Dec. 25, 2005 Alabama----I saw the distant neighbor's lost cow today----she was up at lover's lane, before you get to our property on top of the mountain. So I came back down to the farm, loaded some hay in the back of my jeep and left a"Hansel and Gretel" trail back down to the farm. I opened the nearest gate to the farm, so perhaps the cow could sneak in the pasture without our big dog Pepper scaring it off. That way, if we can get it into the pasture, we can close the gate and hold it captive (with food) until the owner can be contacted. I left the gate to the hay barn open, so the cow could feast and be protected from the elements. Right now it is 40 degrees and drizzling, with harsh winds. Currently, the cow was beginning to look skinny. It has been "lost" for 5 days.
It has been nice, warm and cozy in the house, without too much sadness being addressed. We actually have had a really pleasant holiday with some fond memories of my Father, recently deceased.
Last night, I put up some shelves in my neice's room so she could display a lot of her teen nicnacs. We had fun and laughed while putting them up. ( a good bonding moment.) She is caught up in being 16. I don't know if she liked the "Sweet 16" bracelet I bought her or not. Mother liked the necklace I bought her.
The cow is getting good hay, but she has not made her way down to our pasture---we haven't seen her today. I rode the lawn mower up to the top of the hill to look for her, but she wasn't in sight---lots of woods up there---and way too much cudzoo.
Saw good cousin and he took me to his new flower shop. Lots of good cheer.
Mother is doing well today. I ordered my neice a DELL laptop similar to mine, but she wanted a smaller one so she could carry it easily to school. It has all the stuff on it as mine does, but it is 3.5 pounds and has a 12.5" monitor.
12/27/05
It has been a busy day. Mother and I worked in the yard since it was sunny and 62 degrees. We trimmed trees, completely cut down some small trees that blocked the view to the river; we cleared an old rock staircase that led down to the river where the dock was in front of the honeymoon cabin; I cut down a tree at the marker to our property with a machete and a bow saw---I couldn't get the gas power saw to crank.
However, I was very pissed off today when I was cutting down the last tree, because someone killed the cow! I bet it was one of those hunters/shooters I was telling you about....probably just like the person that killed our yellow lab. Also, someone shot a deer and dressed it in the middle of the ballpark at the entrance to Farm Road at the highway. That too makes me so mad to leave the carcass there---but I know that is the primitive way to feed the vultures and carrion others.
However, Mother called the police and reported the cow as dead--it is literally lying on the side of the road to our property--about 50 yards from our property line. And this cow was as harmless as it could be. This is the part of Alabama that I hate---the "Deliverance Mentality." However, I burned major calories today swinging the machete. I pity the fool that would have run into me today....(figuratively speaking) as we say in Alabama, "I would have bit his head off and shit down his neck if he fucked with me."
Dec 27, 2005
6:30 pm---the local police called and said that the cow "charged at them" and they were the ones who shot her. She was only 1.5 years old and harmless; she never charged me, my niece, or Mother when we approached her. She ran. My opinion is that the police shot the cow because they did not want to deal with her. She was lying on a hill, face toward the road; therefore, for the cow to have "charged the police" she would have had to jump down a 10 ft hill, across a drainage ditch of 2 feet deep and 3 feet wide and land in the road....sounds more like an antelope charging than a cow---has anyone ever heard of a skiddish cow leaping 13 feet off a hillside to charge a policeman? Oh and by the way, they were in their police car....a safare-style hunt, no doubt.
No comments:
Post a Comment