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04/08/2026

Vultures doing their job. I don't get excited when I see one or two in the pasture. Especially when cows are calving as the vultures are doing their job and keeping nature in balance by removing waste and keeping things clean. But when I see a "wake" as in funeral wake, I worry. Sadly, I found a lifeless, beautiful newborn heifer in the edge of our pond. Mama was grazing nearby. Sometime during the night, perhaps the wind, perhaps the storm, pink full moon or maybe just bad luck took the baby girl's life. It's always been hard for me to lose someone and lately almost unbearable. I thought getting older meant you were stronger. This time of year, hits especially hard as the anniversary of my brother's death almost 47 years ago is on the 4th. We don't forget. We can't. Growing up I heard grandpa say it over and over; the Good Lord giveth and the Good Lord taketh away. Yes, I guess it is part of farming. I guess it's part of life. It's the hardest part for sure.

04/08/2026

Life is amazing and wonderful. After losing the baby girl last week I had thoughts of letting go of our cattle. Maybe I'm getting too old for the sadness that comes with being a farmer, especially a livestock farmer. Today, I find a gorgeous new baby girl with her mom, Fitz's Golden Daphne ( #26). This is a wonderful gift as in my lowest point last summer I needed to sell a few cows. Life kept me so busy and the cows wait for no one when it's calving time. A beautiful couple with a blended family contacted me and came out to visit our herd. While we were chatting one of the youngest boys walked over to Demelza and started talking with her. She stood quietly. It was a few minutes, as adults can talk forever, before we saw how close they were. The dad started walking towards them and mom called him back. This was the cow that she wanted to have in their homestead. This was the cow who would allow them to milk as our Irish Dexter cattle are known to have wonderful milk and Demelza milk genes are the highest A/2-A/2 from test results at UC Davis lab. They asked for her oldest daughter, Fitz's Golden Legacy Deirdra to join her. I was never intending to sell Demelza. She is from Shaun Ann Lord beautiful breeding, Chautauqua in upstate New York. I was tired. I was low and felt that at that time I needed to let someone else pick up the ball and continue the preservation of our beautiful breed. Today, finding Demelza's daughter with her own beautiful daughter, Delmeza's granddaughter assures me that we are continuing the mission of preservation of this beautiful breed and I am still in the game. Welcome, our newest little lady, Fitz's Golden Daireann. Daireann is an Irish name that means 'fruitful' or 'fertile'

03/31/2026

03/31/2026

Harleigh Elsa and I checked in and we have another baby. Briarhook Juno #116 gave us a healthy baby girl. My system for names had been the same letter for Mama and babe but finding a Irish Celtic name beginning with a J is getting harder; especially when we had been given so many beautiful babes by Juno. So we are moving to letter S. We have chosen Jemma (Seama) which is pronounced Sham-ah. It is thought to have derived from seamh, meaning “gentle.” Gemma itself originates from the Italian word for “jewel,” making it a fitting choice for a precious name. She will be Fitz's Legacy Golden Seama.