Having seen how much calves are bringing, and because we have plenty of pasture and hay, and because it's raining money around here lately... I made the decision that we should buy a cow. Not a milk cow this time, though. I suggested to Cliff that we should perhaps go to a few auctions and look for a bargain.
Of course, that's a little "iffy". You don't know where the animals come from or what problems they might have.
So Cliff told his brother we might be looking for a cow, and he asked what sort of cow. Cliff relayed the question, and I said, "Something that's already bred."
Phil called back later and said he had a couple we could pick from.
The one in front kept looking at me as though saying, "Take me home, please." She's a heifer (in other words, has never had a calf), and was bred in December, so she would calve in September.
This one has had a calf, and would have had a second one by now, but Phil got rid of the bull too soon. She also was bred in December. She spent a few months on our property when she was being weaned, so she'd be familiar with our place if she has a good memory. Notice the young one in the background still looking at me as if saying, "Take me home with you!"
This one... still staring at me....
Or the older one.
Well, we chose the older one. She's bigger, she's proved herself as a mother, and she's visited here before. Meet Babe. She'll be coming home next Monday.
That's her on the left, back when she visited our place.
First of all, I want to thank my anonymous commenter for suggesting that I buy Dr. Scholl's shoes at Walmart. They are very comfortable shoes, and they only cost me $30 plus tax.
Please, anonymous commenters, give a first name when you leave a comment (like Karen, Pat, Lindie and others do), so I can get to know you. I realize many bloggers don't like to allow anonymous comments, but if you have the word verification in place, it won't get you a lot of spam; and it will allow you to make more Internet friends. Some of my favorite regular readers comment anonymously and simply sign a first name.
While I'm on the subject of blogs and bloggers, I do wish the people whose blogs I read would list an email address on their profiles; sometimes I'd like to say something to them that isn't appropriate to leave in a comment.
If you look over on the left side of this blog and scroll all the way down, just above my mother's picture you'll see "Rachel" and "Donna" listed as contributors. Rachel is my daughter; she's only listed so that in case I croak, she can get on my blog and tell you. I'm Donna; click on my name. On the left-hand side of my profile you will see "contact me" followed by my email address. This way, if you'll like to tell me something but don't want to comment publicly, you can do it. Just put something in the subject line so I'll know it's from a reader.
Here's an interesting item: The last entry I did here about the logging has been shared on Facebook eighteen times. I guess folks find the fact that we got paid for our logs an item of interest worth sharing!
Oh, here's something: Notice the picture at the top of my blog is smaller now? That's because Picasa, the site that hosts pictures for Blogger, says I've reached my limit for free pictures. However, I can use pictures smaller than a certain megapixel limit and they are allowed; hence the shrunken header picture. For five dollars per year, I could add bigger pictures, and Cliff says to do that... I owe it to "my people", he says. So far I'm balking because I already have a paid flickr account; Blogger should let me use that for my headers photos but it doesn't. I can use flickr for any pictures in my blog entries, though.
