Happy Father's Day! In memory of my father, I am posting a couple of cow paintings that he never got to see. He was a farmer who was always patient and kind and I miss him with all of my heart. The holstein cow dotted hillside and pastures everywhere I looked as a child. I lived in a farming community so virtually everywhere I went there was that familiar sight. I was traveling to Middlebury, VT the other day and was struck by holstein cows on a green hillside and was shocked to realize that it is was surprising to me to see that scene in that area. Stuart Osha’s book, Loving a Dying Way of Life: Poems and Stories about Farming in Vermont, self-published in 1999 is a book about the farming life of Stuart and his wife and saving the small farms with vision. It is available at Cover to Cover Books in Randolph, Vermont. This book has been highly recommended.
We have got to do more for the farmer to keep our family farms working farms.
To close this post, a bouquet of sweet peas would be appropriate to honor my father.
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