Richardson Dairy Farm

We took advantage of the good weather and the first weekend in weeks that we have not had to go work on the house in Ashland. Henry and I went to the park in the morning. We did the slides, swings, some basketball, and roller hockey (OK, he just picked up the balls and threw them at the hockey net). We came home, cleaned up and ate lunch, and then took a nap.

Then we all headed off to Richardson's Dairy Farm ("From Cow To Cone") in Middleton. There has been a dairy farm at that location for over 300 years. Not sure if it had mini-golf, a driving range, and batting cages back then but it does now! Jim and Ellie met us there and we all enjoyed seeing the golfers, cows, and having ice cream.

Here is the pen with the calves. Each has its own igloo.

Ice creamed:

The chickens are in another pen next to the calves:

An igloo:

"Dimples" O'Holt:

Trying to get a picture of Joni's belly:

The corral with the young cows. Looks like a postcard:

This is what the cows see when they look at our side of the fence:

Who needs an axe when you can head-butt?

"Hey, Wilbur is trying to head-butt that tree again! Ha Ha Ha!"

"... and then it is Pasteurized to remove the pathogens ..."

The 2 mini-golf courses are on the left. The driving range is further down, and after the driving range are the batting cages.

This reminds me of that scene where Kramer is walking with the cane and the Coat of Many Colors from Jason and the Technicolor Dream Coat:

Click the Kramer pimp for the video

The sun is setting and its time to go home.

A quick addition to the blog today. The governor is here today, speaking in the room above my office at this very moment. There is the usual collection of cops, swivel-heads, and black Crown Vics in the parking lot outside. I popped upstairs to take a quick pic:

Governor Patrick is to the right of the podium, waiting his turn to speak.