Another year.....and another year older......so I came home from the party with a cake.

I cut slices for everyone and sat myself down amonst them.

First, the horse got her slice but only took half (she always does that) She curled her lip up and told me it was way too sweet for her.

Then the calfs came over. They all looked at the cake and looked at me like "what the heck is this!" except for the white galloop that will eat ANYTHING. He opened his mouth and I shoved a whole piece in and a few moments later his eyes went BIG and he HAD to have MORE. So I set the plate down and while I was using 2 hands to hold him off the biggest calf stole the plate, scattering cake everywhere. After stomping on it sufficiently, they decided they liked cake after all. I grabbed a unscathed piece and made my exit. Then I remembered the big zebu. So I offered her the piece and she also thought it must be poison, so I sat with her and ate the good half of the piece and left her the piece in the grain feeded and went into the house and turned on the computer.

And the rains keep falling, the mud keeps getting deeper, and another year of my life seems to have slipped away.