This morning I noticed the light was particularly lovely, so I hurried outside to take some indiscriminant photographs. As usual, the neighbors' herd of cows became the subject of my efforts. These cows are quite shy, but after much coaxing, I have managed to befriend them and they will now allow me to photograph them from only a few feet away. This morning, however, I had only snapped a few pictures before I saw the neighbors themselves approaching down the fence line in their battered Ford. They (crusty ranchers) must have thought I was insane: standing outside in the 30 degree early-morning chill taking pictures of their cows with my pajamas fluttering around me! I walked away as nonchalantly as I could. ;P

I got some decent closeups, but I felt this long shot captured the mood of the morning the best.