The Bovine Bugle

Do they make those skis in my size?

The whole family went out for a ski today. Karen, Ben, Justin, Noah, Yukon, and I had a great time cruising the open pastures, manuvering through the woods, and climbing up and schussing down the hills. It's fun to have all the boys with us, to see how well they ski and to bring back memories of when we started skiing around the farm with Ben when he was about 5 years old.

When we ski past the barnyard the cows always line up along the railing as though longing to join us on our romp around the fields. At the end of our ski today, one of the older heifers being overwintered in the pole barn met us at the gate. She was the same heifer that met Karen and me at the same gate yesterday. You could see her stroll along the fence line to be there at the gate as we came through the meadow. She looked as though she wished that boots and skis came in sets of fours, not twos.

--Jonathan (left), Howmars Farm
Franklin, Vermont

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Posted by Blogger Chris at February 3, 2006 07:34 PM