Sacred Cow
On the way home last night from visit and dinner with Peter and family, I took the slow road. I was hoping for some backlit shots of Queen Anne's Lace but the sun was too piercing as it settled toward the horizon, rather than the muted red ball I was hoping for.
I found the usual livestock on this picturesque brow of pasture set against the Buffalo in the far background. And while all the sheep scampered away from the fence as I approached it, this one lone white cow stood her ground, a radiant sentinel on guard against intrusion by the Pasture Papparazi who might come between a ruminant and the chewing of her cud.
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My favorite Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson has a herd of cattle standing upright in a field, acting like people, and then the one cow on lookout yells "Car!" When the car comes over the hill, the cows are on all fours, acing like cattle." When the car disappears over the far hill, the cows are back on their hind legs, upright again.
Explaisn why there is always one cow by the fence. That's the lookout.
Posted by: Doug Thompson | July 24, 2005 7:36 AM
She is radiant. Why? Photographically that is. Yes, she is sacrd too.
Posted by: ililani | July 24, 2005 7:15 PM
Make that Sacred - with an eeeeeee
Posted by: ililani | July 24, 2005 7:16 PM