tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post7771774383260627011..comments2024-03-21T19:13:52.584-04:00Comments on Northview Diary: Chasing, Not Amy, Nor Rainbowsthreecolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-70606701186704002672011-01-07T06:51:28.029-05:002011-01-07T06:51:28.029-05:00June, you are right that it is a great life. I thi...June, you are right that it is a great life. I think most farmers are passionate enough about what they do to forgo much of the upside of civilized life just to do it. The worst of the challenges are financial and regulatory. Weather, animal health, and things life that, are hard to deal with but natural and a part of life's cycle. <br /><br />Joated, it was so frustrating. It won't kill me to go without a meal or two but I was SO hungry. We had a really busy morning, I didn't get to eat and I wanted that breakfast so bad....guess the cats did too. lol, and thanks on Liz's behalf.<br /><br />CTG, thanks, I was lucky to be able to fool them into going back up the hill and before the milk truck came flying up it at that.<br /><br />LInda, thanks on Liz's behalf. she has been studying a long time. Aren't cows something? I was so lucky to be able to get below them on the other side of the fence so they thought I was behind them, but I could still hold the gate.<br /><br />Lisa, thanks on Liz's behalf. Darned cows know when they have your number too. lol<br /><br />Linda, she is very happy, thanks. Yeah, bulls are much worse. These were just heifers that thought they were on spring break.<br /><br />Cathy, it is and it takes some of the sting of short-term starvation out of the equation to be able to share it with my blog friends. lol I sure was ticked off at those heifers though. And I couldn't really even read my book in peace while I watched them. Every time I sat down in the nice warm car they tried to make another break for it. I can read standing up in the snow but....threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-75053059426273669672011-01-06T20:40:57.205-05:002011-01-06T20:40:57.205-05:00"I watched the barn cats from afar while they..."I watched the barn cats from afar while they ate my breakfast, and listened to my stomach singing four part harmony as if I was a cow."<br /><br />I know I should feel guilty smiling broadly at your missed breakfast, but doggone it - your fault. Ya can't read this and not smile. <br /><br />What a rich, unpredictable and therefore - wonderful life.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-51074642704334300182011-01-06T18:57:02.751-05:002011-01-06T18:57:02.751-05:00Yah LIZ!! Way to go girl! Cows.......what can I ...Yah LIZ!! Way to go girl! Cows.......what can I say....bulls are worse?Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183448760614051130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-62675170244643209422011-01-06T15:17:19.944-05:002011-01-06T15:17:19.944-05:00Congrats to Liz! Cows very hard to control as the...Congrats to Liz! Cows very hard to control as they are so much bigger than we are!lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998455958377639450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-86864420065795596692011-01-06T11:04:11.683-05:002011-01-06T11:04:11.683-05:00GOOD JOB! LIZ! Those tests are hard...not a snap ...GOOD JOB! LIZ! Those tests are hard...not a snap and you passed! YEAH!<br /><br />Cows! They are NOT dumb, no matter what most people think. They are so smart it gets them in trouble every time! Just like all middle school teenagers! <br /><br />AND they DO know where the gate is (or where it was they got out from) and just to play you the fool---they are NOT going back in that way if they have to die frist!<br /><br />Grrrrr<br /><br />Linda<br />http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com <br />http://deltacountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/DayPhotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241862779620972216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-7381296722623319432011-01-06T10:04:11.424-05:002011-01-06T10:04:11.424-05:00Good job keeping those girls in line, especially w...Good job keeping those girls in line, especially with an empty stomach!CTG Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197220733923195680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-5203009207093699172011-01-06T08:36:05.496-05:002011-01-06T08:36:05.496-05:00Oh...and GOOD for Liz!Oh...and GOOD for Liz!joatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415726428637484056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-15476159542266797382011-01-06T08:35:20.594-05:002011-01-06T08:35:20.594-05:00Never a dull momment, hey?
Sorry, but you had me ...Never a dull momment, hey?<br /><br />Sorry, but you had me LOL with this: "I watched the barn cats from afar while they ate my breakfast, and listened to my stomach singing four part harmony as if I was a cow, until almost two."<br /><br />Lovely writing!joatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415726428637484056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-16552638206515555582011-01-06T06:57:14.920-05:002011-01-06T06:57:14.920-05:00"...got in front of them to get them past the..."...got in front of them to get them past the car, while making them think I was behind them too..."<br />You're a magician. It's the only conclusion, knowing as we do how crafty your cows are.<br /><br />I know farming is tough, a hard life. <br />But oh, how I envy your being able to be out in the daylight every day, sunny or not, instead of shut up behind walls...Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.com