It’s autumn – my favorite time of year for cattle care. Honey, Betsy, and Meredith graze in the upper pasture where the leaves turn red, the cattails wilt, and the grass is brittle gold.
Don’t tell anyone but some days I wish I could stay up there all day, hide away.
I’d kick back with the girls and do cow stuff – like gossip around the mineral trough,
itch on the cattle scratching brush,
search for more snacks in the sidekick,
nap beneath the shady pines and listen to the chimps pant-hoot far below the hill.
And if no one missed me in the chimp house, I’d stay all night. I imagine the stars are fantastic, the milky way bright. I’d find the perfect spot nestled between Betsy and Meredith (Honey likes her own space). We’d listen to the coyotes howl, the deer leap over the underbrush, and the night birds dive in the pond.
Where’s your secret hideaway?
