Cattle!
Just over four months ago, Kathy and I (and our cats) moved into our fixer-upper on the edge of an open space reserve. Out our back windows, we have a peaceful view of rolling hills. Falcons hunt above our home, horses graze uphill, and coyotes roam at night. Having spent the last nine plus years in the middle of San Francisco, it's quite the change in atmosphere for me!
When we moved in, a neighbor mentioned that we can see cows from our house for part of the year. At the moment, we had no cows and I hadn't seen any. I forgot all about that until one day, recently, when I looked out the bedroom window to see a black cow running at top speed down a walking trail! Off to the right, a cluster of cattle, fresh off trailers, mooed restlessly. Cows! In our backyard!
They disappeared behind a hill and that was that. Go figure.
Today, however, I walked into the backyard and stopped still. A small herd of cattle was grazing within 10 feet of our backyard fence. Big, black cows, just chomping away like they owned the place. You would have thought I had never seen a cow before. I ran inside to grab my camera. I have cows! They eyed me suspiciously while I took pictures. Goodness knows what kind of creep they thought I was.
I can't help but wonder, what's next? Sheep? Mountain lions? We shall see!
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