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Botany

(76,003 posts)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 01:48 PM Wednesday

Thanksgiving eve... I am a rich man.

My 120 pound English lab is in my lap (not fat that is just the way she is … I know dogs), going to a
thanksgiving dinner with my mom tomorrow …. she might not remember it, and I’m going to work
on one of my ecological restoration projects this afternoon. And I will spend part of the weekend
with my son, daughter in law, their daughters, and watch OSU vs Michigan.

Btw my favorite poem:

Cow
by Robert Louis Stevenson

The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple tart.
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day;
And blown by all the winds that pass
And wet with all the showers,
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers.

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Thanksgiving eve... I am a rich man. (Original Post) Botany Wednesday OP
If you change the cow's colors to red and gray it would be much better. Irish_Dem Wednesday #1
My delightful daughter-in-law loves cows. 3catwoman3 Wednesday #2
Dad was a prof in Dairy Science multigraincracker Wednesday #6
Thank you for sharing your favorite poem senseandsensibility Wednesday #3
TY ❤️ littlemissmartypants Wednesday #4
I live in Michigan now... llmart Wednesday #5
I grew up on a dairy farm. Sogo Wednesday #7
nice poem. AllaN01Bear Wednesday #8
more cow art MadameButterfly Wednesday #9
I loved the poem MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #10

3catwoman3

(28,301 posts)
2. My delightful daughter-in-law loves cows.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 02:42 PM
Wednesday

We'll be at her parents' house tomorrow for TG dinner, and I'll be sure to share this with her.

multigraincracker

(36,761 posts)
6. Dad was a prof in Dairy Science
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 03:33 PM
Wednesday

When he started out in the 50s all of his grad students were males. When he retired in the late 60s they were all females. Said they always fell in love with those big brown eyes.

senseandsensibility

(24,102 posts)
3. Thank you for sharing your favorite poem
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 03:11 PM
Wednesday

It reminds me to be thankful for simple things, which I've been working on. At least that's what it means to me. On this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my saint of a hubby and the life we've built together which suits us. But you did it with poetry, and that's cool.

llmart

(17,183 posts)
5. I live in Michigan now...
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 03:13 PM
Wednesday

but my roots run deep in Ohio. Guess who I'll be rooting for?

Sogo

(6,872 posts)
7. I grew up on a dairy farm.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 03:42 PM
Wednesday

My job was to go get the cows from the pasture every afternoon. I'd saddle up one of our horses and "head out." LOL!

Often when I was playing outside, I'd go sit on the fence, and the cows and I would just stare at each other....They are so effusive, and I felt their love....

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