ferns

I love the way that these ferns remind me of fossilised ammonites when they are at this stage

The donkeys had their annual visit from the equine dentist this afternoon. Not my favourite event of the year, the sight of them with gag in their mouths and the noise of their teeth being rasped makes me shudder.

They each behaved exactly as I would have predicted with Joey Boy and Lilly just standing their resigned to their fate, Jack making a bit of a half-hearted show of resistance and Angus being a bit of a sod. He is definitely a little donk with a lot of attitude at times.

Here is a link to a shot of Lilly undergoing the torture last year

http://365project.org/jantan/365/2012-02-11

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

Very clever - I love the focus!

[Arthur Loosley]

Lovely shot. They always remind me of violins and I can hear the music welcoming Spring!

[dh (delena)]

Lovely spirals and perfect dof. Fav.

[Padlock]

Good shot you are right they do look like fossils. Carry on with the donkey descriptions they are great

[Corrie]

Nice DoF

[Julie]

One word... WOW

[Maggiemae]

They do uncurl so rapidly, though - the Koru of NZ! Good to get that visit finished with the donks!

[Chris Nowell]

Good macro

[Janelle]

Excellent macro shot!

[Marie]

what gorgeous fern fronds. Lovely macro shot Jan!

[inertia]

such intricate details and the colours are awesome.. donkeys dentist visit.. I would like to see thah on my calendar.. have a great week end..

[Judith Greenwood]

Lovely textures in your bracken. You don't make Angus wear that for the dentist do you? He might not be getting on with his art but still.... ;0)

[❀ Lynn]

These are beautiful...we call them fiddleheads. Love your focus and dof...fav

[elkehochban]

Beautiful macro shot!

[Katie Busick]

Fiddleheads! Great shot.

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

Superb

[Tracy]

Great shot.

[Rachel Withey]

Love this. The DOF is perfect

[Dandolo]

Lovely dof. They always look like ball-bearings to me. :-)

[JH]

Feathery fronds. Always made me think of dragons as a kid. 'Spose for the same bony, coiled, archaic sort of look that triggers your fossil.

Poor donks. I feel their pain. Randomly enough I had human-dentist the same day.

[Michelle]

Very cool shot. I dread equine dentist visits, but the horses don't seem to mind it. I have a mini donk that I expect to revolt the first time she is done.

[Jan Hall]

@ridley Yep, the small ones are always the worst

[Lisa Pouncy]

They remind me of little curled up caterpillars. Wonderful close up xx

[bernadette mcelligott]

this is so loverly, I have ferns in my yard and never really looked at them, but I will now, poor donkeys, but it has to done I suppose.

[Myrna O'Hara]

These look like the kind of ferns my daughter gathers to put on pizza in the spring, they call them fiddleheads and they are great fried up too.

[Jan Hall]

@sailingmusic Wow, I have never heard of anybody eating ferns before. I guess you would have to be really careful to get the right ones because I know that bracken is really poisonous.

[PasadenaRose]

Fabulous! I love the DOF and composition.

[PasadenaRose]

Aw, I looked at the link to last year's donkey torture. Poor sweet little things. That sounds SO unpleasant for the cute donks. And that Torture Device! They must have nightmares and flashbacks for months afterwards. :-0
I hope they got nice treats when it was all over.