The Red Haired Ladies

Our weather continues to present us with spring one minute, then return to winter the next. I am running low on hay and wondering if the grass will begin growing by the time I run out. The cows' appetites are enormous:

Amy was resting on some waste hay. The frozen drainage ditch on the other side of her was a concern to me because the cows often try to cross it. Sometimes the ice supports them and sometimes their foot crashes through it to the bottom of the ditch. So far, though, there have been no injuries;

I moved the bale feeder away from the east side of the barn and out into the pasture:

Though we still got snow and wind, the weather was not as severe as it was in the winter:

The girls are looking healthy and spend their time eating and digesting hay:

Rosella is due to calve in May, Scarlett is due in August:

Sadly, Jasmine no longer comes into heat. That may be a blessing, though, as I'd be sorely tempted to keep any heifer calf she produced:

Though the bale feeder has been moved, the cows sometimes come back to the east side of the barn to sleep on the accumulated waste hay:

Sweet Jasmine, the only cow who loves attention:

Napping by the road:

And napping in the field:

We have had a number of late snowstorms, but all is well - at least until I run out of hay: