Just a quick one.

My buddy.And another.                            

It was a beautiful day today so enjoyed a nice long walk checking fences and communing with nature.

Sub-zero temps are over, at least for now and the freeze-proof livestock watering tank finally unfroze yesterday :)  One evening during the cold spell I was horrified to discover that one of the cows, probably weighing 1,000-1,200 lbs., had walked out on the pond about 10 - 15 feet.  (They had run out of water before I got home to replenish and I had left the pond gate open, not thinking they would do something like that.)  Thank goodness the cow didn't fall through the ice.  I talked to someone later who said a farmer he knew lost 8 cows that way -- dodged that bullet.