Little Ms Milkmaid, pt. 2: The Lick

I took the dogs to with me to go milking this past weekend. It wasn't their first time to see the cows. The introduction esd msfr a couple of weeks ago when I went wild blackberry picking. But everyone is still very much interested in each other. Kody likes to say "Hi" and after that he doesn't really mind them. He is used to large hoofed animals being that he has spent the last ten years running around with me and my horses. But Willow on the other hand is not too sure what to think.

From afar she thinks they are pretty cool but then they come right up to her face and she runs behind me and barks; mind you, she is a 100 lb dog. (Since I am not really a deterrent when the cows are really interested, I keep the fence between me and the interested bovine; at least for now. I still don't quite know how to read them).

This past weekend the milking had been done and the cows were all out in the front pasture. Kody, Willow and I went to check the water. The cows were on the other side of the pasture, so we stepped through the gate to adjust the water hose. All it took was one cow to see us. The next thing I knew I had four bovine headed our way. At first they were slow and ambling, but then one, Mickalyn, picked up her pace. She wasn't running because that would use too much energy and she is making milk, but she was no longer ambling!

Kody and Willow were excited about the approaching friends, so much so they wanted to greet Mickalyn. I had other plans.

Once we got on the other side of the fence the stragglers had picked up their pace and were coming. Mickalyn just barely got stopped before she put her nose down to greet Kody. Since her nose couldn't fit through the gate, Kody stuck his head through. They were cold wet nose to warm wet nose sniffing each other. It was very sweet, then the best thing happened. Mickalyn licked Kody with her long blue tongue!!! I don't know who was more surprised Kody, Willow or me! (Willow was watching her big bro with amazement and awe. She seemed to say, "What are you doing touching that...that...well, that?") Through all of this I was wishing that my camera was handy.

Kody must have understood what Mickalyn was saying because he began to "dance" and started "talking" to her in his "Let's be friends" howl. The whole time we were at the gate, Kody "talked" to the girls.

Juliann, Calf Tan and Begonia came to investigate after they saw that Mickalyn and Kody were hitting it off. They were interested in Willow. Willow wanted to be brave like her bro but she really didn't like when their big noses took up her whole vision. She would sniff then backpedaled to be behind me, then 2 seconds later go back to sniff them again. This went on until I was ready to head home, meaning the water tank was filled.

I can say that the cows, Kody and Willow have been introduced and for the most part are getting along. It will be nice when they don't pay attention to each other. And next time my camera will be at the ready, so tath I can catch any more signs of affection between Mickalyn and Kody. At least I have my memory of "The Lick".

Mickalyn and Kody's first introduction.

Tasty Kitchen

The Pioneer Woman, a blog that I recently found and immediately fell in love with , has started a new recipe website, Tasty Kitchen. Her tag line is Favorite Recipes from Real Kitchens. Basically real food for real people.

I have already looked through some of the recipes and I have a few that I am taking home and going to try. I would love to say I am going to try them tonight but I know me, and cooking involves dishes. (I really need to learn more about Aluminum Foil cooking.) Maybe, I will try them this weekend when there is more than just me to eat the creation. Actually I should plan a get together with my friends, maybe a cookout. Then I could try a bunch of new recipes. Hmmm...I will have to work on that!

Tasty Kitchen has been set up to be a networking and forum website for those that are interested in good food. Being a good cook is not a prerequisite. Thank goodness! The skill levels are described from Fast Food Fetcher to Professional Chef. I decided to rank myself as Home Cook in Training. Because I did, afterall, make this beautiful Jell-o Mold:

I plan on posting some recipes, proven recipes, that were handed down to me. Hopefully my skill level will improve as I cook and bake more. Keep your fingers crossed.

As a side note, this is a new site so she is still working out some glitches. Because nothing is ever perfect until you have 20 million people looking through it and even then something acts up. :)

Happy Cooking!

Meeting the Neighbors or (MoooBors)

Sometimes I just crack myself up, but this is probably one of those times that I should of kept my mouth shut. Seeing as the joke is not that funny once it came out of my mouth and into the world. Oh well, you live and learn.


This weekend I took Kody and Willow to meet the cows I have been milking. This was their first meeting, to say that it was comically would be an understatement. For such tough acting dogs, and I put emphasis on "acting", Kody and Willow were a little startled to see how big the gals turned out to be. When they were dots on the horizon, Willow was ready to take them on, but when they got closer she would have sworn that they were monsters come to eat her.

The cows, gals as I call them, were quite interested in Kody and Willow. Especially Jewelann and Mickalyn. The chickens on the other hand, could have done without the introduction. To much of a similarity between Kody and coyote!




"Who are these new animals? Do they have food?"



"You wanna mess with me?" This standoff seems a little lopsided to me. Yikes!






"Oh, your not so bad, but your buddy on the other hand...well...."







"Mooo...ve over, let me look!" (lol, couldn't help it)



"You're kind of cute, in a hairy kind of way."



"Mom, they are almost as big as me!!!!!"

"Cluck...Stand still everyone, maybe they won't notice us... cluck!"