Pocketful of Memory Cards

I posted this as my Facebook cover photo the other day cause there's something I really like about it so I thought I'd share it with you.  I don't know what it is that's so appealing.  I'm not a big lover of cattle (medium rare please!) but there was something so very compelling about this little herd that moved ahead of us along the first leg of our Black Knight Mountain hike a couple of Sundays back. This guy scares me a little, kind of like Health Ledger's Joker in that Batman movie. I love how they all have the same expression on their faces.  This guy is my fave with his horns that point sideways.  What purpose would that serve?

At 2:00 this afternoon, my husband and I and our two dogs set out to conquer The Sleeping Lady , as we are now calling her.  I'd done some research online and discovered that it was an 11.5 km hike that would take three hours and would bring us up to the highest part of the mountain, where there are several communication towers. (I like to imagine she's having a little acupuncture on her shoulder).   It was hard to tell from the website whether it was an 11.5 km hike up to the top or if that was the length of a round trip.  We set out with the goal of hiking for an hour and half and deciding how far we would go from there.  I was surprised to discover we had to go around the back of the mountain.  It wasn't too steep, except for the stretch past these cows, and there were some beautiful views when you turned to look back down the valley at the lake. About half way up we found ourselves walking through a wooded area dominated by pale...

The past couple of weeks, I've noticed that every time I go past Thompson Farm on Gordon Drive, there seems to be more and more cattle out there.  I don't know the difference between a Black Angus or a Welsh Black, a cow is a cow to me....or maybe they're bulls.  Something tells me not ...and I didn't see any horns.  All I know is they look so glossy and cute sitting there leisurely chewing their cud like they don't have a care in the world.  Still, I don't think I'm going to get into the pasture with them any time soon.