There’s something so magical about summer and all of the time that you can get outdoors and explore. You may remember this beautiful pasture that I posted about here. Since that posting, I have found myself drawn to revisiting these animals every time that I am traveling in their direction, and even sometimes when it’s not exactly on the way.
On a recent visit, I was tickled that I got to meet one of the owners of these sweet cows and she was kind enough to fill me in on the breed. They are Zebus and are some of the most beautiful animals that I have ever seen. Originally from the jungles of South Asia this species of cattle is better known as the humped cattle or Brahman. I won’t bore you with all of the details that I found so fascinating, but I will tell you that I just can’t help myself from visiting their pasture over and over again.
Will you PLEASE look at the baby calf?! I’m certain that you have never seen anything that precious AND the owner recently mentioned to me that they haven’t yet settled on his name. She even asked me if I had any ideas. I am so unqualified for this whole naming thing, after all, I only named one child and a handful of pets in my whole entire life, but I gotta tell you that there is a huge part of me that has daydreamed, ever since we bought this little farmhouse, about a future full of farm-animals and how much fun we would have giving each of them their names and raising them. Maybe this is a little baby step in my farm-girl dreams, but I must admit that I did cheat just a little bit and took a social media poll to help with suggestions.
My original thoughts without cheating were:
Duke, Roscoe, Huck, Beau or Chester
however, after I mentioned to everyone that the calf was a male and that his mom is Rosie and dad is Bullet, these are some of the pretty creative suggestions that I got from everyone else:
Rhett, Zebulon, Laso, Chandy, Buddy, Gunner, Axel, Buckshot, Chip, Rye, Butterscotch, S’mores, and the list went on and on
I don’t know how serious the owner was about my suggesting a name, but it pretty much made my day and in my mind, this little fella will always be extra special regardless of the name that he is given.
ENJOY!!!
