{"id":47910,"date":"2014-03-10T00:09:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=47910"},"modified":"2014-03-10T00:09:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T07:09:09","slug":"cowpassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/47910","title":{"rendered":"Cowpassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tHere&#8217;s momma Maizy (4+ years) and her daughter Etta Jane (2+ years). Lots of cuddles and tongue lovin&#8217; all day long. I call it <em>cowpassion<\/em>. I once tried\u00a0keeping a cow-unity &#8220;licking&#8221; journal (Jane Goodall style) on all 13 of my bovine buddies, but their licking and interactions are so involved and subject to dramatic changes on any given day, I soon gave up.\u00a0Who licks who is\u00a0a series of complexities only they understand. Sort of\u00a0like office politics or small town living. Maybe there&#8217;s a bit of gossip happenin&#8217; here in this photo? My mother-in-law once joked, &#8220;If what you have to say about someone isn&#8217;t nice &#8230; come sit by me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-47911\" alt=\"cow_love-6876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cow_love-6876.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"462\" \/> Here&#8217;s Etta Jane (2+ years) with her only calf so far, Eliza Belle (8 months). Etta Jane is three months along with another calf. Jerseys often darken in the winter, only to turn fawn-colored again in the spring when they lose their winter coats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-47912\" alt=\"cow_love-6644\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cow_love-6644.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"490\" \/> And here&#8217;s Maizy with her latest addition (third calf\u2014second calf was a boy, Otis), Rose Etta (two weeks old).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-47917\" alt=\"cow_love-6958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cow_love-69581.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"485\" \/> Lots of daily grooming and stimulation. Speaking of\u00a0saliva baths, I remember my mother getting all five of us kids loaded into the car to go somewhere and discovering a spot on someone&#8217;s face. She&#8217;d put a bit of her hankie into her mouth, wet it, and then rub the spot off. Anyone else&#8217;s mother do that?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-47914\" alt=\"cow_love-6960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cow_love-6960.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"436\" \/>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s momma Maizy (4+ years) and her daughter Etta Jane (2+ years). Lots of cuddles and tongue lovin&#8217; all day long. I call it cowpassion. I once tried\u00a0keeping a cow-unity &#8220;licking&#8221; journal (Jane Goodall style) on all 13 of my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/47910\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/47910\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift_for_gab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}