WiseAcre Gardens

Rabbit Freeze Frame
Fight or Flight? Nope, not when to comes to these long eared, flat footed, fur bearing varmints. They just freeze. That survival reflex must work for them or there wouldn’t be any left to do it.

Tail Feathers
The Canadian Goose family has the right idea – leave before the intruder starts trouble.

A Holesome Abode
I shudda married a toad. She wudda been happy living in the old hole instead of a new house.

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I’m getting cozy with the Toad.

I didn’t hear any gobbly gook from this Turkey since he was out of hearing range. But he sure was out there trying to impress any females that might have been around.

I almost gave up hope of photographing a male displaying this year. I thought by now all the females would be sitting and brooding over the choice they made.

But he seems to think there is still some need of his services. So on with the show.

Turkey Fan Dance

The photos were taken using the full 18 x zoom on my camera. I wish they had come out a bit sharper but then we’d get too good a look at his face. He might be a good looking bird but I think he might have better luck putting a sock over his head.

Or how about some flowers and candy?

How now brown cow and why are your calves so black?

Normal white faced brown Herefords have been bred with Black Angus to create a black Hereford with an all white face. I don’t know if the owner of this herd has done so with this herd. Some farmers will cross with a Holstein and I think I see some Holstein features in a few of the brood cows.

Hereford babysitter

Nursing Hereford Mom

Here’s a cow that I think has a Holstein appearance in the head and body. The fact that the face isn’t all white makes me think -black and white- Holstein. Another very good possibility is some of these cows are Kiss groupies. This cow certainly looks like one. Looks like she’s on grass too.

So the paternity of some of the calves is really up in the air.
Black Angus? Holstein? Gene Simmonds?

Looking at this calf I’m beginning to wonder. Even the eyelashes are a bit extreme. But it’s not just the face makeup that raises suspicions.

It may look like two calves

…but this one looks like it’s rehearsing for the stage.

The calves where not the only babies I spotted along the road today. I almost didn’t get a pic because mom and pop led the babes to high grass. Now these I never expected. It just seems way too early.

This is what I would expect.

A brooding pair of Mallards. Doesn’t dad look proud.