A Little Glimpse

"There is no gilding of setting sun or glamour of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers wives."  Garland Hamlin

 

So it's been a while since I've posted about my daily happenings around the farm and Lord knows I'm always full of good stories about that place.  It is a never ending storybook really.  Some good stories, some comical, some dramatic, always something.

 

In fact, it was Monday today, start of the work week for normal people.  I obviously am not normal (never have been really now that I think about it?), and well with the way my day started all I could think was, "Yikes!  If this is any sign of how the rest of my day is gonna go, I'm in trouble!"

 

What happened you ask to make me think this?  Well, how about a big, old, poop-covered cow tail smacking you square across the face at 4:15 am?  Nothing like waking a person up, heh?  NOT NICE!  Honestly, that was the first time I've ever gotten caught off guard that bad.  I had to go to the milk house and wash my face off completely with warm water afterwards and I think there could've been some in my teeth?  Yuck!

 

Anyhoo, after that incident, the day did seem to take a better turn and so far so good.  Thank goodness!

 

So yeah, I thought today's post would be about showing you a little glimpse of my daily happenings around the farm.  In the past I've showed pictures but they don't capture the true essence of the animal's personalities and what I get to see every day and what makes me enjoy the job as much as I do.

 

So here are a few little glimpses into my "life as a farmer" and "farmer's wife".

 

This first little clip is to show you some of the baby calves I have to feed outside.  I only have five of them outside right now but they are soooo sweet so I had to include them.  So soft and cuddly with their little winter coats on.

 

 

 

 

How can you not love and want to take care of these little ones?  When my day isn't going so great, they do help to lighten my mood a bit by just being "them".

 

The next clip is of some more of the youngest babies we have at the farm.  Born just last Wednesday and Thursday so they aren't even a week old yet.

 

 

 

Can everybody say "Awwwwwww...."?

 

Now, enough of the little ones.  Let's meet some of the "big girls" on campus.  The cream of the crop!  The top dogs (hee hee top cows I mean).

 

These lovely ladies are the money makers at our farm and like I've said before, each and every one has a very distinct personality, just like humans.  Some of them I like a lot and some not so much.  Some like to be drama queens and some go through the daily routine practically unnoticed.

 

Funny stuff, heh?  When I watched this over for the first time I seriously cracked myself up.  Maybe you didn't find it as funny but sometimes I question my sanity.  Talking to cows?  I need to get out more.

 

And last but not least, here is a little introduction to some of my girlies inside the barn.  And yes, when doing my chores and feeding them hay or whatever else I do talk to them and call a lot of them by name.  They don't usually answer me but they do show interest.  That's more than my husband does sometimes :)  Us girls got to stick together!!!  I apologize for this clip as my battery died on my camera as I was recording so it cuts out kind of rudely.

With that I hope you enjoyed the little glimpse into "my world".  A lot different than most of you can imagine I'm sure.  I still say, I'd rather be shit on by cows at this job than shit on by people like at my last.

 

These girls don't do it intentionally at least and they DO appreciate me.  They love when I milk them, they love when I feed them and they may not show it by hugging me or sitting on my lap like a dog (that wouldn't be good?) but I know they do.

 

Have a great week!!!!