I am not a number, I am a free cow

After a cameo walk on role in Sunday's blip, the black Highland cow is centre stage today. The small herd is back on the limestone grasslands below the Knott.

In Sunday's blip, I included a link to this photo of a heavily pregnant ewe in the snow. The slowness of our old computer put me off posting anything more than just very occasional photos on Flickr. I was surprised to find the ewe shot was getting rather a lot of views. Eventually I realised it had been posted on the Explore page, and was being seen by more than my handful of contacts. Then this morning I had a notification to tell me it had been been selected for addition to the Best Ever Photos Group and the Your Best Animal Photos Group. I'm chuffed.

And yesterday I had an email to tell me that I will be one of four photographers to be part of an exhibition of wildlife photos in Arnside in May. I'm more chuffed.