It was going to be a day for serious work.
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| Oodles of doodles |
I estimated it would only take a couple of hours, and then
I’d have the rest of the day to polish off another chapter of my novel.
Easy-peasy!
I set out my drawing materials and realized something was
missing. Tea. I needed tea.
On my way back from the kitchen, I happened to glance out of
the window – and instantly forgot all my good intentions.
The field opposite our house had just been harvested and
there in the middle of it, sitting up in full view, was this beautiful hare.
(If you’ve seen my other blog you’ll know that one of my ambitions is to get a good photo of a hare. I’m lucky enough to live in an area where hares are fairly common, but I usually only catch quick glimpses of them running away into the distance.)
I grabbed my camera and took some shots through the window.
To my surprise and delight the hare didn’t move, so I went outside to see if I
could get a bit closer. With those big eyes and huge ears, I was sure it had
noticed me, but it didn’t seem too concerned. It was definitely looking and
listening very intently at something though.
It began to move. A few steps this way, stop, turn, a short
run that way, pause … A great photo opportunity for me, but what was it up to?
I lowered the camera and saw the bigger picture. Its wanderings weren’t as
aimless as they appeared. It was carefully zigzagging across the field, ready
to run away at the first hint of danger, but gradually getting closer and
closer to the allotments.
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| A quick dash |
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| Stop, look and listen. |
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| Sneak in here |
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| Now, what's for lunch? |
When I came back indoors, my tea was stone cold. Never mind,
it was coffee time by then. So I made some coffee and then uploaded my photos onto the
computer. I couldn’t wait to see what they were like. (There's one that I'm very pleased about, but I’m not posting it here in case I can use it somewhere else!)
Right, what was I supposed to be doing? Ah, yes, back to the
drawing board. Elephants. I had to think about elephants … but while my mind
was deciding which would look best, curly elephants or shaggy elephants, my
hand was sketching hares.
