, calming down now. Here are some happy moment photos from week three of my challenge. :)
26th March: Ben and Iris came to meet me from work this afternoon, and we went home the long way round (a little over 6 miles). A joint celebration of me no longer working 7 day weeks and Ben getting a new job.
27th March: A pretty blue haze over the distant hills. I still love seeing hills on a daily basis! I was also pleased with the capability of my camera's extreme zoom, because I was actually stood next to the A3 motorway when I took this. :P
28th March: A fantastic night in Reading, watching The Patient Wild (glenatron's band - he's the guitarist on the left) play their first gig of 2014!
29th March: Going through last night's photos the next day and being pleased to discover that they weren't all terrible. I cropped one or two (like this one), but I didn't have to do any other form of editing.
30th March: My glow-in-the-dark Derpy who stands on my bedside table. I love stuff that glows...
31st March: I was happy to be living in such a pretty village, and I was also happy because there was *almost* elf-light on the way home.
1st April: Lovely atmospheric ride on the fabulous Count Otto this morning. It was surprisingly warm, and as we rode past the hammer pond the combination of humidity, running water from the weir and a very weird bird calling (I think someone's parrot had escaped?!) reminded me strongly of exploring the temperate rainforests in Australia!
I've been having trouble with FB pixelating some of my photos, so I've linked these from my Flickr account; but do they still look kinda fuzzy and out of focus to you? :s Some of them do for me. Argh!
Having something as smart, loyal and long-lived as a mule is going to be a challenge and a huge responsibility; in fact I feel like it's almost akin to parenthood, only better because we can leave him in a field overnight ... and he won't cost anywhere near as much. I've also been hearing that, once you gain a mule's trust, they will stick with you through thick and thin - and, unlike a horse, are capable of actually loving you (rather than just seeing you as a food provider)! Oh no - what if the mule loves Ben more than me? D: What if, because Ben is the one training him, he loves Ben and doesn't want to be my riding mule?! Noooooooooooo!
...Oki, sorry, calming down now. Here are some happy moment photos from week three of my challenge. :)
26th March: Ben and Iris came to meet me from work this afternoon, and we went home the long way round (a little over 6 miles). A joint celebration of me no longer working 7 day weeks and Ben getting a new job.
27th March: A pretty blue haze over the distant hills. I still love seeing hills on a daily basis! I was also pleased with the capability of my camera's extreme zoom, because I was actually stood next to the A3 motorway when I took this. :P
28th March: A fantastic night in Reading, watching The Patient Wild (glenatron's band - he's the guitarist on the left) play their first gig of 2014!
29th March: Going through last night's photos the next day and being pleased to discover that they weren't all terrible. I cropped one or two (like this one), but I didn't have to do any other form of editing.
30th March: My glow-in-the-dark Derpy who stands on my bedside table. I love stuff that glows...
31st March: I was happy to be living in such a pretty village, and I was also happy because there was *almost* elf-light on the way home.
1st April: Lovely atmospheric ride on the fabulous Count Otto this morning. It was surprisingly warm, and as we rode past the hammer pond the combination of humidity, running water from the weir and a very weird bird calling (I think someone's parrot had escaped?!) reminded me strongly of exploring the temperate rainforests in Australia!
I've been having trouble with FB pixelating some of my photos, so I've linked these from my Flickr account; but do they still look kinda fuzzy and out of focus to you? :s Some of them do for me. Argh!