Motherly Love

Toward the end of the walk whilst out on Painscastle Hill with a local Ramblers group, we came across a herd of wild(?) well, not-so-wild, ponies who decided my camera and I were quite interesting. I hung out with them for awhile, enjoying the sight of this mother and foal, the fresh spring air and the earthy colors of this lovely hill near a placed called "Ireland." The rest of the group went on to the cars, but I hung back and spent an hour or more in the very pleasant company of these two and a dozen other ponies.