Changed My Mind - Cow painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

8 X 10 oil on panel
Available through the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas

The lovely Miss Sophie is quite pregnant at the moment. Her second calf is due January 11, and we are waiting on pins and needles. The calf's sire is a Guernsey bull named "Grumpy" and of course we are hoping for a heifer.
I remember being pregnant with my first child and thinking toward the end "Sure wish I could change my mind about this!" Of course everything worked out fine, but we all have those panicky feelings when in the middle of something and have those nagging second thoughts. What WAS I thinking!!!??
Like the nearly 3 dozen baby chicks that we hatched over Thanksgiving - what WAS I thinking??? Now that they are getting big and outgrowing the brooder, it is still cold outside and they don't have enough feathers yet to keep themselves warm....oh dear. Time to make more plans.

Philemon 1:22   "One thing more - prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be restored to you."

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Supper's Ready - cow running for supper

8 X 8 Oil on panel
SOLD

Cows CAN hurry. In fact, I have seen Heifer Sophie move at a respectable gallop when motivated by food - and right now her favorite is watermelon rinds.
The garden has produced melons very well this year (all irrigated of course). Both cantaloupe and watermelons are ripening now, and our assorted farm critters gets the rinds. Cows and horses love the watermelons and chickens love cantaloupes - seeds included.
Isaiah 61:11

For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.

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Proud Gracie - Jersey Cow Portrait

8 X 8 oil on panel $125

Includes shipping and insurance U.S.

In case you hadn't noticed, there are a lot of us folks out here enjoying a self-sufficient lifestyle - raising our own vegetables and meat. And many of us have even ventured into keeping a family milk cow. The Jersey breed enjoys great popularity - I have a Jersey cross myself - but they can be a problem if you don't have a need for 5 to 10 gallons of milk a day! I feed "extra" milk to my dogs and chickens, but they can only eat so much. The perfect solution for us is to let Aunt Abbey raise extra calves. It takes a while, though, for the calves to get big enough to consume all she is producing. So I have been giving away milk (up to three gallons a day) to friends and family.

Today, however, I am grateful to announce that both calves are happily chugging down all of Abbey's bounty and we are no longer milking twice a day. Now I only get enough for our family - every 3 days or so - and the calves take care of the milk the rest of the time.  A perfect compromise.

Psalm 122:8

For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

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#46 How Now Green Cow

6 X 8 Oil on MDF Panel

$125 includes shipping and insurance US

Had to do one with weird color. The others are surreal enough, but this one is truly odd! And since I was so inspired, I set up the time lapse camera, too. I love/hate filming timelapses. Love them because I am committed to finishing a painting within 2 hours. Period. Hate them because I HAVE to finish a painting in two hours. No doggie interruptions, no phone calls, no potty breaks. The program I use is in the camera and I cannot stop and re-start it without ANOTHER program to splice the individual segments together. I do not have that program. I think it is expensive. I enjoy making do.



Luke 7:25

If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wearexpensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces.

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#45 Cow Times 3

6 X 8 Oil on board

$125 includes shipping and insurance

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.”

If you are interested in this painting, click here to send me an email. If you are interested in this painting, click here to send me an email. I accept checks and Paypal. I can also arrange LAYAWAY. To view my latest paintings on Daily Painters go HERE. To view larger paintings, go to my Website HERE. To view a wealth of OTHER Texas Artists, enjoy THIS site!