#45 Cow Times 3

6 X 8 Oil on board

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Weather remains interesting in my little corner of the world. More tornadoes and threatening weather all around us, yet we remain dry. I am heartened by the knowledge that much of Texas HAS received rain and therefor I should be able to buy hay this summer.
I am nearly ready to quit milking Miss Abbey in preparation of her expected calf in July. I did find a source of raw milk to fill in the nearly 2 month lapse. The Veldhuizen Farm of Dublin, Texas milks a select herd of mostly Jersey cows and sells milk, cheese and yoghurt from a store at the dairy. Mike and I went there today and got our "fix" for a week. My tummy need not be disappointed while we wait for Abbey's calf!
Be sure and tune in tomorrow - I have another time-lapse video of painting one of these cows in the series.
Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”

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#44 Cow Color Study 2

8 X 6 Oil on board

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Same cow, different verse. This one has a lot of paint, and I used a palette knife on most of it. I think I will do 4 totally different palettes and maybe mount them all together on one panel - unless they sell separately.
The cow that I am using as a model is owned by Tamara and she lives halfway around the world in Queensland, Australia. The cow's name is rather dramatic - Tallulah - but I understand her to be sweet and kind.
Thanks, Tamara~
2 Timothy 2:24

And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.

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#43 Milk Maids

6 X 8 Oil on Board

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Hard to resist a cute child with a calf, isn't it? This is a fellow milk lover's daughter and heifer calf, Hazel.
Kids learn a lot, growing up on a farm, with the circle of life being one of the most important. A difficult experience to share with a child is the death of a beloved pet. On a farm, death is inevitable, but then again, so is life, and the promises it implies. Hazel's life is a promising one, for sure.
Psalm 85:8

I will listen to what God the Lord says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants— but let them not turn to folly.

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#42 Cow Color Study 1

8 X 6 Oil on Panel  
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I am going to paint this cow a number of different ways using various techniques and colors. This one is fairly conventional. I am hoping to deviate from the norm and force myself into a new dimension.
My mother is going to have surgery next week and I will go stay with her for a bit. She suggested I bring my paints to her house - her porch has great light and I think I will take her up on it. I cannot remember the last time she saw me paint - certainly not recently. Maybe a different environment will send my right brain into new directions as well....
Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
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For the Love of a Cow

Image about 5 X 7   Sharpie on drawing paper

$25 includes shipping

I am evolving into a huge admirer of cows.
We have had cows for over 30 years - from half breed mutt cows of undetermined ancestry to noble, long-pedigreed heritage Simmentals. Right now we have 4 bovines. One is a cow that came to me as a black Jersey. I suspect she is part Angus, however, but it doesn't really matter - her milk is good regardless of the label. Her name is Abbey and she is our family milk cow. I have done a bit of studying lately on the history of cows and the best description I have read declared them to be the greatest solar energy users out there. Think about it. They turn sun-grown-grass which is pretty much unusable by us folks with a single stomach into milk, meat, and fertilizer. How efficient is that?
I have truly grown to love my little Abbey cow. It has taken over a year, but we have such a nice relationship now - I no longer have to argue with her when I want milk - she willingly shares it twice a week. And the rest of the time she feeds 2 adopted calves.
Abbey is due to have another calf in 2 months, so we have started the process of drying her up. The calves have been removed and I am milking her less and less to encourage her to stop producing milk. It's a sad time for me - I will miss our milking sessions together. But I am looking forward to her next calf and hoping it will be a heifer this time, that I can raise to be possibly another family milk cow.
And then there's Miss Sophie - another post, another time....
Matthew 26:22

They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”

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#41 - You Are NOT the Boss of ME! - pouting calf portrait

6 X 6 Oil on Board

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This is "Sushi-Moo" showing her classic pouting calf face. Hard to not smile at that face...
We had bad storms through this little part of Texas yesterday with a number of tornadoes instantly changing the direction of a number of people's lives. Six people are confirmed dead with as many still missing. Please continue to pray for the folks in Granbury and Cleburne as we begin to clean up and put lives back together.
Psalm 5:2

Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.

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#40 Over There - longhorn cow and calf in bluebonnets

8 X 6 Oil on board

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The bluebonnets have been less than spectacular this year. I did find some good stands on the way to West last week, but since much of Texas was in the grips of drought last August, the thick, lush patches of Texas' state flower are difficult to find. We irrigate our pecan trees on our long driveway,  so those that grow there did make a nice show, but it was the only patch in our entire neighborhood.
The English peas are beginning to fill out and we ate a pot full last night, and then I picked a bucket for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day.

The baby turkeys are also getting bigger by the day. Right now they are in a box in the studio bathroom. Trudy thinks they are her responsibility and checks on them regularly. She is a true shepherd in every definition of the word.
Remember to hug your Momma, if you can, today, remember the Angel Mommas,  and thank all those who have mothered you!

Psalm 23:1

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

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#39 Crossed Purposes - cowboy and cow

6 X 6 Oil on board

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It's calf working time-of-year and my favorite for acquiring new images of my preferred subjects - horses and cows and cowboys. Lee Clay's ranch in Morgan Mill hosts one of the best get-togethers. Lee invites friends and family (especially the kids) to come share in the dirt and blood and excitement of working spring calves.

Assignments are made and everyone has a job. From tracking the heifers and bulls (this year 99 calves were counted - 49 heifers and 50 bulls) to manning the inoculation syringe; from keeping the branding iron hot to sitting on the squirming calf...everyone gets involved. And all ages and genders get to rope!
Hebrews 13:16

And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

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#38 Talking Cow

8 X 6 Oil on Board

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I have been cussed at by a cow many times, and Mike had it done to him tonight. Tomorrow is a milking day, which means Abbey spends the night in the small corral, separated from "the boys", her foster calves. Mike went out with a bucket of feed to call her up and of course Sophie comes bounding in the lead to be first in line. Her enthusiasm was short lived as she was promptly shut off from the goodies intended for the "queen", Aunt Abbey. Sophie will get her chance this fall when she has her own calf and joins Abbey in the milking line up. But until then, we will just endure her pouting and cussing.
I send grateful appreciation to Karen for this image, a fellow contributor on the Keeping a Family Cow information forum. She says she is NOT a professional photographer, but her images say otherwise...
Isaiah 40:15

Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

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#37 Marwtini

6X6 Oil on board

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This is Simone Karol's Arabian filly foal, Marwtini. Isn't she cute? I was just a teeny bit crazy with the unusual colors, keeping to a limited palette of blue and orange red. I may experiment with this when it dries and glaze it with a green tint, just to see what happens...
This week has been interesting on the farm - culminating with catching this lovely 4 1/2 foot bull snake on the back porch. The dogs had him cornered on one of the patio chairs. I relocated him to the creek, but I suspect he'll be back. Hopefully the chicken coop is still fortified well enough to keep him out. He cannot eat a chicken, but he could wreak mayhem with the eggs!
Jeremiah 17:11

Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay are those who gain riches by unjust means. When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools.

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