I did take lots of incidental pictures of the snow yesterday, from the porch, from the barn, in the fields, but none of them SAID anything. And if a photograph does not tell you a story or open a memory, or offer a challenge – it is worthless. Perfect, pretty, technically correct photographs are not always the best ones.
The best pictures are the ones that sing the first bars of a song.
This is the one. This one says “Cows love snow.”
So serene. Aunty Del standing in the yards, the ground leveled by shimmering white snow flakes,the cow chewing her cud and thinking about nothing much.
The cows could have been inside the barn but they preferred to stand their huge hot bodies out in the cool gently falling snow.
When they got bored with standing in the snow, they moved a few steps to the right and stood again in the snow, watching me over the half barn door as I cleaned and tidied in the barn.
It snowed all day. No wind. No noise. No drama. Just big soft ploppy flakes of snow falling heavily, without tears or apologies or drama, straight to the ground.
Winter has come I think. I don’t mind the snow – I grew up on a beach in New Zealand, remember?
I hope you have a lovely day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
51 responses to “Cows Love Snow”
Absolutely beautiful. I would love to see it actually snowing – it’s something I’ve never seen. I have seen snow, but I haven’t been around when it falls. It looks so nice, but I guess after a whole winter it must get boring! We are just coming into summer here in NZ – temperatures in the high 20s already, bodes for a hot dry summer.
I was the same until I came out here a – I had never seen snow fall and it NEVER gets boring – at least not for me! (or you i think!) .. c
I’m challenging the zen… Essence of Aunty Del via the screen & keyboard across the ethers. It’s in the 30 C’s here, 90 to 100% humidity but it’s not the weather that making me hot like a cow rather a futile exercise in bureaucracy. So… moooooooooooooooooooooo!
Love, love, love these wonderful photos.
Have a gorgeous evening Arlene c
I cannot tell you how happy your close up photos of the cows have made me today!
You are right about the value of photos. The fourth image down, the cow close-up, now that sings.
We have no snow here in southeastern Minnesota.
Winter whiteness sure has arrived! I’m staring outside thinking of that beach in NZ, you and pohutakawas 😊
Oh yes – and more snow coming – pohutakawas are such bee magnets – i love them
Awww! Your cows are really pretty. : )
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