Having a staredown with Mother Sheep…
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Sheep were among the first animals domesticated by our ancestors, and so they’ve come to represent a legacy. We could patter on and on about ten thousand years of good grazing, of lambing season, of little hooves on rocky hills, of clever dogs employed to mind the herds. There’s much to be said about industry, longevity, and tradition.
But there’s so much more in a single image than we could ever manage to explain. In this photo you might find yourself transported, as I did, to this gentle swell of pasture in Iceland. I love the sweet faces and the texture of all that fur, the way it almost blends into the very grasses. I love knowing that sheep have kept a friendly eye on passing strangers for generations on end, and that we can count on them to keep on. I love the way a cultivated species can still belong to the land, when all is said and done, and it to them.
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