Red Cows, Living The Good Life

Life is comfortable now for the Red Poll girls, and food is plentiful:

The Box Elder trees have dropped most of their leaves and no longer provide shade, but the temperatures have cooled so it is not a problem:

There were very few apples this year. I let some Amish women pick most of what was produced, but I also picked up some windfalls for the horses and cows. They didn't need the extra calories, but there was so little fruit this year that I figured it wouldn't hurt:

 Rosella and Scarlett, daughter and mother:

Quiet days in the south field:

Eating more apples:

 Jasmine, my sweetest cow:

All eight animals - six cows and two miniature horses:

The Red Poll girls can make a pretty picture when the sun glints off their coats, sometimes inspiring passersby to stop their cars for a better look:

Their white tail tassels identify them as Red Poll breed instead of Red Angus. There are other differences of course, but the tails are a quick and easy ID: