We recently accepted an invitation from an old high school friend to visit his guest house west of Branson, Mo. We did all the touristy stuff but also took time just to “be” in the beauty of the hills. I took this photo the last morning we were there. The cabin sat on a 200 acre pasture. I snapped this photo one morning in the early-morning fog as the cows moseyed toward the near-by pond for an early morning dip….
I recently read at Almanac.com about how to predict the weather watching animals. Since winter seems to be coming sooner than later, I though you might enjoy some of these predictions. CAN COWS FORECAST WEATHER? Perhaps the greatest amount of weather folklore surrounds cows. Certainly, their bodies are affected by changes in air pressure. This is also true of sheep, cats, and us. If a cow stands with its tail to the west, the weather is said to be fair. If a cow grazes…