![]() ![]() ![]() She knows her space-she’s lived here longer than me and cows are smarter than I ever would have guessed. And poor Harry, she only wants to be by herself, to the point of escaping to the neighbor’s property. Scarlett lives up to her namesake-she’s melodramatic and boisterous. Jimmy, Maria, and Jax act like normal cows, grazing the way a cow should while lazing their days away in the meadows. Of course she ignores me and nuzzles my ear. ![]() “You’re so needy and it’s too hot for you to crowd me. “Moo.” Scarlett nudges me harder than before. The tasting room doesn’t open until eleven and even though I have meetings, my first event isn’t until late this afternoon. I don’t get out here every day-it depends on the schedule. Over the last year, I’ve come to enjoy my morning walk with the girls. It gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it. The ticks are thick this time of year-no way am I going to risk walking with the cows in anything else. I trudge up over the hill in my Hunter rain boots. You’d think forty acres would be more than enough for five cows. I’ve got to get Morris to fix this section of fence. Heaven forbid it rains, not only is it bad for the vines, the humidity jumps to a gazillion percent. It doesn’t matter what the temps are, the humidity in the middle of summer is the worst. If I had known the humidity was this bad, I never would have settled in Virginia. My naturally frizzy locks haven’t been the same since I moved here. “Moo.” Scarlett nudges my shoulder roughly. ![]()
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