Growing up, I went to the same school from Kindergarten through 12th. I had the same core group of friends. And even though we don’t talk nearly as often as we would like, if ever we get the chance to get together, it seems as though no time has passed.
One such friend was Ashlee. About 15 years ago, Ashlee told me about a little snack she made herself upon occasion.
Ashlee: Taylor. Take a spoonful of peanut butter and some chocolate chips. Put them together in a small bowl and microwave. You will definitely wish I never told you about that.
I would like to officially announce that I wish Ashlee had never told me about that.
Also: 100 meaningless points to whoever can guess what I am snacking on right now.
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Purple Cow #5 lives! And her baby lives! And we needed a win, us Maliblahblahs, I tell ya. A reader asked how we filled in the big hole that the cow had sunk into.
David put a large round bale of hay on the hole. And I would like to officially announce that I had my doubts and did not feel like he knew what he was doing.
At all.
But, alas. He did. And the cows ate the hay and trampled the hay and now the hole area looks like this:
With Charlie grazing on it. Of course.
And let us take a moment to admire Babs. Babs is the world’s nicest cow. And this is her daughter, calf 203, born in November 2020. Perhaps I should name calf 203?
Yet, if I named her, she would probably die.
Calf 203 will not permit me to pet her. She thinks I am a serial killer or something.
Babs is the only cow who will let you pet her. And please understand that if you are feeling blue, petting a cow will turn your frown upside down.
But petting a calf-that will knock your socks off.
We feel as if Matilda will calve soon.
And I am hoping in my heart of hearts that the calf will have a marbled black and white face like her mama.
Happy Wednesday.
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I would love to pet a cow.
I love your stories and your pics and short videos. Blessings.
Is Purple Cow #5 clean yet? How do they get clean? I could ask questions all day! So glad she and her calf have survived well!
She is about 60% clean. How do they get clean-They lick each other? Rain?
I have always LOVED baby cows. I cause traffic jams when I see them along the side of the road because I absolutely must slow down to see. Petting a calf- on my must do at some point list for sure!
So I have to ask, how do you pet a cow without getting licked or getting cow snot all over you? Because our neighbor (Farmer Mike) has cows come right up to the fence in my back yard. We like to pet them (when they let us) but they always want to lick me and/or sneeze snot whenever I am around. Unless the snot thing is a passive aggressive attempt to be left alone… as I am not a cow expert, I really don’t know but that seems plausible.
His cows will all give birth in early summer months and we are excited to see what they will look like… he got a new bull and added a black angus to his red angus herd so we are expecting some new varieties this year!!