Bothered

Everybody has those days when they get bothered.

It could be the first time you sat down all day and someone wants a task, chore, lunch or some other little job done that they could just as easily do themselves. Or after a long, busy day and you finally nestle in to bed with your blanket so cozy and pillow so soft when a mosquito plays a game of find the tender skin, as it flits around your arms, neck and face. Or that phone that rings when you are in the other room trying to get paperwork completed. The bothers are too numerous to count and sometimes simply ignoring the problem is easier than dealing with it, but that can hold many other complications.

When I sat down at the computer to write a little story about how things went on the farm today, I noticed that being bothered isn’t just a human affliction. Looking out the office window I look out into the near side of the bull pen. We only have two bulls left out there from the nine we started out with. Bull #39 and the one I refer to as my stalker, bull #41 . The two bulls have lots of space to hang out. They have their choice of lounging beneath tall fir trees, or on the slope at the corner of the fence where they have a good view of the county road and across the river. They could also slop through the swamp for the luscious grasses that grow quickly this time of year. They can loaf about in the barn or meander around the back side of the grazing area. There are many choices. This evening they happened to be both resting just out past the pollinator hedgerow and electric fence. The two bulls were within sight of each other but a good 100 feet apart.

Bull #39 was enjoying the last rays of sunlight for the evening, or was trying to enjoy the peaceful interlude when he kept being bothered by a cow-bird.

For some reason the cow-bird just couldn’t let him rest in comfort and kept fluttering around his head and neck. #39 would shoo the bird off but it would just keep coming back. The bull had to finally abandon the short respite and get up and move away from the area to get rid of the bothersome bird.

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