Holy Cow!

Really it should be Un-Holy Cows!

This evening, Byron and I slipped outside to quickly herd our two cows from the front acreage

to the back acreage (the 11 acres that burned up last summer-- the fence is finally fixed).
(click below to see the fire story)
http://reincarnatedasamother.blogspot.com/2010/08/our-too-close-for-comfort-close-call.html

Sounds easy, eh?

That's what we thought too.

45 minutes later...

45 minutes of us running around, or shall I say, getting majorly out-run by two

teenage cows that have now been nicknamed "Jail Break" and "Houdini"

because up until today they were constantly breaking through or jumping over the fence...

the same fence we couldn't get them to go near tonight!!!

 Byron either had a light bulb moment or a moment of desperation.

He went and got his trusty ol' motorcycle.

And Yee-haw... it was pure comedy.

He came soooo close to colliding with one of the cows.

 But it finally worked.

Phew!

While we were out communing with nature... we saw a momma Killdeer and four little babies.

Byron reached down and scooped up one of the little urchins... to the delight

of Reese and Greer.

 I'm happy to report, he released "Fuzzball" who was quickly reunited with his/her family.

When I was a kid growing up, we used to watch Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

Who needs TV at our house?  Our kids can get their sitcom fix watching mom and dad

unsuccessfully chase after cows... and get their wildlife fix walking outside.

Love it.