Pat studies the last cow left to have it's calf... He started calving in February and this last cow is SLOW! "It must have got bred by the bull the day that I took the bull out!" I could see the way that they were looking at each other out there as I pulled into the driveway this morning that she was saying; "What's the big deal?" and Pat was saying; "It's high time that you have that calf!" 
Our rolling pastures are as close to "mountain pastures" that I shared at the end of this post... It was to me a beautiful sight to see "my farmer" out with the animals that he knows and yes loves so well. You can see how they are gathered around him...that they have no fear and probably in animals terms they too "love" him for the way he cares for their every need! 
The farmer returns to his trusty steed - his 4 wheeler... a bit lower to the ground and with many horse power, but my husband is a Louie Lamor junky and I think that in his heart of hearts he would love to be a cowboy and crawling on his horse to ride the pasture and the "range". Instead he runs his cows on rolling pastures, and farms rich black soil with his brother, Ed. Oh yes, we also live where nothing stops the wind with trees only here and there planted around our homes...hence the windmills in the distance to remind us of the ways that nature can tend to our needs with the brain power of "man" to harness them for our use!
Still looking and wondering at the puzzle of the last cow to have its very late calf... hoping that there is nothing wrong going on and that today will be the day of celebration... "I am done calving!" It will be a day of celebration, but it was a landmark year as the camera in the barn literally saved us many sleepless nights as all we had to do was walk out and sit on the couch for 5 minutes to see if anything was going on... That was wonderful and once again the brains of man... made our lives a lot better! 
"Blessed is he who is exalted in love and stands like a city built on a mountaintop, from whom the enemy withdraws with terror when he sees him; for he fears a man who is firm in the Lord." St Ephem the Syrian (373) was a deacon and a hermit, wrote hundreds of hymns... It is his feast day today, and I thought that this line of his meditation of the day was quite true of my wonderful husband... His love for the Lord and His Church and everything that the Church shows us as the Truth is unwavering and firm! I am blessed to have him as my husband and our children are so blessed to have his strong and undying interest in all that they do and direction in their lives! Our family is what it is in large part because of him and all that he is! And that cow had better get around to having its calf soon... he's getting might tired of waiting for it! Loving Lord and Savior... Life is a wonderful gift... life on the farm is especially close to you in nature all around us... and the truth that we have no control over nature is always a reminder that you are in control and we are put here to tend with love and care to the land and the animals. Yes, there are questions and frustrations... that is all part of the big picture... we are humble and rely on you. Jesus we trust in you! Amen and Halleluia! Bless-bless, Barb
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