The sheep have a watch donkey to protect them from coyotes and other predators. Her name starts with an S but I'm not sure what it is-- something like Saladin. Today J and I went out to the sheep field by the old white barn at sunset. He was trying to catch a sunset but things weren't working out. We ended up in the drive leading up to the white barn, and while J tried to frame a shot of the sunset with the barn in the foreground I drew S the guard donkey, who was standing mournfully near the fence while the sheep gathered around the feeding thing.
Every now and then S would let out a shriek and then sink back into lugubriousness. This donkey has sad eyes and a sweet but Eeyorish manner.
We gave up as it got dark. Then after dinner we went out in the complete dark to the high meadow behind our house. There J got some good night sky shots, one of which you can see
here along with one of the white barn and sunset and S. J is very excited tonight as he just found out he's going to be in Switzerland for his junior year of high school!
We researched Switzerland for a while; then I drew another charlotte, this time in the hyacinth and daffodil pot that arrived last week.
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