Giddyup

A couple of weekends ago, Sean and I felt like being around animals, and since we were unmotivated to go downtown to check out the aquarium, we decided to drive down to Southlands to visit the horses.

And in hindsight, it’s a good thing we headed down there. For unbeknownst to us, there was a county fair happening. As it was close to the end of the day, we weren’t charged admission to see our farm animal friends.

There were horses, little pony rides for kids and dozens of little sheeps and goats. For animal lovers such as Sean and myself, this Sunday outing was just what we needed.

Especially cute were the little ewes who would bleet most uproariously when being chased by their human minders.

Minding the herd or minding the humans?

It was too adorable and my favourite thing at the county fair. I don’t know who was putting on more the show for us: the humans who tried unsuccessfully to corral the flock or the goats who wanted to stay out just a wee bit longer.

Unfortunately by the time we got to the fair, the petting zoo portion was being dismantled and so we didn’t get to go in the pen to pet the sheep. I see another visit to Maplewood Farms in the near future for our sheep fix.

We left the fair at closing time and drove around Southlands to say hi to the horses. Instead, we ended up spending a few minutes with a really friendly donkey. (the horse paid us no mind. Neither did their owners) That’s okay with us, we’re giddy(up) with whatever animals that may feel like getting in some human time.

View more photos of the Southlands fair on my Flickr album.