Wide Open Spaces

Earlier this summer, when I mowed most of the pastures, I left a wide swath of my main pasture unmowed in an effort to help out the ground nesting birds.  I am not sure it really helped any, I didn't see many birds out there, but, I tried.  Regardless, after the first week of July, the birds are finished nesting and I wanted to get the field mowed so that Ramsey and Emma could go out there without getting lost in the weeds.

This field is about 8 acres and when I let them out there earlier this week, I was expecting that Ramsey would take full advantage of the wide open spaces.  Foolish me, you'd think by now that I would stop expecting donkeys to do anything that I expect.  Fearless Ramsey proved to be a  bit intimidated by all the open, unfamiliar space and instead of galloping all over, he has been sticking close to mom.

After three or four days, he did start venturing out, but he still saves most of his gallops for my lawn.  It seems cramped and cluttered to my mind, but to a baby donkey, it is apparently the perfect playpen.  Who am I to argue?  I have no doubt that given a bit more time, Ramsey will have the bigger fields conquered as well. 

Emma at least, has been greatly enjoying being out and about again.

The only trouble is that she is now one of the few "obstacles" that Ramsey can find to run circles around.  Poor Emma.....