Cows can be a little off-putting if you're not used to them, that's for sure. They're so big, and they just walk right up to you as though they KNOW you have something for them, and darn it, they're going to wait until you give it to them.

Cows viewed from a car window as one is driving down a county road are charming. A cow walking up to you with its big wet nose and big old cow tongue showing is scary. Just like a gopher running across your lawn is just a gopher, but a gopher in your house is a vile intruder. :)

Nice! Thank you for sharing your humorous life. My FIL thinks its hilarious to find the really old ones & "frisbee" them. UGH!!!

I, too, grew up visiting at a farm. The cow pasture was in a cherry orchard. We used to climb the trees and spit cherry pits at the cows. Beyond the pasture was the woods. Even had a creek. Our parents, aunts and uncles would let us just run wild, climbing barbed wire and electric fences, even. Yeah, I'm nostalgic.

I grew up in Vermont, and every time I go back I savor the scent of cow shit. (Did I really just type that?!) Although I have noticed that as I grow older, the smell gets grosser and grosser.

Jane Goodall (the "monkey lady") taught her son to be afraid of animals...for his own safety. Took him to England from Africa and, at a farm, watched him run, screaming, from a cow. So DH is in good company.

Cannot.stop.laughing.

ROTFL! Hey, cows are okay. It's the bull you want to keep an eye out for. Personally, I'm intimidated by horses. They're bigger than I am and can look me in the eye. But when it comes to mean farm animals, nothing beats geese. Wings down, they are the most dangerous critter on the farm.

You made me remember the first time a city-boy friend of mine ever drove through the country. I was his lucky tour guide and I can still hear him saying "why does it smell like this?". My parents were farmers before I was born and my best friend's family farmed so I, too, have many, many memories of the farm. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

I have to tell you, your blog is my favorite. I've gone back and read the archives and there are times when I've laughed out loud and found myself giggling all over again just remembering it. I don't usually post messages but wanted to say thanks for doing this. I have so enjoyed reading it and sending it on to friends. Seattle is a favorite city of mine and next time I'm there it's Lemon Drops in your honor!

Hahaha! I love playing pranks on my bf like that too! *giggle*

Does DH like mushrooms? Does he know the traditional growing medium? A friend's family had a mushroom farm, but their medium came from the Santa Anita racetrack here in SoCal.

If the wind was right, we got to smell their farm, as well as the Bell Brand potato chip factory :)

You are a woman of many facets--fastidious whore, soft pie connoisseur. Nice entry.

OMG! Too funny. I have a similiar thing with my hubby. He is a City Mouse through and through. Recently, when we were visiting a dairy farm, he got all grossed out when one of the calves started licking my hand. He just could not bear it. LOL

I think it is a very funny stsory. Sounds like my house. My husband can't understand why I am an organic nut.

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Is anyone else a little concerned that this entry is filed under "Food"? Yuck!

I love cows. If I didnt know they could clock me senseless with a little head toss, I would hug them all a time. That said, they are still delicious. :) Speaking of the smell, I was in a DSW and for somereason it smelled like a petting zoo. Goats, specifically. I mean, I know there was a lot of leather but why would the food and poo smell be in there too? hmm.