It feels as though Easter came early this year. I don't know why...it just does. Thankfully we are all safe and healthy and home. John is cooking a ham and baking some sweet potatoes. I am making a caesar salad and deviled eggs. And there is a choice of peach apply cobbler with ice cream or just ice cream with chocolate sauce for dessert. We have invited our next door neighbor to join us. Simple but still a blessing to be able to share with friends.
When John took the two cows to the vet last November to make sure they had gotten pregnant during their stay at a neighbor's property this past summer, the vet told him that Rosie was about 3 months pregnant and Belle was about 3 1/2 months along. My calculations said that Belle should have her calf in mid-March. Belle had a quick, uneventful delivery of a little girl calf on March 16th and Rosie presented us with her little boy calf exactly 2 weeks later, on March 30th. Both calves are pure black with no other markings. Since Belle belongs to our son and his family in Utah, we left the naming to them. They chose the name the name Babette (or Babs or Baby) and I chose the name Zeke for Rosie's little boy. Here they are this morning...
