Thursday, September 29, 2011

Because I wouldn't want you to worry...

Many of you expressed your concern yesterday about the mad cow and whether she made it back to her herd.
I am pleased to report that she did. Smooch and I ran into her later that day on our walk. She had joined up with a gang of five north of our fenceline. Usually I can't tell one black angus from another, but this one's mud splatters were unmistakable. How a cow can get so muddy in the middle of the desert where it hasn't rained for weeks remains to be seen.

I will leave you with one more picture from the mad cow photo shoot which didn't fit into yesterday's story. Alan is being a total goober but the light and the mountains are so beautiful, I can't bring myself to throw it away. But I can't think of a caption for it either. I'll leave that to you.

24 comments:

  1. I love his goober shots! They always make me chuckle.

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  2. Well, I'm glad she made it back to her herd. I'm too sleepy this morning to think of a caption, however! The coffee is on the stove...yawn...it's been a LONG week!

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  3. My first thought for the photo caption was "Oh, RUSTY!" from the Seinfeld episode where Kramer fed a carriage horse a huge can of Beano Baked Beans and then tried to take George's future parents-in-law on a carriage ride to make brownie points. The horse "toots" fro the beans made everyone sick and the carriage ride ended early.

    I guess you had to watch it, but it tickled my funny bone!

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  4. Marco??


    POLO!!!!!!!

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  5. Estella from Co.9/29/11, 6:27 AM

    I was going to ask about the cow and how she got sooo muddy this time of year and the other cows actually looked pretty good????? There must be a mud hole out there some where (just for her). Alan was probably letting her know that she was pretty nasty smelling. Hugs to the kids

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  6. He is singing...
    "Climb every mooooountainnnnnnn......" ;-)

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  7. Glad she found her way back and didn't plow through your fence in her dismay.

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  8. I think he might be belting out "You Are My Sunshine." :)

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  9. I just spent my vacation on a cattle ranch in Montana and I am almost 100% sure that her "mud splatters" were indeed, sh*t splatters.

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  10. I'd caption that one: Mom, George farted.

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  11. The picture ... LOL My first thought is the same as C in WI ... looks like someone farted! I recall that episode of Seinfeld and Rusty the bean-tootin'-carriage horse! LOL

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  12. Caption:

    Alan, the seeing eye donkey, warns George of the upcoming fence...

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  13. How come Alan doesn't have a fly mask? Is it because he keeps losing them? Silly Alan. :)

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  14. "Alan being a Goober" sounds like a good title to me! He is his own "man" :)

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  15. "Mom! That nasty, scary cow is LOOKING at us!!!"

    Nancy in Iowa

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  16. Alan: seriously, George, could you not have waited until I moved away from this end? And what is mom feeding you???

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  17. Alan is saying "Peeeeyyoooo! George I don't think that 'mud' is mud if you know what I mean"

    And that's my thought too. You said you didn't know how she could be so muddy. I'm thinking its more manure than mud.

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  18. I think he's suntanning his teeth.

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  19. "have you heard my mad cow impersonation? Mooooo!"

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  20. Glad she made it. Great shot too :)

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