Number Thirteen, a cow born sometime in 2012, stares watchfully at the photographer as he makes his evening rounds along Piney Woods Church Road.
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Oct 102014
On my walk down Piney Woods Church Road late this afternoon, I stopped to watch a cow enjoying a salt lick in a pasture.
Sep 062014
On Day 249, for Blog Post #499, here is this evening’s photograph of a white calf in a pasture along Piney Woods Church Road. He watched me for a minute or so as I beckoned him to approach. His caution eventually overrode his curiosity, and he hurried off to join the rest of his herd grading placidly beside the road.
Aug 052014
Beyond the barbed wire edging Piney Woods Church Road, a cow grazes into the sunset.
Jul 072014
The last of the three black steers of Piney Woods Church Road is gone now. The other two were taken away months back, leaving him alone in his roadside pasture. I could often hear him bellowing for companions as I walked up and down the road. He had to settle for human company, which I tried to provide on some of my walks. I miss him, even though I think he fancied me more for my sweat than for my occasional efforts at scratching his head and rubbing his ears. He would gallop (can a steer gallop?) over to where I would stand by the edge of the fence, if he saw me waiting there or if I called to him. Invariably, that long muscular tongue of his would emerge and reach out through the barbed wire fence in search of available salty flesh to lick. Still, apart from that proclivity (don’t we all have our peccadilloes?), he really was quite a charming steer. Now, in the golden hour on a Monday evening in July, his pasture is empty, and I am feeling a little empty, too.
Jun 162014
Late this afternoon I sauntered down Piney Woods Church Road, hoping to obtain a few photos of plant leaves in golden-hour sunlight. I was startled — and delighted — to see young calves out in the pasture with their mothers. According to a neighbor, the calves are probably less than a week old. In this photograph, a new mother nuzzles her young charge.
May 012014
Here is a series of rather experimental images from this evening, a few minutes before sunset. I am fascinated by meadow silhouettes; they remind me of my childhood experiments with Solargraphics paper. I recall placing flowers and leaves onto the paper, leaving it out in the sunlight, and creating a silhouette image as a result.
Apr 282014
A cow watched me warily as I approached along Piney Woods Church Road. Another cow, meanwhile, grazed contentedly in the background.
Mar 242014
I’m on my way again, returning home down Piney Woods Church Road. I pause to appreciate the shadow of a pasture gate on the gravel roadway surface. Only later, going back through the images to select one for today, do I notice the cow grazing in the background. There are always more things to discover, all around us.
Mar 052014
For once, I have nothing more to add. I am positively tongue-tied.
