A Look Back

I scanned through my photo files the other day and saw that I had kept 116 pictures of the Red Poll cattle set aside as favorites, appealing photos of my cattle over the last four years:

 They dined on lush pastures in their new home:

 And I fed them windfall apples. Alas, one of the things these photos showed me was how svelte they used to be, compared to how obese they have now become. I fear the apples may have hastened that process. But these pictures are all from their thinner days. These three were Gracie, Scarlett and Amy:

 They were a wild bunch when they arrived, unused to humans being too close. But I made friends with them over time:

 They all look so sleek, shiny and thin in this photo. They're a bunch of fatties now:

 Little Loretta, one of my first calves, romping in the south field:

 A happy herd with their babies:

 Violet, a red haired beauty:

 Grazing near the gravel road:

 They weren't at all sure they liked the introduction of the two miniature horses, but they soon became friends:

 Maggie, another of my first calves, tried to get Blue to play with her, Blue has also gained a lot of weight since he arrived and is no longer so thin and fit as he is in this photo:

 They got to graze in the north field after the hay was cut in the autumn. I enjoyed reminiscing as I looked through these favorite photos, and I hope you enjoyed them also: