How can I raise the level of gratitude in my life? Let me count the ways.
Barbara Criss says: I suppose this is a pond on your farm. I’d love to have a pond, but we are blessed with a beautiful sparkling clean creek running through our farm. I love the serenity of this pic.
MaryJane says: Yes, this is our pond. Right now we have a couple of spring creeks running. I love sitting next to a “babbling brook.” Does your creek run year-round?
Barbara Criss says: Yes—it runs year round but it gets a little low in the summer. It starts from springs on top of a mountain a few miles from here. There are no houses along it, so we know that it is clean. I also love to sit by the creek and I have three places to stop and rest by it on my dog walks. It has the ability to flood and get really nasty and it has flooded our road on several occasions. That is the only bad aspect of it.
Lorraine Hess says: Wow, ground that isn’t covered in white & a pond that doesn’t have ice on it. I can hardly wait!
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ooh a new precious baby!! and whose little calf is this? And what have you named it?
This is O’Mally, a bull, born the 26th of March. Such a happy chap. He is joined on planet Earth by Buttercup born April 5. I could watch them run and frolic together forever.
Tell O’Mally I am sorry I thought he was a girl. I guess he has to grow into his manhood.
This is the most beautifully heart-warming picture!!
Isn’t it amazing how much animal moms love their new babies? We used to breed our goats and the babies were so sweet and funny. One day I was here by myself and I had to deliver one. It was a difficult birth and I was so scared I would run around the barn trying to calm down in between bouts of trying to help her. It finally arrived and I was so proud of myself. I told my husband no more babies. I would love to give this sweet cow baby a great big hug. She’s precious.