Organic and Range-Fed...


We keep our cow and her calf out on the range that overlooks the sea


lots of food for the cows in a lot of space


it's a beautiful outlook from there and I always like to stop and just...well...look


our calf is growing fast and he has been fitted with his very own training rope

until he got used to it, he took my husband on some real "rides" down the road
he may be small, yet, but he packs a wallop of power in those young muscles


we have no real technicality to the way we milk
and we don't cut style with modern equipment

Ms. Ruthie Moo Moo just gets tied down for a bit...
just in case there is some head butting or back kicking


while her calf is brought to some other grazing for a few moments

a calf vying for the milk doesn't make for a good milking experience


husband cleans the udders with disinfectant


while Ms. Moo Moo gets busy with the banana bunch put down for her

she is not trying to pull away here...


she's just busy with enjoying her green bananas she loves so


she gladly lets her milk down for a bunch of bananas anytime


my husband has gotten quite good with the milking...
he prefers to use one hand and squirt the milk into a container that's been cut out on one side...
and then poured into the milk container

less dirt and such gets a chance to find their way into the milking container...
especially if Ms. Moo Moo happens to move


and no, I have not gotten around to milking the cow, myself, as yet
I prefer to milk the goat...
she's more my size


one side gets milked, then the other


once he's finished getting our share of the milk...
it's time to let the calf untied to get his share


and while she finishes up the last of the bananas, he's finishing up the rest of her milk


and we all live happily with everyone's share of raw, creamy milk


just another sweet blessing from the Lord who created all these things

May your day or night be delightful in the grace of God.