I am on the farm again! This time with the lovely cows. Glorious creatures resplendent in their black and white livery - and very friendly and nice too.

Creatures such as this have such an amazing grounding effect. Their very being seems to be connected to the earth.

I had a very sad experience here too - a lovely, beautiful creature- a calf (a veal as they called her) lay dying when Claude and I arrived. The calf had been dehydrating for three days when we got there and was past saving (in spite of Claude's tireless efforts to get her to drink) . But yet in death there is also life and the wonder of nature at work - beauty even. Even dead and motionless this little calf was still beautiful, still a thing of nature, a thing of beauty. A thing to be remembered, I shall not forget laying my hands on her and hoping that she would make it through - through to join the beautiful milkers that I so enjoyed taking pictures of.

Thank you little calf for making me think of life, of the earth and especially of beauty at a time of sadness. Of what we can learn. And of what we ought to cherish.

awww this is so saddddddddd...poor little cow... .........nice photos... curlyq60 · 2008-07-02: 18:29

interesting post- nice photos!~ R urmysunshine · 2008-07-02: 19:49

Sad story - nice shots! somogyvari · 2008-07-03: 04:35

Nice effect black and white cows on colored background :)))))))))))) noptek · 2008-07-03: 05:31

Thanks for sharing. hazaj · 2008-07-03: 16:22

oh, poor little calf ????? · 2008-07-04: 03:38

It was best for her that she didn't join the milk battery... It is too sad, farming, in a modern way. AlexandraPechabaden · 2008-07-07: 05:55