The Miracle of New…

My farmer neighbors are so incredibly patient with me, but I know that they must be thinking to themselves “oh dear, here she comes again straight from the streets of suburbia with more questions beginning with “how and why” than a two your old toddler…not to mention the fact that I usually show up for the glamorous parts of the job without a single speck of dirt on me, and you can guarantee that I am carrying a camera in one hand and an iPhone in the other, but I just can’t seem to get enough.  I am in complete awe of what they do day to day and have total gratitude for the lessons and experiences that they are willing to share with me.

For instance, once every year, or maybe every other year, a new mommy cow shuns her newborn calf OR the calf is simply born too weak to stand long enough to nurse so the farmer has to intervene which is exactly what happened with this sweet little fella that was born here on Mother’s Day.  Because he was so weak, the farmers had to come and assist him in latching on to his mommy in hopes that he would gain some strength and wouldn’t need to be brought up to the barn and bottle fed for 6 weeks.

There were so many magical moments that I witnessed including the farmers working side by side at an exhausting task, that at times was a bit chaotic, trying to take the very best care of this little one as possible, and then there were the constant reminders everywhere I turned of the miracle of birth and life itself.

It’s all pretty fantastic and this photographer sure is thanking her lucky stars that she gets to call this place home and that her neighbors are always welcoming enough to call her friend.

ENJOY!!!

cowbaby1cowbaby2cowbaby3cowbaby4AND a week later…he is strong enough to stand on his own and just about ready to join the rest of the herd, but not before he was the star of one of my portrait sessions yesterday afternoon…more on that soon.

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