Waiting....

Waiting & watching...
                     Watching & waiting....

It's been a LONG time since I've been doing just that "watching & waiting"....
Wonder what I'm watching & waiting for....
Well we had 3 late bloomers this year  (3 of our Mama's that aren't on our FALL calving schedule)...For the past few years we have calved in the late Summer/Early Fall...when all our cows are on their summer pasture.  So, the most I usually get to see is the calf on the ground after it's born...oh, I can monitor it all...check on them every day and know it will happen soon....BUT, somehow when they are...
                      RIGHT OUTSIDE MY KITCHEN WINDOW...
and I see them up close and personal twice a day as I feed them...it seems like it takes them FOREVER to have their babies!  They are all huge, and when they walk, they just simply waddle...when they lay down, they stretch all the way out on their sides and look like they've ingested the hugest beach ball I've ever seen...Oh, I know the signs...and one of the Mama's #709....her milk is definitely coming in.....and still...it's apparently just not time!

    The weather has been so nice the last couple days..I keep begging her to just have her baby...but, now as the wind is coming up and the weatherman says rain for the next few days...now, I think she's going to have that baby anytime!!!   Yet another mystery I've yet to understand...why they always seem to have their babies on the worst, coldest, wettest weather days????

So, there you have it....I'm playing the waiting game...and I'm not doing it very patiently...and just like before when all the cows use to calve at home...I know she'll do it when she's good & ready and when I'm NOT looking!!!  :)

Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend....with lots of watching & no waiting  :)  Most of all, that His patience surrounds you...and your eyes are lenses into this amazing world He has made!  Sweet blessings!