This one’s not mine. I spotted this cow and her newborn calf while en route to the feed store. Since I had the road to myself, I parked the truck for a moment and snapped a few photos of the calf taking its first few wobbly steps.

I took this photo from a roadside overlook at the junction of the Sauk and Osage rivers near Osceola. I’ve passed the spot dozens of times. Usually I’ve forgotten to bring a camera, or I miss the turn among the curves and trees. Monday evening I was prepared and lucky. It wasn’t the most [...]

for tomatoes….Toss them over the fence NOW.
There’s nothing happier than a duck with a tomato.
Both ducks are Pekins, but the one on the right might have a bit of Crested Pekin in his family tree. Note the puff of feathers – he looks like he has a cotton ball stuck to the side of [...]