On recent socially-distanced, local, lockdown walks, I have got to know a few inhabitants of our village I’ve never spoken to at length before.

Yesterday, down the lane, I had a “chat” with these two calves. I conversed in my language and they replied in theirs!

I won’t tell you who got the last word, but it was “MOO”.

It’s always good to see the donkey family. The baby, born earlier this year, is called Boris. This is his older sibling whose name I have forgotten:

I do meet humans too, but generally I don’t photograph them. And anyway, under current restrictions, we can’t get “CLOSE UP”.

This post was inspired by Cee, whose Black & White Challenge this week is: CLOSE UPS.

Images ©HelenBushe.

Taken with iPhone 8Plus and edited on iPad using Lightroom.