Cows on parade again!

Okay, okay, so The Cow Diaries took a hiatus while I went to Sri Lanka, but we're back. And soon, there will be a Cows of Sri Lanka installment!

But what have we here? It's COWS ON PARADE!


These beautiful creatures are on parade right now in lovely Madison, Wisconsin, in front of the UW Hospital. I would enjoy having these bovines greet me as I arrived for my gall bladder surgery or what have you. The theme for these cows is the Wizard of Oz.



Good witch Glinda cow in all her frou-frou glory! Her udder is tastefully kept under wraps by a stunning pink velvet (use your imagination) frock.



The Emerald City Cow. Is this the Great Oz? Because his humanoid back end is creeping me out!



The freaky little munchkin cow! He's from the Lollypop Brigade. What was your first clue?



Is that your hat, or are you just happy to see me? Wait, that joke doesn't work on a girl cow. nevermind.

These photos are courtesy of my humble slave, er, I mean, dear friend, Phyllis DeGioia of Madison. By the way, if you need a dog writer, she's FANTASTIC! Just email me if you want to hire her. She rocks!

For more on these wonderful beasties, check out:
Cheesy Public Art

Knitting project for cow lovers

Oh my....

Cow Sling

Cow magnet?

Stray metal in your cow's stomach? Here's the solution:

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/1407

Ginny and friends

My friend Ginny has kindly allowed me to post these photos of her and her close encounters with cows. The big black fellow is Flag, a steer who loves getting his chin scratched. I never knew what lovely personalities cows can have until I moved her and got up close and personal with our village cows. Doesn't Flag look over the moon, getting his chin scritchies from Auntie Ginny?

The Mama Highland cattle cow (not a technical term, I'm sure) is giving Ginny the hairy eyeball because Mama's two calves did a bit of a runner when they saw Ginny enter the yard, even though Ginny averted her eyes and let Mama know she was no threat. I love Highland cattle... they make me think of bovine dogs!

Happy California cows

http://www.realcaliforniacheese.com/home.cfm?start=1

Why ARE they so very, very happy? Good drugs?


And guess what? Cows excel at selecting leaders:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20051219/cowleader_ani.html

Dog vs. water buffalo

I have an email friend in China who owns Rook, a lovely Dutch Shepherd. Rook is fascinated by water buffalo (can I call them cows, for the purposes of this blog?), as you can see in this photo. Thanks to Stuart for providing the photos!















“Are you talking to me? Are YOU talking to ME?!!”

Cowabuncha!

My friend Melissa, in California, kindly sent me these wonderful photos of the Cowabunch experience, North of Highway 12, between Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, CA.

Can you tell which cows are real, and which aren't? And I want that big one for my front lawn!!!

Cow takes a dip in backyard pool

Strange but true:

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/5224444/detail.html

California cows

Well, not really Californian.. they just happen to be at a wildlife park (Safari West) in California that my friend Dephal visited!

We have here some watusi cattle (giganto horns) and some Cape Buffalo.

Have you ever seen horns so THICK? I mean, IMAGINE carrying those around on your head! It would be a real problem fitting through doorways, making calls in phone booths, sitting down at a voting booth...

Here is what the Safari West site has to say about Watusi cattle:

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Key Facts:

Size: Each horn can measure 5 feet in length with a base diameter of 6 inches.

Weight: Cows weigh 800-1200 lbs and bulls range from 1000-1600 lbs. Newborns weigh 30-50 lbs.

General Description:

One of the oldest and most exciting breeds of cattle that originated on the African continent. They possess the largest and most dramatic horns of any breed. They have short, soft hair with darkly-pigmented skin.

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Thanks to Dephal for letting me post her lovely photos!

Finally!

Yeah, yeah, I've been remiss. Finally I have some new cow photos for y'all.


The girls hear the sweet sound of apples. Wait...apples don't talk. Okay: from afar, the girls see the sweet redness of apples.



It is your sworn duty to fill my gaping maw!



Do not hate me because I am beautiful! Come closer so that I may annoint you with the sacred saliva.



And while you're here, could you do something about these damned flies?


"So, a priest, a rabbi and a minister are standing around in a barn..."
(Can you believe how big "baby" has gotten? That's her on the left!)



Give me the apple, or the tongue of death will flay you, leaving nothing but a bloody, skinless corpse!



What, leaving so soon?

Mmmm... ice cream!

This is very cow-related. It's all about how Ben & Jerry's makes ice cream, start to finish:

http://www.benjerry.com/fun_stuff/cow_to_cone/

Yeah, yeah, more is coming!

I have been so busy with Knatolee's World that I have been remiss about updating the Cow Diaries. I do have some photos to post, and will do so asap. In the meantime, here is another cow link for your reading pleasure.

Coming soon to Wisconsin:

http://www.cowparade.com/

Revolutionary cows

Oh yeah, baby, they exist!

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/cowswithguns.php

Cow dog?

Wanna make your dog look like a cow? Get out those knitting needles!

http://www.camillavalleyfarm.com/mission/ew19kit.htm

America's Dairyland... moo, baby!

Okay, I am FINALLY posting the last of the cow pics from my trip to America's Dairyland (Wisconsin) last spring.


"What have we here? Visitors? An international visitor??"



"Do you have APPLES? Canadian APPLES?"



"If you have no apples, get the away from me, Canadian Satan-Girl!"



"While it is true I have not yet tasted human flesh, there is no better time than the present, my American compatriot!"



"Save us, O visitors! Here they keep our children in maximum security!"



Who knew the American dairy farm was such a hotbed of unrest?

Lovely cow pics

For some lovely cow pictures, go to the site of my e-friend and enjoy:

http://www.pbase.com/bfsandy/cows

Farmhouse Natural Cheese

Bless them, they have their own website now:

www.farmhousecheeses.com

SO delicious! And I like the resident cows, some of whom are pictured in this blog.

Cheese cows

These darling moo-moos reside at the place where we get that darn delicious cheese, out in Agassiz (The Farm House Natural Cheeses.) My hubby took very nice pictures of these bovine babies.


Mmm...silage!



Who knew cows had UPC codes?



Enjoying the July sun!

Startling revelation

Apparently, I am steeped in ignorance when it comes to cows. Baby Bull is NOT a baby bull. Baby bull is actually "Miz Heifer". We had friends visit us from Nova Scotia last week. Andrew raises cattle (although he's switching to organic cereals.) He politely pointed out that Baby Bull lacks the necessary "equipment" to be a bull. And sure enough, yesterday I noticed her teeny-tiny teats. I'm so embarrassed... you'd think I could sex a cow. Here we are, Anne, Andrew and me, (and toasty Tara the English Setter) performing scientific observations (because what else do you take a tourist cattle farmer to see but the village cows?):

"That's no bull!"

New Glarus

This is wonderful New Glarus, Wisconsin. Somehow I managed to miss it on my recent Wisconsin tour, but my Madison friend Phyllis kindly sent me this shot. Doesn't every Main Street, USA have a giant cow?













And another website for cow lovers:

http://www.chicagotraveler.com/cowsonparade1.htm