For an entire month.

The days stretch on forever and then the weeks and months and years pass in the blink of an eye. 

I've had little time to think lately - been standing far more than sitting and running far more than walking.  So little idle time.. I always rush through the seemingly endless days only to look back and yearn for the time I wished away.  Pointless but necessary.  Counterproductive but so is fighting human nature so I keep wishing and wondering where all those long days went.  But I already know.  So instead of wishing I try to make them count... hopefully the next time I look back I might have something to show for it.

Hey... long time no blog.  Nothing has changed.  Thank God... not a damn thing wrong with a little continuity.

I took my girls to a farm to see some cows today.  I could have waited a month for the county fair but I had a free Saturday and I had promised them that at some point I would take them to a farm to see some cows.  So anyway, we get there and the creamery was pumping milk out of a holding tank and we were right up alongside some calf nurseries.  Calves have to remain sequestered for up to six months so they stay in the white dome things with some chicken coop fencing around it.  The particular farm that I decided to visit is not known for running an overly tight ship.... it's not uncommon for two or three or four stray cows to be wandering around the vehicles and the milking parlors.  They're not shy either... the cows will walk right up to you, sniffing and licking.. looking for a handout.  Not to mention the fact that they are covered in shit.

My kids were terrified of the "scary cows".  Even more so when we walked into the building with the milk holding tanks and were greeted by another cow.  That sent the kids, shrieking and crying back into the car, ending our visit.  When we got home they were convinced that there was a cow in the bathroom and wouldn't take a bath.  Oh well... I got a good laugh out of it.

Here's a picture of a cow: