The Cows I Have Been Waiting For

At the request of Greg Feldman, I have been trying to take a photo of cows for about two years now.

Given my lifestyle, getting a good cow photo should have taken me about four frames. However. I have taken over 100 cow frames, and, while some of them were good, they just didn't feel all that cow-y to me, and they weren't what I had in mind.

But finally I have a cowShot that I'm happy with. We've been under some intense winter conditions for the past couple weeks (see egg shot in my most recent post) but today was relatively warm (24 above zero!) and the light snow on the tall grasses made for a nice cow blind, and let me get the sort of hazy effect I was after.



I kind of liked this one too, despite (or maybe because of) the out-of-focus cow.



And what is a blog post without Wilbur?



I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for light, clouds, critters, family, people who don't give up on me, wuv, and a whole lot of other stuff. :)

Eggs At Ten Below Zero

Or, I do not live in a chicken coop.

My Wilbur

He's just so cute.

Ashlinn

My friends Ryan and Jen came over today so they could introduce me to their daughter Ashlinn and so Ash could meet all my critters.



She wasn't really sure what to think about the chickens at first. The rooster said "COCKADOODLEDOO" and Ashlinn said "LOUD NOISE LOUD NOISE!" Her parents are pretty sure she's a genius and I say it runs in the family.

It took her about 10 seconds to warm up to Jay.





Pretty soon she was BFFs with all of my animals.







Ash is super duper cute. She likes to spin and make monkey sounds and give the puppy kisses. And her parents are really cool, too.



My favorite frame from the morning: