Look What I Got.....

The other day the mail man, really she's a lady and she's very rude, came to the door with a package... I had NO idea what it was. It was post marked from New York - I live in the upper Midwest, we are not 'New York' folk ya know. Well, what a WONDERFUL surprise did I get from a lady that I barely know. It came on a day that I really needed a pick me up, more of a you might as well shoot her she's worthless kind of day.... get my drift friends? Well, this is what was in that box....



Is that not GORGEOUS!! The Willow Witch made that and sent it to me!! ME!!! I cant say enough how much it touched me to get that. I rarely get gifts and thats ok, but it was such a surprise that I cryed - literally. Thank you SO much Tina - I cant imagine what I could possibly give you in return for all the time you put into this piece. The little bit of sewing that I do gives me an understanding of how much you did with this! The colors are PERFECT for my house and I cant wait to properly hang it!!

In other news the Milk Man came home today and said he had somthing for me to do. That is far from news, thats a daily statement - but this was a bit differant. Milk Man and Palmer our oldest boy came in the basement door carrying this....


He was born in the snow and crap this morning and his mother was young - dang teenagers. Go play with the bull and when they get the horn... well you understand right... right? Please dont make me explain or I will have to use a flannel graph, remember those? I had that old rug in the basement and we layed him by the wood stove. Poor little fart was SO cold, wet and hungry you can see the puddle he left on the rug when he got up. Milk Man took him into the milk house and hosed him off with warm water because he was literally FULL OF CRAP!

div>I got him mostly dry, fed him with the syringe in the picture because his mouth is cold and he wont suck. When we stood him up we found that he has a deformed leg. Thats not completly unusual and a lot of times it will straighten out. They are like this when they are either over due or have lay in the mamma cow funny. The tendons need to straighten and so on - so he may not need to be named Tiny Tim. The deal breaker is that he is breathing funny, puffing pretty hard. That means one of two things. He either got pneumonia very quickly with a good chance of dying OR he was stepped on by either his mother or one of the other young cows with a definate chance of death. The older cows are MUCH better around baby's and most of them let anyone suck. Its a titty free for all right there in the barn yard people!

In the top picture you can see that I have a towel behind him so that he lays upright like he is supose to. He wants to lay flat on his side and that is NOT good for him. If he has fluid in his lungs or somthing he needs to be turned around every so often so that it doesnt settle and start an infection. I may even make a mustard plaster to put on his sides to 'heat' him and dry the possible fluid in his lungs. SO prayers for our little vagabond would be appreciated - oh and anyone who is lactating out there send me what you can spare, cuz Milk Dud was eyeing this boy like he is honeing in on his 'titty' supply....