"Sorry, but I'm just checking our mail and not feeding cows."
(Before finishing checking our mail, I had about a dozen calves expecting to be fed.)
9 years ago
Showing posts with label cow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cow. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Thursday, January 14, 2010
How Now, Number 722
You know I'm getting desperate for something to photograph when I start taking pictures of my neighbor's cows.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Journal: Wednesday, 6/17/09
Tuesday, 6/16/09:
Rain: A brief mid-morning shower dropped .2" of rain. Skies were mostly clear again by noon.
Waffles: Made a big patch of waffles for Jo. We freeze them and then she pops them in the toaster oven to warm for her breakfast.
Plate by Jo, waffle by me, fried egg by Jo and fresh blackberries courtesy of Mother Nature. And, how fresh were the blackberries? Jo picked them on her morning walk taken right before she fixed her breakfast.
Late Afternoon: A little mowing and working on reclaiming another garden bed from the weeds.
Weather: High = 85ºF/30ºC. Low = 68ºF/20ºC. Mostly clear except for that mid-morning thundershower. Surprisingly, the shower helped keep our temperature down a bit. Since it occurred so early in the day, I figured it would help create and afternoon steam bath, but that didn't happen.
Wednesday. 6/17/09:
Exciting Event of the Day: A cow ambled through the yard. Okay, I didn't really think the wandering bovine was all that exciting, but the dogs certainly did. A strange beast was in their yard and needed to be chased out, but Rusty and Bucket were trapped inside the house. (Thank goodness.) Much barking ensured, noisy but harmless.
The cow meandered up the road and about an hour later she returned. I think it was an all too typical case of a cow being smart enough to escape from a fenced pasture, but not being smart enough to find her way back inside when she suddenly remember she'd left a calf inside. Later, I heard the cow and calf bellowing back and forth. I think they were eventually reunited. Wheather they were both inside or outside the fence I do not know.
Hanging Baskets: Back in the early winter before life took a major turn toward the totally disrupted with January's major ice storm, Jo decided to make herself some pottery hanging backet planter pots. Now that she's finally gotten to the point of needing to fill and hang those planters, she encountered a problem. She'd intended to hang the pots using large loop swag lamp chain -- just open a loop, slip it through one of the holes in the pot's rim and reclose the loop. Simple, except she'd put a lip on the rim that was too wide. A loop of swag lamp chair would not close around it. The job of fabricating some type of hanger fell to me. I ended up making wire-type hangers like those that are commercially available. They're neither elegant nor creative, but get the job done. We decided the hanger in the photo was too long, so I made the next two shorter. That one can easily be shortened with a pair of side-cutters.
Mowing and Gardening: Barring inclement weather, those two activities are a permanent feature of my late afternoons.
Weather: High = 92ºF/33ºC. Low = 75ºF/24ºC. Mostly clear skies.
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Rain: A brief mid-morning shower dropped .2" of rain. Skies were mostly clear again by noon.
Waffles: Made a big patch of waffles for Jo. We freeze them and then she pops them in the toaster oven to warm for her breakfast.Plate by Jo, waffle by me, fried egg by Jo and fresh blackberries courtesy of Mother Nature. And, how fresh were the blackberries? Jo picked them on her morning walk taken right before she fixed her breakfast.
Late Afternoon: A little mowing and working on reclaiming another garden bed from the weeds.
Weather: High = 85ºF/30ºC. Low = 68ºF/20ºC. Mostly clear except for that mid-morning thundershower. Surprisingly, the shower helped keep our temperature down a bit. Since it occurred so early in the day, I figured it would help create and afternoon steam bath, but that didn't happen.
Wednesday. 6/17/09:
Exciting Event of the Day: A cow ambled through the yard. Okay, I didn't really think the wandering bovine was all that exciting, but the dogs certainly did. A strange beast was in their yard and needed to be chased out, but Rusty and Bucket were trapped inside the house. (Thank goodness.) Much barking ensured, noisy but harmless.
The cow meandered up the road and about an hour later she returned. I think it was an all too typical case of a cow being smart enough to escape from a fenced pasture, but not being smart enough to find her way back inside when she suddenly remember she'd left a calf inside. Later, I heard the cow and calf bellowing back and forth. I think they were eventually reunited. Wheather they were both inside or outside the fence I do not know.
Hanging Baskets: Back in the early winter before life took a major turn toward the totally disrupted with January's major ice storm, Jo decided to make herself some pottery hanging backet planter pots. Now that she's finally gotten to the point of needing to fill and hang those planters, she encountered a problem. She'd intended to hang the pots using large loop swag lamp chain -- just open a loop, slip it through one of the holes in the pot's rim and reclose the loop. Simple, except she'd put a lip on the rim that was too wide. A loop of swag lamp chair would not close around it. The job of fabricating some type of hanger fell to me. I ended up making wire-type hangers like those that are commercially available. They're neither elegant nor creative, but get the job done. We decided the hanger in the photo was too long, so I made the next two shorter. That one can easily be shortened with a pair of side-cutters.Mowing and Gardening: Barring inclement weather, those two activities are a permanent feature of my late afternoons.
Weather: High = 92ºF/33ºC. Low = 75ºF/24ºC. Mostly clear skies.
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Journal: Saturday, 12/20/08
► Not too bad here at the moment: Light south wind, clouds starting to build and 40ºF/4ºC @ 4:00 AM. Bedtime.
► Let the caffeine consumption begin. (Overcast, moderate south wind and 47ºF/8ºC @ 10:30 AM)
► Overcast and moderate south wind continue. Wood stove going to take the dampness out of the air. (53ºF/11ºC @ noon)
► The wind has shifted to the north
and is blowing briskly. Temperature is beginning to fall. Overcast skies remain. 47ºF/8ºC @ 3:00 PM.
► Back from walking the pasture/woods loop. We had a close encounter of the cow kind that got the dogs all upset. Nothing serious. She was just heading down a relatively narrow section of trail as we were going up -- probably didn't get within ten feet of her, but that's too close for the dogs to keep their cool. Both Rusty and Bucket were off their leashes at the time, but I saw the cow first and we were able to get them releashed before they noticed the cow. (37ºF/3ºC @ 4:30 PM)
► Skies clearing and the temperature is falling fast. Forecast temps revised downward. (27ºF/-2ºC @ 10:15 PM)
► Chilling down. 23ºF/-5ºC @ midnight. A northwest wind gusting to 30 mph/48 kph doesn't help with keeping warm.
► Weather Summary: High = 54ºF/12ºC. Low = 23ºF/-5ºC. Temperature @ midnight = 23ºF/-5ºC. Our skies were overcast all day. The wind shifted to the north and became gusty during the afternoon. Temperatures dropped slowly and steadily. Clearing occurred after dark permitting a rapid drop in temperature. According to NOAA we have a north wind blowing at 10-15 mph and gusting to 30 mph.
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► Let the caffeine consumption begin. (Overcast, moderate south wind and 47ºF/8ºC @ 10:30 AM)
► Overcast and moderate south wind continue. Wood stove going to take the dampness out of the air. (53ºF/11ºC @ noon)Sometimes it's amazing how quickly dogs can learn something you aren't even trying to teach them, something you don't even want them to know. We have two windows on the north side of our house: A small one in the bathroom and a full-sized window next to the kitchen table.
From the kitchen table window, one can see the garden, the gate at the end of the trail coming down from our upper pasture and the bird feeder (made by Jo) hanging just outside the window. Long ago the dogs learned to occasionally look out this window to see if there were any cows at the gate or deer in the garden. If critters were seen, the dogs barked. Rusty and Bucket don't care anything about the birds at the feeder or even -- surprisingly enough -- a squirrel in the bird feeder. Jo and I use this window for watching and, occasionally, photographing the birds and deer. We don't care anything about the cows unless they've gotten out and are in the yard.
Now Rusty and Bucket (especially Rusty) are learning that if Jo or I is looking out the kitchen table window, there may be something outside for them to bark at, so they rush over and look outside too. If they see critters at the gate or in the garden, they bark. Their barking will scare away deer in the garden and their rushing over will frighten birds at the feeder. If Jo or I were trying to take a photo, too bad. Our subject is gone. What's worse, the dogs are beginning to learn that one of us picking up the camera might mean that a barkable creature is outside and is reason enough to rush over to the window. Dogs!
► The wind has shifted to the north
and is blowing briskly. Temperature is beginning to fall. Overcast skies remain. 47ºF/8ºC @ 3:00 PM.► Back from walking the pasture/woods loop. We had a close encounter of the cow kind that got the dogs all upset. Nothing serious. She was just heading down a relatively narrow section of trail as we were going up -- probably didn't get within ten feet of her, but that's too close for the dogs to keep their cool. Both Rusty and Bucket were off their leashes at the time, but I saw the cow first and we were able to get them releashed before they noticed the cow. (37ºF/3ºC @ 4:30 PM)
► Skies clearing and the temperature is falling fast. Forecast temps revised downward. (27ºF/-2ºC @ 10:15 PM)
► Chilling down. 23ºF/-5ºC @ midnight. A northwest wind gusting to 30 mph/48 kph doesn't help with keeping warm.
► Weather Summary: High = 54ºF/12ºC. Low = 23ºF/-5ºC. Temperature @ midnight = 23ºF/-5ºC. Our skies were overcast all day. The wind shifted to the north and became gusty during the afternoon. Temperatures dropped slowly and steadily. Clearing occurred after dark permitting a rapid drop in temperature. According to NOAA we have a north wind blowing at 10-15 mph and gusting to 30 mph.
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