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Scalloped mushroom amid fallen leaves

Posted on May 19, 2015 by 1writersdevotion
Scallops with lavender edges amid fallen leaves and dead wood

Scallops with lavender edges amid fallen leaves and dead wood

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He shall be like a tree

Posted on August 22, 2012 by 1writersdevotion

planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season  Ps. 1:3 NKJV 

Mushrooms multiply in beauty

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The story behind The Brahma and me

With my first toe-tip into the blogosphere in March 2010, I began writing about my critter crew and life on the farm—their shenanigans and my delight in sharing time and space with them, as well as my reflections and my spiritual journey.

Reared in the Seattle suburbs and more importantly having never set foot on a farm, I had passed the half century mark before adopting my first calf.

Sent by my publisher to shoot dairy farms during dairy month in 1998, I captured on film a farmer pulling a half Holstein-half Brahma from his mother’s womb. At 11 days, I adopted him. Named Sonny, he rode to his new home inside the largest wire dog crate I could find placed in the back of the Dodge Ram.

For the first year of his life Sonny’s companions were primarily All-American canines. The farm has grown to include three bovines, Sonny, Holly and Buff; two equines--a line-back dun filly named Bebe and a Palomino paint gelding named Jack; two canines Sam and Luke; and 10 felines. All are rescues except for the horses.

Images from my life

Bottling feeding calf
Sonny required bottle feeding several times a day (photo by MJ Branch)
Brahma calf
We have been close friends since his birth June 11, 1998 (photo by MJ Branch)
Camano Island & hills
Camano Island & hills
Recent rescue Luke
Recent rescue Luke
Girl with long black hair
Girl with long black hair
snow pond
Snow replenishes
Bebe in halter
Bebe in halter
kitten
Gordy
Reaching
Reaching
Jack grooms Buff
Jack grooms Buff
Cabin with windows
Cabin with windows
The flashlight reveals Buff reclining in the grass
The flashlight reveals Buff reclining in the grass
Brahma bull
He continued to affectionately groom her
Self portrait
Self portrait
Sonny
Sonny
horses visit the Brahma
Frequently Sonny entertains his neighbors
snowy landscape
Apparitions at water’s edge
Kirkland
Kirkland
Siddhartha and Jack search out grain pellets
Any grain pellets Jack left behind earlier Sid helps him find
Mock orange
Mock orange
Camano Island
Camano Island
Brahma bull
An outdoor spit bath (photo by MJ Branch)
Author
Author
Calf in the snow captured with 35 mm camera
Holly’s first snow
Jack checks blade of grass
Jack checks blade of grass
Jackie straddles Sonny
Jackie straddles Sonny
Holly & Jackie find grain
Holly & Jackie find grain
Sunflower & bee
Sunflower & bee
Barnum Point
Barnum Point
CU screen porch dormer sideWP
Equine Jack
Gregarious Jack
Buff hugs Bebe
Buff hugs Bebe
Lab mix
My beloved Bone
Sonny shows me affection
Sonny shows me affection
Bird flies
Bird flies
Jack & Bebe in pasture
Jack & Bebe in pasture
Man with goatee
Man with goatee
Bebe in pasture
Bebe in pasture
Gabrielle visits Jack (Photo by Maggie S.)
Gabrielle visits Jack (Photo by Maggie S.)
Cat
Mel
Monarch butterfly
Monarch butterfly
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