Visit with Dad

Yay! I can post photographs again! Thanks, Blogger!

I visited my Dad in Tennessee last week. This was the view I woke up to each morning (click to view larger version). I remember when I was a little girl and my grandparents owned this property. Nobody lived on it but I'd go with my grandfather to check on the cattle and I'd skip flat stones on the pond. The pond developed a sinkhole a year or two ago, but after significant effort involving (I think) boulders, bags of cement, and bentonite, it's beginning to hold water again.


My Dad keeps a small herd of Angus cattle. Last year, due to the drought, he sold off all but four cows and a juvenile female. This spring all four cows calved. I love seeing the calves frolic. It's amazing how playful and energetic they are when young, and how slow and complacent they become when they're mature.


Whenever I'm at my Dad's, I end up taking lots of photographs of "the view". Here the cattle are heading to the pond with "the view" in the background.

We had some good adventures while I was there. I look forward to posting about them next week.