{"id":222,"date":"2008-04-21T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=222"},"modified":"2008-04-21T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-21T13:08:00","slug":"more-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"More Visitors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you spend any time on my blog at all, you know that our daughter, son in law and grandkids have been staying with us while they buy a house. Apparently, word has gotten out that there is a lot of hospitality to be found in these parts.  My friend <a href=\"http:\/\/thegoodflea.com\/\">Flea<\/a> over at <a href=\"http:\/\/formicafields.blogspot.com\/\">Formica Fields<\/a> had asked me to keep an eye out for her bovine companions who seem to have run away from home, because she had heard a rumor that they headed east.  So I have been sort of looking to see if they might show up.  It seems they had seen <a href=\"http:\/\/dlynz.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/photo-facts.html\">this post<\/a>, where one of the photos has my cow soap dispenser in it and noticed my mention of the fact that he is not the only cow I have around here.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we were sitting out on the porch, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather when I noticed a bit of movement up near the road.  I ran right up there and look who I found!<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SAyJ6Fb6UbI\/AAAAAAAABPA\/Ks-1-voz-VY\/s1600-h\/road.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SAyJ6Fb6UbI\/AAAAAAAABPA\/Ks-1-voz-VY\/road.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191676101436002738\" \/><\/a>Their time on the road seems to have made them a little wild, or maybe they are just enjoying their independance, but so far I haven&#8217;t been able to persuade them to come inside.  I did convince them to at least come down off the road to the edge of the driveway.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SAyMslb6UcI\/AAAAAAAABPI\/53PSvPtkY74\/s1600-h\/driveway.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SAyMslb6UcI\/AAAAAAAABPI\/53PSvPtkY74\/driveway.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191679168042652098\" \/><\/a>Later in the evening, we did see them getting a little drink in the birdbath.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SAyPMlb6UeI\/AAAAAAAABPY\/8MTIGInB2_Y\/s1600-h\/birdbath.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SAyPMlb6UeI\/AAAAAAAABPY\/8MTIGInB2_Y\/birdbath.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191681916821721570\" \/><\/a>Then this morning, I spotted them breakfasting at the bird feeder.  It is squirrel-proof, but apparently not cow-proof.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SAyQEVb6UfI\/AAAAAAAABPg\/vWDwdGMHbcU\/s1600-h\/bridfeeder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SAyQEVb6UfI\/AAAAAAAABPg\/vWDwdGMHbcU\/bridfeeder.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191682874599428594\" \/><\/a>After this, they scampered off into the woods.  I will continue trying to lure them into the house, but I suspect they may have left home because they felt a loss of control over their lives and I not sure they want to go back to that again.  And someone should let Flea know where they are &#8211; I don&#8217;t have the heart to tell her myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you spend any time on my blog at all, you know that our daughter, son in law and grandkids have been staying with us while they buy a house. 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