Alan and I drove a couple hours southeast of here on Friday to pick up a couple of new Dexters that Alan bought from another farmer at a cattle breeders association meeting a few weeks ago.
This is Lucy, our new red calf. She's so cute! We've got to get her used to being around us though, so she'll be spoiled ROTTEN for the next couple of months while she gets to know us. If you look closely just above her ears you can see the little stubby horns she's starting to grow. She's the first red Dexter on the farm, and we're happy to have her here!
We also picked up our new brown cow who's already bred and should have her calf around April. We're hoping her calf is born either brown or dun, since she was bred to a dun bull. She looks very much like our other brown cow, Dixie, but she's just quite a bit smaller than Dixie. Alan's Dad suggested the name Pixie for her. Works for us! Here she is in the barn yard by the feed shed having some cubes. She's being spoiled already! She's got one eye on me, and one eye on her cubes.
Spring should be a fun time around here, with lots of calves being born! If everything goes as planned, we should have 4 born within just a few weeks of each other. What fun!
Yes, yes, yes, more pictures of your sweet critters! I always look forward to your beautiful cards, but then every once in awhile I get a special surprise, a picture of one your breath taking animals. Eddie is one of my favorites! More please...
Posted by: Susan | November 26, 2007 at 08:14 PM
They are so cute! I like their names too!
Posted by: Viv (VivLyn) | November 26, 2007 at 02:55 PM
I LOVE Lucy's red coat, it looks all soft and cushy. I'm thinkin that these new cows got the best end of the bargain..gettin' spoiled rotten! Spring sounds like fun and I cannot wait to see the pictures of the babies!
Posted by: Sherri D. | November 26, 2007 at 01:41 PM
Your animal pictures always bring a smile to my face and warm my heart!!!!!
Posted by: Vicki | November 26, 2007 at 11:43 AM
Oh, they are both so sweet looking. Have fun spoiling your newest additions.
Posted by: Beth M | November 26, 2007 at 08:27 AM
She is so adorable!! I love your animal pics. Good luck on the calf in the spring. Have a fantastic week! Chris
Posted by: chris mott | November 26, 2007 at 08:06 AM
Lucy and Pixie are so pretty. Love the color and Pixie's eyes are so amazing. What a great photo you got of her. Spoil the heck out of both of them!
Hugs
Julie
Posted by: Julie Phillips | November 26, 2007 at 07:17 AM
Oh, how pretty, pretty, pretty your new girls are! Alan did SO well!
Posted by: jenn | November 26, 2007 at 06:20 AM
Gotta say Anna, I'm a city girl and I love hearing about your farming/ranching/whatever the proper term is life!
Posted by: Queen Mary | November 26, 2007 at 06:01 AM
My brothers used to raise holsteins and I love cows.
Yours are gorgeous and I am sure you will have a wonderful time spoiling them. How many do you have at this time?
Posted by: Pat | November 26, 2007 at 05:53 AM
How beautiful they are... thanks for sharing them with us!
Posted by: Heidi | November 26, 2007 at 05:14 AM
They are so cute! How do you keep track of all these animals though? LOL
And where is my Eddie? Why haven't we seen pics of him lately? And Mr. Farley & Miss Daisy? Geez... LOLOL
Posted by: Karrie Baker | November 26, 2007 at 03:50 AM
I love that darling little Lucy. You are going to have to get a "Desi" to accompany her around the farm. I am with Diane McVey, I don't know which I look forward to more...the cards or the farm pictures and stories. I think I am going to have to do a feature on my little babies sometime. Mine are not quite as interesting....they just totally rule the househould.
Posted by: Kittie747 Kittie Caracciolo | November 26, 2007 at 02:46 AM
Don't know which I enjoy more, your cards...or your photos! Love seeing the animals...and the farm. I also love the vivid colors you use in your cards...both cards and photos are a visual feast! Thanks for sharing your talent and your world. A fan from Oklahoma.
Posted by: Kerry Fitzpatrick | November 26, 2007 at 12:47 AM
Oh, they are beautiful! Love the red coat Lucy is sporting...(is she named after Lucille Ball??) and Pixie is just darling. She has very pretty horns! You are lucky that you will be having calves in the spring...oh what great fun! I just LOVE your pictures, and all your critters. They make me smile! Thanks for sharing the 2 new additions with us! :)
Posted by: diane mcvey | November 25, 2007 at 09:58 PM
Whoooooooooooo!!!
Little Lucy just looks like she needs to be loved! How darling! I love her red coat. Please do spoil!
And Pixie looks tiny too! Look at her little bitty front legs! Awwwwwwww, my farmyard cows were full-sized ... so even though I had a couple of favorites growing up ... they grew up to be much larger!
Love these pics, Anna!
Posted by: Tex | November 25, 2007 at 09:46 PM
How now? a brown cow? (ok I just couldn't resist) They are very cute for cows--it's hard to really tell--sheesh, I didn't even know cows had horns, I thought only bulls did....OK, so I'm more of a city girl than country girl--it is all really interesting though. I'm glad you put pics up of them.
Posted by: sherri | November 25, 2007 at 09:22 PM