You can't go to the Scottish Highlands and Islands without getting a photo of some Highland Cows. Correctly pronounced as heelund coos. These ones are content in Mull. I was lucky enough to come across these lovely girls when the farmer was checking on them. He invited me into the paddock, so I was able … Continue reading Photo of the Week 28
Category: animals
Photo of the Week 13
A weekly photo challenge by the photographer behind Old Chook Enterprises.
Digging for Dinosaurs.
Fifteen long hours of bright sunshine makes sleep a problem. Six hours of darkness is not enough to recover from the day’s hard labour but you press on. The heavy pick is replaced by a small hand pick and then a soft brush and dental pick. Your tiny little pick hits something that “tinks” when the metal hits it. You’ve found it! You’ve found the rib of a triceratops. More digging, slowly, slowly with painstaking tedium you brush away more dirt. Wait! Stop! Is that the vertebrae? YES! The joy punctures the eerie mood. You are the only human who has even seen this bone.