Dairymom's Thankful Thursday

On  hot,humid afternoons, these pregnant cows 

  love this   shady  resting place next to the house. 

I planted the pine trees along the fence twenty five years ago never thinking that the bundle of twigs I received from the Arkansas Forestry tree program would live!

                                                     
                     I'm thankful for these pine trees that provide shade for the dairy cows that we love
                                                                             and
                   lift my weary spirit as  I walk across the yard listening to their song in a gentle breeze.

Dairymom's Thankful Thursday

Today was the first day of our Benton County Fair. Benton County Farm Bureau began sponsoring the petting zoo at least fifteen years ago. I've been the zoo keeper for ten of those years. Kids and adults can pet two baby pigs,chicks,a dairy calf, a goat , a lamb and milk Sophia, our special milking cow. I'm thankful for all the volunteers who willingly help to make the petting zoo a great experience for thousands of kids and their families.