Here we see the gate of the new enclosure, or half of it at any rate. The support posts are sunk a few feet into the ground and set in concrete. They are really going nowhere. The gate itself came with this nice galvanised mesh which should resist the elements well. One can see in this picture the young trees and some of the brush (including much scotch broom) which the sheep will be able to attack when hunger strikes.
The sheep have realised the true cynical nature of their captors, and Jojo and Double Nickel are conspiring to confront and defeat the forces of oppression. It is also possible that they hoped that the photographer would feed them carrots or sweet feed.
Nobody knows the trouble they've seen. Nobody except the wicked, uncaring farmers, and the geese, who are bullies anyway. If the fence looks a little skew, that is because it is, if only slightly, to deal with some unevenness at ground level. It is not as tight as a drum, but has a little give. It is still clipped firmly to each post, so it will not pull loose at any given point.
This image has nothing whatever to do with the desperate plight of the sheep, but much to do with the nimbleness of the rodential extermination team. There are very few places where vermin could hope to escape their razor-sharp claws of feline death, and they survey their domain from on high, waiting for the weak and foolish to stray into their clutches.
Here we see the gate of the new enclosure, or half of it at any rate. The support posts are sunk a few feet into the ground and set in concrete. They are really going nowhere. The gate itself came with this nice galvanised mesh which should resist the elements well. One can see in this picture the young trees and some of the brush (including much scotch broom) which the sheep will be able to attack when hunger strikes.
The sheep have realised the true cynical nature of their captors, and Jojo and Double Nickel are conspiring to confront and defeat the forces of oppression. It is also possible that they hoped that the photographer would feed them carrots or sweet feed.
Nobody knows the trouble they've seen. Nobody except the wicked, uncaring farmers, and the geese, who are bullies anyway. If the fence looks a little skew, that is because it is, if only slightly, to deal with some unevenness at ground level. It is not as tight as a drum, but has a little give. It is still clipped firmly to each post, so it will not pull loose at any given point.
This image has nothing whatever to do with the desperate plight of the sheep, but much to do with the nimbleness of the rodential extermination team. There are very few places where vermin could hope to escape their razor-sharp claws of feline death, and they survey their domain from on high, waiting for the weak and foolish to stray into their clutches.
No comments:
Post a Comment