Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Falling Forward

It's spring on ranches all over the Northern Hemisphere. The snow is melting, the water is finally flowing, the ranchers are running for their lives while trying to put ear-tags on newly born calves which makes them beller and sends their moms into a panic.

Yes? What's that? Oh, "Beller"? It's the sound a cow/calf/steer/bull makes.

Not "Moo". Beller.

BELL - er

The calves are SO cute and tiny and fun to watch playing in the fields. I totally forgot how fun spring is around here. Of course, there are the sad stories of calves or cows who've died already. That's so sad to hear about. One cow laid down with her head on a downhill, and gravity worked against her and the calf and they both died. So sad.

I guess that's life on the ranch, though.

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