Sheep and Titulcia May 16, 2013

Posted by cantueso in photography.
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The shepherd is from North Africa; this is hard work; have to milk them one by one.

There are almond trees and genista. Last year’s thistles are still taller than the almond trees.

On the right, in the sky, there are some white lines. Those are not clouds, but  contrails. This is south of Madrid, and in the vicinity there are two or three airports.

Titulcia is on that ridge. Below is the Jarama river.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Jarama_Titulcia.jpg bajo la licencia CC Genérica de Atribución/Compartir-Igual 2.5.
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Look how neat the shepherd and his sheep, when none tries to buck the line.

The sheep seem to understand the idea of a road and that you should not step on freshly ploughed ground!

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Added later:

It isn’t as I thought. The sheep do not keep to the road. They follow the shepherd, but if that shepherd is new to his job, look what happens:

He has to go after them!

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