While I've been so busy, we've also had some relocation clients that moved to our place. Yep, brought 'em right home with me!
Per the ag appraiser, we needed some more cattle in order to keep our agricultural valuation for tax purposes. So, we asked Mr. Goode, the gentleman who leases the land next door to run cattle, to pick us up some likely looking heifers at auction. Eventually, he found us some, and brought them home to us.
They were a bit skittish the first day - after all, they were in a new community, in a new "house", didn't know the neighbors, didn't know the ropes. Being a good neighbor, I took them a nice casserole (actually a bucket of calf starter) as a "welcome to your new home" gift.
That was a couple of weeks ago. Now, they know when I'm going to be fixin' supper, and they're waiting at the gate for me when I arrive. They'll eat cubes out of my hand, sticking their long blue tongues out and wrapping them around the cubes. They've settled into the community, gotten to know Lydia (their closest neighbor, my 31-year-old Morgan mare), and the dogs J.D. and Joey, and in couple of years or so, will be contributing to their community with calves of their own.
In the meantime, they're just adorable.
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