Here Come the Cattle!

JR and I sat on the Mule and waited near the highway Saturday evening so we could guide the cattle trucks to the Longhollow pasture.  We waited....and waited...and waited.  (JR said the drivers had called a few minutes before and that they were on their way to the farm.  So I grabbed my camera, yanked a jacket off the wall, and poured some ice tea in a take-out cup  -  I wanted to be armed and ready!!)  As it turned out, the the drivers had just left the cattle barn and it would be a few hours before they arrived at our farm.  So we headed back to the house to wait for the drivers to call and tell us they were nearing our farm.  Finally, after watching the grass grow and the sun sink lower in the sky, the telephone RANG and we were off again on the Mule to meet the drivers.  Meanwhile, Pooh and Bob also decided to come down and greet the new arrivals.  (Wee Bob stayed with Nana.) So we waited...and waited...and then we heard the rumble of trucks coming down the road!   Hooray!! The trucks formed a line and followed us to the Longhollow pasture. 

 

CIRCLING THE WAGONS!

 

WELCOME TO THE FARM LADIES!

 

 

 Cattle need to be released off the trailers slowly so they don't panic and stampede.  Each trailer was unloaded one at a time.  The calves exited first as each mama looked on anxiously.  Next, the worried mamas came down the ramp.  (It looked like we were getting the "evil eye"!)

 

 

 

                     JR and I hung back and took pictures of each cow for the record books. 

 

 

 

 

 

            Pooh and Bob guided the herd away from the trucks and further up the pasture.
 



 

 

 

 

 

As the shadows lengthened and the light began to fade, the cattle roamed to greener pastures. 

 

 

 

The drivers of the trucks informed us that they had to return to the cattle sale and pick up another load of cattle to be delivered to another farm.  (I am so glad I am not a truck driver!!)    And with that said,  "we cowboys" headed home for much needed showers, not to mention food to eat and a soft place to rest our weary bodies!  It had been a very, very, long day!!

 

 

Join me again soon as our life on Misty Morning Ranch continues....

 

 

Falling asleep,

Dee Dee