Dogs and Cows

One of the things a person gets used to as a dog owner is the types of barks their dogs have. Like a baby has several types of crys, so a dog has several types of barks. There are the "Hey, you're a new creature", "Want out", "Want in", "Pet me", and "Daddy, get your gun a stranger is here." At least those are the ones my dogs use.



Well today my dogs barked the first. It's a curious bark, they wern't sure if the creature was dangerous. Cameron ran back and forth from me to the sliding glass door. The classic, "You've got to come take a look" plea. What I saw stunned me.



Bovines. A large cow and her almost grown son just on the other side of our fence. Not a hundred feet from the back of the house. I've seen deer, skunks, chipmunks, groundhogs, and wild turkeys, but this was a total first on our property.


I ran to a nearby Mennenite farm to ask what to do. They came over almost immediately to help corral and identify the owner of the animals. Unfirtunately, while I was gone the cow and her calf moved on. Well, now I have his number and will call him should I see the pair again.


I'm glad I got pictures. :) The kids will love it.

loitering

I've written my feelings before about time wasters so I won't waste time doing it now. This poem spoke to me, and so I'll share. :)

Lose this day loitering, twill be the same story
Tomorrow, and the rest more dilatory;
Thus indecision brings its own delays
And days are lost lamenting over days.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Courage has genius, power and magic in it;
Only engage and then the mind grows heated.
Begin it and the work will be completed.

Johann Von Goethe