Backing up to the shoot.
It never changes. No matter who is in charge (the one in charge shall remain nameless) the cows always seem to come home in the dark! The first 26 pair (a cow and her calf is a pair) or 52 and 3 bulls to be found on "the hill" are home safe and sound. That only leaves 250 (give or take a few). It only took Dad 20 or so tries to get the semi backed up to the shoot. I was amazed that it didn't take all night since there were no lights to help him see. Fixing the light next to the shoot must not have made it in the Plan of the Day meeting. I guess the flashlight Jeremy was shining on the shoot provided all the light he needed. Not too bad for a "middle-aged" man wearing bifocals that he can't see out of in the best of conditions.
There is a cow in this picture I promise.
Don't let the light in the background of the above picture fool you. It is quite a ways away and was no help in the aforementioned back-up process nor was it any help for taking pictures of black cows at night.
3 comments:
That is too funny, especially considering Mom's trailer backing up story. You must have some good patience to deal with farmer/rancher time. The question is, is the light fixed or will it be the same story different day?
Congratulations on your new blog! I'm proud of you. If I didn't know better I'd say you were fibbing about a black cow being in the picture.
We can all appreciate these pictures even though you can't see much. Didn't Mom always tell us never to marry a farmer??? Look what you have got yourself into. I wish she had said never marry a restaruant manger, those hours suck too!
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