Well geeez, I certainly didn't expect that. Thank you all very much for your kind words.
But most of all thank you for reminding me why I took and posted those pics.
Now this is very hard to put into words for me so hang in here.
First: I know very little about photography so believe me it is the camera not me.
For the quality of pics I give all the credit to my Kodak Easy Share Z612.
Now for the hard part. And it's another I don't know.
As for the subject matter in those pics which were selected by none other then little old me.
I have been a cattleman all my life and for far to long cattle only meant dollars on the hoof and for far too long I haven't been seeing the beauty in cattle that I saw when I first got started in the business.
Now I'm not sure if it has been my retirement where I don't have to worry about making a mortgage payment and all the other headaches that goes with raising cattle and the fact that I am only the primary care giver to these cattle, as I am not the owner of these cattle.
Or if it is the fact that I am on this board with people like most of you who are just starting out in cattle and see the beauty in cattle and all around you.
So please forgive me if I post to many pics and please don't think for one moment I am boosting on the cattle or TN or Kodak, because for the first time in a very long time I am no longer seeing dollars on the hoof but instead the real beauty in what I have loved all my life.
This is the first year in a long time that calving season has returned to what it once was when I first started out instead of just a time of more long hours and hard work.
To be honest will ya this year I am like a kid in a candy store or a sex maniac in a whorehouse with a credit card, which ever you prefer, because it is calving season.
Now for you hobby farmers who have been dragging this tin man down the yellow brick road let me tell you that you have succeeded.
And for that I thank you, but do remember I do have commercial cattlemen's responsibilities to fulfill.
Now I'm not sure I properly conveyed what I wanted to say, or if my grammar, spelling or punctuation is correct so permit me to close with this little thought.
That pics like my pic #1 is all around you too, if you just take the time to look for it.
Then you too can hang your own love of life on your wall.
Again thank you all and may God bless you as he has done for me.
SL
PS Warning: there are more pics coming.
