Sunday Stills #Animal of the Month:  Barnyard Baby Boom

…the calf was beginning to lose patience with me because when its head was forced out by the cow’s contractions we were eye to eye and I fancied the little creature was giving me a disgusted “For heaven’s sake get on with it” look.²

Not having been to a zoo…

Are you surprised they’re not all cows?

Thanks to Terri for a really lovely Sunday Stills challenge.  This was fun!  I hope my post falls into the “better late than never” category!

Please take a minute to visit Terri’s site — her images and narrative are both superb — you’ll be glad you did, promise:

Sunday Stills #Animal of the Month: Old MacDonald Had a Zoo(?)

’Til next time, y’all…

Little Lamb who made thee       
Dost thou know who made thee…
Gave thee clothing of delight, 
Softest clothing woolly bright; 
Gave thee such a tender voice, 
Making all the vales rejoice…      
Little Lamb God bless thee.¹

¹William Blake from his poem “The Lamb” — page 79 in his anthology “Collected Poems of William Blake”.  Full text below.
²English country veterinarian James Herriot, from his semi-autobiographical memoir, “All Things Bright and Beautiful”.

The Lamb

Little Lamb who made thee
Dost thou know who made thee 
Gave thee life & bid thee fee. 
By the stream & o’er the mead; 
Gave thee clothing of delight, 
Softest clothing woolly bright; 
Gave thee such a tender voice, 
Making all the vales rejoice:       
Little Lamb who made thee       
Dost thou know who made thee

Little Lamb I’ll tell thee,
Little Lamb I’ll tell thee:
He is called by thy name, 
For he calls himself a Lamb: 
He is meek & he is mild, 
He became a little child: 
I a child & thou a lamb, 
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb God bless thee.
Little Lamb God bless thee.