exotic animal safari

 

A country drive, and of course I have to stop

 

when I see these Holsteins so close to the road. (Please forgive my blurry shots.)

The donkey was actually having her face washed by the big mama who is laying down.

 

These are young cows, not nearly as big as Holsteins will get at maturity,

with ribs that splay like a rowboat big enough for a couple of men,

like I once saw at the fall fair in Bracebridge a few years back



 

These young ones are curious but shy



They are content to eye me at a safe distance with their protector donkey

 

She's a raggedy girl; those scraggly bits make her itchy

 

She begins to take a tour around the cow that washed her

 

 

and that seems to start the cow up, rear end first

 

Meanwhile to my left a sweet girl is showing some interest

 

She is wary but curious

 

So is the donkey

who is lured by my pathetic offering of grass in a field of grass ... which she politely snubs

 

 this This gives the friendly cow some courage.

Meanwhile the cow in the upper right is making her mooo-ve and wanders in

as she arrives, Donkey wonders what she missed, and is disappointed again.

 

She gives me one last pose

 

So do the two curious girls

 

Girl #2, in profile, departs

 

Ah, and who is this pretty girl?

 

Shy as well but curious too

 

She poses for me

and chews her cud

 

then it's off to join the others

 

Friendly Cow #1 in profile

arriving at the group

 

and who is this who just popped in?

 

Miss Just Popped In still munching on a bit of herbage

 

Lined up neatly- for cows

 

and another line-up to the right, I observe observing and unobserving

 

and now for a game of dominos

 

here are my first two

 

Ok, a parting glance at that strange woman

 

a parting shot of the dear cow

 

and the view across the road, on a September evening

 

Thank you for bearing with me. Not everybody likes cows. Just a bunch of cows in a field.

But for me, there will be personality if one just waits a bit. Yes, they are only cows, not some exotic creature that people might go on safari to see, but for me, there is the exotic i.e. the mystery, in every living creature, every living thing. My case in point:

 

 

 

 

 And here is our Muji who was born for love ... and sleep.