Red Poll Ladies, Preparing For Winter

Violet is by far the biggest cow, and she is hard to miss as she grazes near the county road:

 The day was hot and the flies were bothersome when I took this photo, and the cows collected beneath the Box Elder tree for a bit of relief:

 Scarlett's udder is still a bit swollen, even long since her calf was sold. She seems happy and healthy, though, and has been artificially inseminated again:

 Jasmine's hooves are getting long again and I've taken to walking up to her when she's lying down like this and trying to clip off the tip of the longest one. So far it hasn't done any good, but I'll keep trying, at least as long as she'll let me:

 Scarlett, relaxing and chewing her cud:

 Gracie is definitely a full figured gal:

 The recently lush grass is looking shorter and sparser now. It won't be long before I start putting out the hay bales:

 Up on a sandy rise, the cows have created a couple of dust baths. They can stand there and kick dust up onto their bellies to shoo away the flies:

 A blue sky, white clouds, green grass and red cows make for an idyllic scene:

 The herd covers a lot of ground during the course of a day. They don't want to miss any green edibles:

 And the Pennsylvania Smartweed which they rejected all summer long has suddenly become a favorite edible. It happened when the plants bloomed, so my theory is that the flowers sweetened the taste:

 That's Jasmine on the left. I can see on her face that she is engaging with me. The other two, Amy and Gracie, are mostly ignoring me. Jasmine is exceptionally friendly and easily my favorite: