Saturday was our grandson Andy's FIRST birthday party out at our farm.
The morning started off with a surprise, while gathering eggs I noticed our homely miniature hereford "Curly Sue" sitting under the tree with a calf. At first glance, I thought she was babysitting one of the others...but realized it was too wet and small. I called for Ward and after snapping several pictures it stood up and we discovered we had ANOTHER BULL calf! That makes us four of them now.
There were lots of our daughter's friends from Austin, along with several neighbors and locals. It was a fabulous time with BBQ hamburgers and hotdogs and refreshing beverages for the HOT afternoon.....a Pinata for the kids to swing away at, and great conversations. Andy was so dirty by the end of the day. It was hilarious, you can sure tell he had a great time.
Later in the early evening while just a few of us were left, a dove flew in and proceeded to land on our chairs, hands and heads. It was disarmingly friendly and after the last people left, we finally went into the house to get away from it. Surprising, it was still there the next morning. It landed on our heads and shoulders again, and tried repeatedly to get in the house by hitting the window on the side door. Eventually, one of the dogs and two cats were stalking it and we thought this story is not going to end well. But Melissa volunteered to take it home to Austin where her neighbor raises doves. With quick hands, Melissa caught the bird and we put in a box for the trip. Her neighbor gladly took the dove and said it probably a pet. Were did it come from? who knows....
The morning started off with a surprise, while gathering eggs I noticed our homely miniature hereford "Curly Sue" sitting under the tree with a calf. At first glance, I thought she was babysitting one of the others...but realized it was too wet and small. I called for Ward and after snapping several pictures it stood up and we discovered we had ANOTHER BULL calf! That makes us four of them now.
There were lots of our daughter's friends from Austin, along with several neighbors and locals. It was a fabulous time with BBQ hamburgers and hotdogs and refreshing beverages for the HOT afternoon.....a Pinata for the kids to swing away at, and great conversations. Andy was so dirty by the end of the day. It was hilarious, you can sure tell he had a great time.
Later in the early evening while just a few of us were left, a dove flew in and proceeded to land on our chairs, hands and heads. It was disarmingly friendly and after the last people left, we finally went into the house to get away from it. Surprising, it was still there the next morning. It landed on our heads and shoulders again, and tried repeatedly to get in the house by hitting the window on the side door. Eventually, one of the dogs and two cats were stalking it and we thought this story is not going to end well. But Melissa volunteered to take it home to Austin where her neighbor raises doves. With quick hands, Melissa caught the bird and we put in a box for the trip. Her neighbor gladly took the dove and said it probably a pet. Were did it come from? who knows....
You're lucky the locals were already gone when the dove showed up - else you would have had bacon wrapped dove breast cooking on the pit.
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