We’d been visiting the old dairy barn and just as we were leaving the farm workers were bringing in the cows from the field to the barn. This brought back memories. My paternal grandmother owned a farm and when I was young (and before she sold the land for development) I remember her doing exactly the same thing.

It also solved a bit of a mystery. A while back I took a picture at Muscoot of some chains attached to wooden posts (see: Chains). At the time I didn’t know what their purpose was. Now I do. The’re used to make a corridor for the cows to pass through on their way into the barn.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.

The chicken house at Muscoot spreads over two levels. There’s an upper level interior portion, which connections via a ramp to a lower level exterior part.

For the most part the animals a Muscoot are nice, but fairly ordinary. The chicken are, however, quite spectacular.

When we arrived the one below was prancing around all alone on the outside. A still picture doesn’t really do justice to his antics.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.

For some reason the kids were very keen to have a picture with this cow. So I took one, and then this one of the cow alone.

I like the way that he/she is looking my direction. The mouth is open and it seems as if he/she is saying something to me (shades of Mr. Ed. and yes I know that Mr. Ed was a horse and not a cow).

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.

As we approached two of these animals came charging down from the field to eat. There was some discussion between our two grandkids regarding whether this was a horse of a donkey. The consensus was that it was a donkey.

I liked the way that this one finally settled into standing in a corner. It almost looks as if he/she is posing.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.

Often when I’m taking pictures of animals they turn away from me making it my only option to take pictures of their backsides. These two did that too, but I was able to wait them out – until one of them turned its head to look in my direction.

The animals above are clearly sheep, but at first I though those in the picture below were goats. On further consideration, however, I concluded that although the heads were a little ‘goat like” the bodies, and the wool seemed more like sheep.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.