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Friday, August 10, 2012

THE BOVINE MUTINY

Yesterday I saw three double rainbows.  We had scattered thunder showers and they left us with arcs of beautiful color.  However the rainbows did not end at the dairy farm.  We don't have gold here.  We have cow and sheep poop.


Perhaps the pot of gold is just about 3 miles away from Love Tree Farm on another farm. Today I took an escape to nature and on my way back from hiking I took a route past cornfields and sunflowers.  Although my camera's LCD is grayed out the camera still functions.  I need to point, pray and press the button and hope I capture the image well.


I really needed a break.  Today was what we would call in Argentina UN QUILOMBO, a mess.  We had some BAD COWS.  Prior to bringing the big girls in from pasture to be milked I had a stray calf that needed to get back into her fenced area in the barn.  The tie off twine knot on the temp enclosure inside the barn was practically impossible to undo so I could open the side wide enough to slide her back in.  She is little for a cow but way too big for me to be tossing over a fence.  I found a screwdriver to help loosen the knot but it still took some time to loosen it up.  The two other calves in the neighboring enclosure started forcefully sucking my pant leg, sleeve and arm while I worked.  Meanwhile the un-penned calf was butting my tush with her head.  It was MUTINY in the barn.  They see me and think bottle feeding time.  Those little calves learned a few Spanish swear words today.  The big girls learned the rest of them.

We had such a time trying to get the milking cows herded back to their temporary fencing way off in another pasture.  They ignored us and made their way to the woods.  We were short handed today and headed in.  Eventually the cows ended up crossing the road and we nabbed them there but on unfriendly neighbor grounds.  All this before my second cup of coffee.  BAD COWS!  Geez.  I found myself craving STEAK for breakfast.  I decided a good hike would be less vindictive.  I drove to the river.





After about an hour and a half I needed to pee.  I thought about where this act might take place.  As you will see from the photos there isn't only goldenrod in these parts of the country there is also poison ivy.  Once again ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN.  No more than a minute after saying out loud "I need to pee," did I stumble upon a bathroom sign.  ARE YOU SERIOUS?  IN THE WOODS?  But of course.  I followed the path and found the toilet. Perfect.  I had to look to the sky and laugh out loud.



And on my way back I ignored my GPS and went straight, straight to what I think might have been the end of the rainbows yesterday.  What a beautiful sunflower field in full bloom.  It made me think, "I am getting close to being done with livestock adventures.  Maybe a vineyard would be a nice change."



Well I have to change back into my stinky farm clothes (and I mean stinky) and help out with chores.  Mary bought me some malbec and maybe tonight is the night to open and share it.  Just maybe......

So what is your DO NEWS?  I would love to hear about it as long as it has nothing to do with cows and sheep. :0)

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