A day on the farm

A friend of one of my dear friends owns a farm, and we were invited to spend some time up there with her family, to milk cows, chase chickens, and breathe in the fresh country air.





Elizabeth milked a cow!


Angela was wary, and did it so quickly that all I managed to get was this blurry picture:


A tiny cow:


Befriending the animals:






Cows are very patient.

And, it turns out, so are chickens:






The kids got to ride around on this little car:


I didn't realize it at the time, but this picture records the beginning of the end:
Elizabeth fell for that dog, Lucky.

Gathering eggs:








I should've realized a little sooner that the Lucky bug had bitten:


Under the trampoline:





...and they're both hooked. They didn't want to leave Lucky.

When I finally, forcefully, dragged them away from the dog, they were utterly forlorn. Elizabeth found a popsicle stick and wrote "Lucky" all over it.

Luckily for me, she doesn't want just any dog--she wants Lucky. And that dog already has an owner.