Milk Break

The darker cows give chocolate milk.

South of Miami, Texas

Big Black Bull

Not a great photo, but couldn't let the alliteration go by.

Took several of him after this one; he was starting to flex his muscles and at first I thought he was just showing off for the camera. Instead, he soon dropped "something" to show me what he thought of me and my photos.

At least he's honest, huh?

I'll spare you those photos.

South of Miami, Texas

A Little Bull

"A Little Bull" probably should've been the title of this blog, huh?

One of the heirs-in-waiting to the herd.

South of Miami, Texas.

Sweet Little Calf

Poor cattle; the mosquitoes were thick due to the recent heavy rains and no amount of tail swishing, ear-flicking and skin-rippling was going to keep them off for long.

Wasn't a lot on this little guy and while they landed on me, they didn't bite.

I guess the both of us were just too sweet for the skeeters.

South of Miami, Texas.

Cow #189

At my friend's dad's place, just south of Miami.

Hay! (it's cheaper than corn)

A couple of the cows on my friend's place. They look to be some sort of Hereford-Charolais cross with maybe some Simmental in them, too.




The hay was in those huge round bales and my friend's dad has some "corrals" to put around the hay in order to keep the cattle (and horse) from trampling on it.His dad uses these corrals most of the time, but rolls out a bail now and then along the ground.

I commented on it, wondering why he was putting one bale in the enclosure, but putting another on the ground.

He said his pop does that because the little calves like to lie on the hay.

Bucolic Bovine Blog Bonanza

Drove around Miami for a little bit yesterday (Aug 09) and out near the football field I saw some cows and calves trying to rest in the shade. The heat was ferocious and they didn't like me disturbing them.

Some got up and moved away, but I wanted to take a pic of this little guy:



He looked at me warily as I slowly moved closer to get a better shot; I used some optical zoom but managed to cut off a bit of what could've been a pretty decent photograph. I think I cut off a roast, but wished I had cut off a T-Bone. Literally. Mmmmmm...

Just kidding. He was just too cute.



I moved a little closer, and the other two calves that were nearby went back to the one, as if to tell it "C'mon, let's get outta here!"



The two left, but the single stayed behind, scared a little bit, but curious enough to wonder what I was doing.

Curious Cow

Daybreak, just outside the city limits on Hwy 70
Pampa, Texas

Red Camp Ranch

(click photos for larger images)

Red Camp Ranch
Hwy 70 North of Pampa

Blue Sky, Green Grass, Fat Cattle

Just across the road from the Groom Cross
Late afternoon, June '07
Facing southwest

Cow For Sale

Custom upholstry, horns included.

At the Palo Duro Canyon amphitheater

Of course you knew it wasn't real, but wouldn't that be cool markings for a Longhorn steer? I saw a cowdog one time that had a mark on its head just like Mikhail Gorbachev.

My ex had so many freckles that you could, with a felt-tip pen and some imagination, trace a pretty good map of the Solar System on her forearm. Of course, you needed her co-operation, too, and that was pretty hard to come by on most anything I wanted to do. (Yes, most anything.) I dunno, you might have better luck. There were some freckles on her butt...I'd better not get into that.

Another colorful cow

How Now, Brown Cow?

East of Miami, Texas in Roberts County

I have this little ritual I always perform after stopping and taking photos of cattle.

As I leave, I always holler "See ya!" and then, under my breath I mutter:

"On my plate with a side order of asparagus!"

This was taken at the same time and in close proximity to this calf. Probably its momma.

Oil & Cattle

Workover rig on the Maddox Ranch
Roberts County, Texas
Summer 2006

The grass is new and green because it had been
burned a few months earlier during the out-of-control
prairie fires that broke out all over the Panhandle.

This is about two miles east of where I grew up.

This Ain't No Bull

Hereford Calf
Roberts County, Texas